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A vintage street scene in Chicago showing a green and cream PCC streetcar on tracks, with GMC buses and a yellow car nearby. Construction equipment and piles of gravel line the street, while neon signs for hotels and restaurants adorn the tall buildings. A Chicago Surface Lines PCC streetcar and GMC buses navigate a street under construction on a sunny day, surrounded by neon signs and vintage automobiles. June 6, 1954 · Clark and Madison, Chicago, IL A black and white photo shows a vintage streetcar on a city street with an elevated train structure overhead and several cars parked nearby. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 6155, operates on a city street under the Lake Street 'L' elevated structure. June 1955 · Lake and J Laramie, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Surface Lines bus, number 5070, drives down a street lined with 1950s cars, with store signs and bare trees in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines motor bus, number 5070, is seen on route 44th Western-Leland, navigating a street with visible streetcar tracks, surrounded by vintage 1950s automobiles. December 11, 1955 · Farragut, Chicago, IL A vintage black and white photo shows a streetcar on fire in the snow, with the number 542 visible on its front. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 542, is engulfed in flames during winter. March 23, 1956 · 77th Vincennes A vintage red streetcar with the number 565 on its front, shown at an angle on a city street with cars parked nearby and buildings in the background. A red and cream Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 565, on a winter day at the intersection of Paulina and J Polk streets. March 1957 · Paulina and J Polk A green and cream streetcar with the number 1423 is stopped at a street intersection on a sunny day, with a Richfield gas station and a building labeled 'BARNE' APTS.' in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 1423, on route 5 at a Richfield gas station on a sunny day. August 1958 · 7th and Vermont A vintage orange and cream streetcar, numbered 531, runs down a city street under an elevated railway, with 1940s cars in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 531, on the 'JU CENTRAL' route near the North Western Station in the 1940s. October 17, 1958 · Clinton and Lake, Chicago, IL A green and cream trolleybus with the number S287 and destination sign reading 'NORTH LIMITED NORTH-GRAND' is parked on a paved street next to trees, with overhead wires above. A Chicago Surface Lines trolleybus, S287, on the North Grand route, parked on a sunny day with overhead wires visible. September 1970 · North 72 Clark A front three-quarter view of a trolleybus at night on a city street, with its destination sign reading '80 IRVING PK-KEENAN' and fleet number 9745 visible. A Chicago Surface Lines trolleybus, number 9745, operates at night on route 80 Irving Park-Keenan, with its headlights illuminating the wet street. 1972 · Irving Pk and Bosworth A vintage red streetcar with the number 460 on its rear is being carried on a flatbed tow truck outside a brick building, with a few people standing nearby and a car parked in the background. A red Chicago Surface Lines Birney streetcar, number 460, is loaded onto a flatbed tow truck in a yard at dusk. July 16, 1978 · Cermak, Chicago, IL A red and cream vintage streetcar labeled '460' and 'CHICAGO' is being hauled on a flatbed truck down a city street at night, with an orange tow truck and a 'LOUNGE & CATERING' sign visible in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 460, is being transported on a flatbed truck at night. July 16, 1978 · Orieans, OH A yellow and white bus with the number BW 56 on its front is parked on a city street next to a brick building, with two people standing under an elevated railway. A Chicago Surface Lines GM New Look bus, number BW 56, is parked on a street next to a brick building with an elevated railway overhead. July 14, 1979 · Fullerton and Sheffield, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar numbered 4181 travels down a paved street past storefronts, including one named Pete's, with vintage automobiles parked along the sides. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 4181, on route 81, travels down a city street lined with shops and parked cars in winter. June 1984 · Lawrence and Luna, Chicago, IL A vintage red and cream bus with 'Illinois Railway Museum' on the side is parked under an elevated railway, with several people gathered around it. A Chicago Surface Lines New Look bus, number 19, is on display under an elevated rail structure, surrounded by spectators at what appears to be a museum event. September 1997 · Wells and Quincy, Chicago, IL A red and cream vintage bus, number 3407, is parked under a metal elevated train structure on a city street, with a few people on the sidewalk and another bus behind it. A Chicago Surface Lines GMC bus, number 3407, is parked under an elevated structure on a summer day, displaying its route to State-Wacker. September 1997 · Wells and Quincy, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar with broken windows, number 460, is parked under a concrete bridge in a state of disrepair. A derelict Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 460, sits under a bridge, its windows broken and body weathered, likely awaiting scrapping in the 1940s. May 30, 1999 · Lincoln and Wrightwood, Chicago, IL