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A front view of a Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 137, parked at a curb with passengers boarding, with the Chicago Water Tower and city skyline behind it. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 137, picks up passengers at a downtown bus stop with the historic Chicago Water Tower in the background. 1962 · Chicago, IL Two vintage green and cream Chicago Transit Authority buses are parked on a wet street next to a brick wall, with overhead wires visible in the background. Two Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look buses, numbered 1620 and 1700, are parked on a wet street in Chicago, displaying route 16 Lake-Austin. February 4, 1962 · North and Cicero, Cicero, IL A yellow Union Pacific locomotive with the number 4662 on its side, standing on tracks in a yard with another black locomotive partially visible nearby. Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive #4662 in its yellow and gray livery, captured in a railroad yard. May 1962 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A vintage cream and green CTA bus with the number 1743 on its front is driving down a road lined with trees showing fall colors. A bus stop sign for Peterson is visible on the left. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 1743, on route 84 Caldwell-Central, is pictured driving on a tree-lined street in autumn. October 6, 1962 · Peterson and Oakley, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 1732 is turning a corner on a city street, with storefronts and a large billboard for Miller beer in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 1732, on route 04 Caldwell - Cinkal, driving past Heine mann's store on a street corner in Chicago during the 1960s. October 6, 1962 · Ridge and Broadway, Chicago, IL A red and cream interurban railcar, numbered 420, is shown from the rear three-quarter view, sitting on tracks with a decaying caboose labeled 'CHICAGO' in the background under an overcast sky. A derelict Chicago Aurora and Elgin interurban car, numbered 420, sits on overgrown tracks in a yard, its windows broken and paint faded. October 19, 1962 · Wheaton, IL Two cream and green Chicago Transit Authority trolleybuses with overhead wires drive down a busy city street decorated for Christmas, with Walgreens and other storefronts visible in the background. Two Chicago Transit Authority trolleybuses, numbers 8482 and 8254, travel through a festively decorated downtown Chicago street during the winter holiday season. December 15, 1962 · State and Jackson, Chicago, IL A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus with the number 8073, running on route 36, is shown on a decorated city street lined with 1950s cars and a Walgreens store. Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus #8073 on route 36 Broadway-Devon, navigating a festively decorated downtown street in the late 1950s or early 1960s. December 15, 1962 · State and Jackson, Chicago, IL A green and cream trolleybus with the number 8073 on its front is driving down a decorated downtown street lined with tall buildings and vintage cars, with pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible trolleybus, number 8073, runs on route 36 Broadway-Se Fer through downtown Chicago's State Street during the holiday season, circa 1957-1962. December 15, 1962 · State and Jackson, Chicago, IL A black diesel locomotive with the number 6016 hauls a train on a raised steel bridge with budding trees in the foreground. A Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive, number 6016, pulls a train past a raised bascule bridge in a springtime scene. c. 1963 to 1972 A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9326, is driving on a street with overhead wires, with a truck beside it and an overpass in the background. CTA trolleybus 9326 on route 95 to Central Harbour, driving on a city street under an overpass in winter. 1963 · Central and Kennedy, Chicago, IL A vintage black and white photo of a city bus with the route ELSTON-ARMSTRONG on its sign, parked on a lift inside a large garage with high ceilings and fluorescent lights. CTA bus 5240, a Flxible New Look, is elevated on a lift inside a maintenance garage. 1963 A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 5240, elevated on a lift inside a large garage, with its destination sign reading 'ELSTON-ARMSTRONG' and an ad for Drewry's beer on the front. Chicago Transit Authority bus 5240, a Flxible New Look, suspended for maintenance inside the Forest Glen Garage in the 1950s. 1963 · Forest Glen Garage, Chicago, IL A green and silver Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 302, is shown from a three-quarter front view on a city street with the Marina City towers in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 302, on the Adams-Canal Walker Express route, with Marina City visible in the background. 1963 · Wacker and Orleans A vintage electric interurban car with a streamlined body and trolley pole is parked at a snowy station platform on an elevated railway at night in a city setting. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban car, #801, stands at a snow-dusted station platform at night on an elevated structure in Chicago. January 20, 1963 · 6th and Clybourn, Chicago, IL A red and black interurban train on a snowy city street, with vintage cars and tall buildings in the background. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban car, number 715, travels on a snow-covered street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, surrounded by 1950s automobiles. January 20, 1963 · 6th and Clybourn, Milwaukee, WI Three dark gray New York Central diesel locomotives with a shark-shaped nose and white stripes pull a long line of boxcars along the top of a brushy embankment under a blue sky. A New York Central freight led by three gray diesel units, the lead one numbered 38[?][?], climbs an embankment, likely near Avon Yard, Indiana. February 1963 · Avon Yards, IN A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus numbered 9401 is driving down a street under an elevated train track, with 1960s cars parked nearby and businesses in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9401, on route 76 Montrose-Broadway, travels under an elevated rail line on a sunny summer day. June 12, 1963 A green and white trolleybus with the number 9390 and route sign '80 IRVING PK BROADWAY' is driving down a street with visible tracks and overhead wires, passing by a large 'Edward Niemet Paint and Wallpaper Store' billboard. The scene is set on a clear, sunny day. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9390, travels down Irving Park Road on the 80 Irving Park Broadway route on a sunny day. June 12, 1963 · 80 and Irving Pk, St. Louis High-angle view of a green and white Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9379, on a city street with overhead wires, an elevated structure, and vintage 1960s cars. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9379, operates on the 80 Irving Park route under an elevated structure on a sunny day in the 1960s. June 12, 1963 · Irving Pk A green and cream CTA trolleybus, number 9374, is turning at an intersection under overhead wires, with buildings and a vintage car in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9374, operates on the 78 Montrose-Broadway route at a street intersection under a web of overhead wires. June 12, 1963 · Montrose and Elston, Chicago, IL A snow-covered bus with 'Shuttle Service' on its roof sign and the number 5482 on its front and rear, parked on a snowy city street. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 5482, covered in snow while operating a Route 67 shuttle service. August 18, 1963 A dark New York Central diesel locomotive with white striped nose and lit headlight leads two more units and a freight train under a steel signal bridge with searchlight signals on an overcast day. New York Central diesel 1828 leads a three-unit freight under a signal bridge, likely near Cleveland, Ohio. November 1963 · Cleveland, OH Looking down the aisle of an empty CTA 2000-series 'L' car, number 3204, at an elevated station with a passenger on the platform visible through the window. The interior of Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit car 3204, a Budd-built 2000-series car, showing its distinctive gray and green livery and seating while stopped at an elevated station. c. 1964 to 1993 A red and cream streetcar with a 73-HIGHLAND sign rounds a curve on cobblestone tracks in front of a dark stone building with round towers, while a man stands beside a parked white car at right. Streetcar 1518 on route 73 Highland passes a massive rusticated stone building on a cobblestone street, likely in downtown Pittsburgh. c. 1964 to 1972 An olive green and cream Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit train, numbered 1892 and marked 'Chartered', is stopped at an elevated station platform with a 'SELF PARK' sign visible behind it. Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit car 1892 is chartered and stopped at an elevated station platform. c. 1964 to 1993 A green and white CTA bus with the number 5340 and a sign for route 70 Division-Austin is stopped on a city street lined with brick buildings and vintage cars. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 5340, operates on route 70 Division-Austin on a summer day in the 1960s. c. 1964 to 1969 A dark green and maroon CTA 'L' train numbered 185 on an elevated track in a city, with tall buildings and street traffic below on a clear day. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit train on an elevated structure, with the front car numbered 185 and marked 'Chartered', moving through a city street scene in the 1970s. c. 1964 to 1975 A silver CTA train with red and blue stripes, numbered 12, travels on an elevated track beside a large brick building on a clear day. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series electric multiple-unit train, car number 12, on an elevated track with a destination sign reading 'Evanston Wilmette Exp'. c. 1964 to 1993 A black and white photo of a CTA 2000-series rapid transit car, number 2002, stopped at an elevated station platform with its destination sign reading 'LAKE B'. Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series car 2002 at an elevated station on the Lake Street line. 1964 · Lake B Clinton A blue and yellow New York Central GP9 diesel locomotive, numbered 484, is pulling a stream of silver passenger cars along a track next to a station platform under a clear sky. A New York Central EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, number 484, pulls a passenger train through a station on a clear summer day. 1964 · Erie, PA A white and dark-colored rapid transit car, numbered 2003, sits on a flatcar in a rail yard, surrounded by several men observing and working on it. A CTA 2000-series rapid transit car, number 2003, is being unloaded from a flatcar in a rail yard. 1964 · Skokie, IL A white and green CTA rapid transit car, number 2004, sits on a flatcar in front of a brick building, with an orange forklift and a man nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit car, numbered 2004, is spotted on a flatcar in a yard, with a 'SKOKIE SWIFT' cab attached. 1964 · Skokie, IL Two red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotives, numbered 3050 and 4620, sit side-by-side on a gravel track with bare trees in the background under an overcast sky. Two red Canadian Pacific GP9 diesel locomotives, numbers 3050 and 4620, are coupled on a private right-of-way, with bare trees in the background indicating a winter scene. April 12, 1964 · York and Irving Park, Chicago, IL A red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive, numbered 8540, sits on a railway track beside a road with bare trees in the background. Canadian Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive 8540, in its iconic red and black livery, is coupled to another unit, 8533, on a private right-of-way near a road. August 1964 · York and Irving Park, Chicago, IL A red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 8540 is shown on a railroad track with bare trees in the background. A Canadian Pacific GP9 locomotive, number 8540, leads a consist on a mainline track during winter. August 1964 · York and Irving Park, Chicago, IL A Western Pacific orange and silver diesel locomotive numbered 904-B crosses a paved road with a line of matching passenger cars behind it, under a clear blue sky. Western Pacific FP7A locomotive 904-B leads a passenger train across a paved road grade crossing in a rural setting. August 24, 1964 · Franklin, CA A Western Pacific FP7A diesel locomotive, number 804-A, in orange and gray livery, pulls a line of matching passenger cars across a paved road in a rural, dry field setting under a clear sky. A Western Pacific FP7A locomotive, number 804-A, leads a passenger train through a rural grade crossing in California. August 24, 1964 · Franklin, CA A red and silver Western Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 804-A is crossing a paved road, pulling a long line of passenger cars through a flat, rural landscape. A Western Pacific FP7A locomotive, number 804-A, leads a passenger train across a rural grade crossing under a clear sky. August 24, 1964 · Franklin, CA A green and cream streetcar numbered 1144 turns on curving street track beneath overhead wires, with the Terminal Drugs store and downtown office buildings behind it. San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC streetcar 1144, signed for Judah, rounds the loop at what appears to be the Transbay Terminal, likely in 1964. October 5, 1964 · Bridge Terminal, Chicago, IL A black and yellow Nickel Plate Road diesel locomotive numbered 26 is parked on a track in front of a brick building with a sign reading 'Nickel Plate Road Diesel Shop.' Nickel Plate Road SW1200 diesel locomotive number 26 stands in front of the Nickel Plate Road Diesel Shop, likely in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965. 1965 · E. 75th St., Cleveland, OH A silver and red Chicago Burlington and Quincy F7 diesel locomotive numbered 9991 pulls a line of freight cars past a brick signal tower with a sign reading 'DUPLA NVILLE' under an overcast sky. Chicago Burlington and Quincy EMD F7 diesel locomotive 9991 leads a freight train past the DuPlainville signal tower on a winter day. 1965 · Dupainville, IL A blue and white diesel locomotive pulls a passenger train on multiple tracks, with a brick building and city skyline in the background. A Nickel Plate Road EMD E7 locomotive, No. 190, pulls a passenger train through a Chicago rail yard, with the Universal Loading & Distributing building in the background. 1965 · Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL A black-and-white photograph of a Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 697, parked on a street with a destination sign indicating 'HALSTE' and an advertisement for Pixley-Ehlers on its side. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 697, on a sunny day, likely in the 1960s, with its destination sign reading 'HALSTE'. 1965 · Clark A two-toned CTA train car with the destination 'HOWARD' displayed, stopped at a wooden platform on an elevated track under an overcast sky. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series electric multiple-unit car, numbered 324, heading to Howard station on an elevated line in Evanston, Illinois. 1965 · Main St., Evanston, IL A blue and white electric multiple-unit train car on elevated tracks under a gray sky, with the destination sign 'HOWARD' visible on the front. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series 'L' car headed to Howard station, shown on an elevated structure under overcast skies. 1965 · Main St., Evanston, IL Two diesel locomotives and passenger cars on multiple tracks with city buildings and overpasses in the background. A Chicago Burlington and Quincy F3 locomotive, number 243, pulls a passenger train through a rail yard in Chicago, with another CB&Q unit and freight cars nearby. 1965 · Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL A silver EMD F3 diesel locomotive with red stripes, bearing the number 99306 and the name 'Denver Zephyr,' leads a train through a snowy yard with other passenger cars on adjacent tracks. A Chicago Burlington and Quincy EMD F3 locomotive, number 99306, pulling the Denver Zephyr train through a snowy rail yard. 1965 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL