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A white and red CTA Flxible Metro bus, number 478X, is driving down a city street under an elevated train structure, with several cars nearby and a red building in the background. — Download original ↓

c. 1983 to 1990

A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus, number 478X, travels under an elevated structure on a street in Chicago, likely during the 1980s.

Date: c. 1983 to 1990Estimated from the photograph; no date was written on the print.
Vehicle: Motor bus, Flxible Metro
Operator: Chicago Transit Authority
Equipment: Flxible Metro
Fleet numbers: Chicago Transit Authority 478X

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1980s 1990s Autumn

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