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Front view of two Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcars, numbers 4057 and 7040, parked side by side on streetcar tracks with destination signs visible, under overcast skies. — Download original ↓

c. 1950 to 1958

Two Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcars, 4057 and 7040, are shown side by side at a streetcar terminal, bound for Western-Bedford and Western-79 routes.

Date: c. 1950 to 1958Estimated from the photograph; no date was written on the print.
Vehicle: PCC streetcar
Operator: Chicago Transit Authority
Equipment: St. Louis Car PCC
Fleet numbers: Chicago Transit Authority 4057, Chicago Transit Authority 7040

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