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A vintage elevated train with a cream and maroon livery travels on wooden-decked tracks between tall buildings, passing a signal marked '0' and a building with a 'Rubin Grand' sign. — Download original ↓

July 1953 · Wells St. Term.

A Chicago Rapid Transit Company 4000-series car, number 2[?]94, navigates the complex trackwork of the Wells Street Terminal, with a second car in the background.

Date: July 1953
Location: Wells St. Term.
Vehicle: Rapid transit car
Operator: Chicago Rapid Transit Company
Equipment: Pullman 4000-series

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