Flag Stop 4,614 transit photos from Chicago and beyond, mostly 1940s–2000s

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A green and cream CTA trolleybus with the number 113 on the front and route 86 to Central-Lexington displayed, driving down a street lined with brick buildings and vintage cars. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 113, operates on route 86 Central-Lexington on a city street in summer. 1949 A green and cream streamlined streetcar with its trolley pole raised crosses a granite-paved intersection, with cars, a yellow taxi, a large columned building and high-rise buildings around it. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar turns through the intersection at Madison and Clinton in Chicago. 1949 · Madison and Clinton, Chicago, IL A black and white photograph shows a vintage CTA bus at a street corner, with its destination sign reading '7 MONROE-STATE' and the number 1605 on the front bumper. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 1605, on the 7 Monroe-State route in downtown Chicago, circa 1960s. 1949 · Monroe and Dearborn, Chicago, IL A black and white photograph of a vintage city bus with the number 1411 on its front, parked on a street with pedestrians walking on the sidewalk and tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines motor bus, number 1411, is shown on a city street, likely in the late 1930s or early 1940s, with pedestrians and parked cars in the background. 1949 · Michigan Washington, MI A red and cream streetcar with the number 6267 on its front is parked on a city street next to a large industrial building with a sign reading 'Steel Warehouse & Terminal.' A yellow truck and other vehicles are visible in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 6267, operates on a street in Chicago on a sunny day in the 1940s. 1949 · 43 and Normal A red and cream Chicago Surface Lines streetcar, number 328, is stopped on a snowy street with bare trees in the background, as a few people wait to board. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 328, is shown in winter at the intersection of Pulaski and Bryn Mawr. 1949 · Pulaski and Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar with the number 1608 on its front is stopped on a paved street next to a stone wall and a multi-story building. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 1608, on a city street in the 1930s or 1940s. 1949 · Van Buren and Franklin, Chicago, IL A red and cream wooden streetcar runs down a city street under overhead wires, with a large gas holder and industrial buildings in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, likely number [?]2544, operates on a street with overhead wires, passing a street sign for Kilbourn Avenue and industrial buildings including Rissman Lumber Co. 1949 · Kilbourn and Milwaukee, Chicago, IL A vintage motor bus from the 1940s, marked with route 34 Diversey and fleet number 1411, is stopped on a busy Chicago street with pedestrians and period cars nearby. A Chicago Surface Lines bus, number 1411, operates on the 34 Diversey route on a city street in the early 1940s. 1949 · Michigan and Washington, Chicago, IL A vintage red and cream streetcar with the number 3152 on its side and front, running on city streets with tall buildings and a water tower in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines Birney streetcar, number 3152, runs on a city street near the C&EI tracks in the 1930s. 1949 · Roosevelt and Clark, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar numbered 1046 is shown from a three-quarter front view, running on a street with bare trees and a gasoline pump in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines Birney streetcar, number 1046, captured in winter on a street-running route. 1949 · Southport and Clark, Chicago, IL A black-and-white photo of a Chicago Rapid Transit Company rapid transit train at an elevated station, showing the front of the lead car with a destination sign and a person in the cab. A Chicago Rapid Transit Company 4000-series rapid transit car, number 4[?]71, at an elevated station in 1949, with an 'EXPRESS HOWARD SKOKIE' destination sign. 1949 · North and Halsted, Chicago, IL An orange and brown interurban railcar on an elevated track, with a sign reading 'LOGAN SQ' and 'LOGAN SQUARE', set against a backdrop of 1940s Chicago buildings and parked cars. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Jewett interurban car on an elevated structure near Logan Square in Chicago. 1949 · Marshfield Jct. A black steam locomotive with the number 1984 on its front, emitting white smoke, is shown pulling a long line of freight cars along multiple tracks next to a station platform under a blue sky with bare trees nearby. A Chicago and North Western steam locomotive, number 1984, pulls a long freight train past a station platform on a clear winter day in 1949. 1949 · Hinsdale, IL A red and cream streetcar, number 1693, is shown on a city street in front of a building, with tracks visible on the ground. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 1693, on a city street. May 10, 1949 · Franklin and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A vintage Chicago streetcar, number 6015, is shown on a city street with passengers visible inside and a trolley pole connecting to overhead wires. Chicago Surface Lines streetcar 6015, a Perley A. Thomas Master Unit, on route 55 at Randolph and Franklin Streets. June 11, 1949 · Randolph and Franklin, Chicago, IL A vintage black-and-white photo of a streetcar with the number 6015 on its front and side, showing passengers inside, on a cobblestone street with buildings and other vehicles in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar, number 6015, on route 55 at the corner of Randolph and Franklin streets. June 11, 1949 · Randolph and Franklin, Chicago, IL Color photo looking down a long, straight street lined with poles and a dense web of overhead wires. A yellow-and-green streetcar comes up the center tracks toward the camera, with 1940s cars around it and a group of people on the corner at left. A yellow-and-green streetcar climbs a long hill on double track past the Sunbury Food Stores building, likely at 9th and Hoover in Los Angeles. August 1949 · 9th and Hoover, Los Angeles, CA A vintage green and cream streetcar on a city street with 1940s cars, pedestrians, and a Sunbury Food Stores sign visible in the background. A green and cream Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar, number 30[?]3, travels down a bustling city street lined with 1940s cars and a Sunbury Food Stores. August 1949 · 9th and Hoover Black-and-white photo of a streamlined streetcar numbered 4087 with the sign 20 MADISON-DOWNTOWN, running on street tracks past office buildings while men in suits walk along the sidewalk. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 4087 on route 20 Madison-Downtown in downtown Chicago, likely near Madison and Franklin. October 1, 1949 · Madison and Franklin, Chicago, IL A vintage black-and-white photo of a dark-colored electric streetcar numbered 989 on curved tracks, with bare trees, a wooden fence, and a roller coaster structure behind it. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban car 989 on a private right-of-way, with a roller coaster in the background. November 1949 Front view of a cream and green double-decker bus with the number 145, operated by Marquette Transit Co., passing under a bridge. A Marquette Transit Co. double-decker bus numbered 145 drives under a bridge on a clear autumn day. November 8, 1949 Front view of a vintage green and cream double-decker-style bus under a dark steel railroad bridge, with bare trees and a clear sky. A green and cream Chicago Surface Lines motor bus drives under a railroad overpass on a winter day. November 8, 1949 · 110 and Bell 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. 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. c. 1950 to 1958 Two diesel locomotives, one black and yellow and the other red and blue, are coupled together on snow-covered tracks next to a railroad crossing signal. The Belt Railway Company of Chicago's SW1200 locomotives 533 and 534 are stopped at a snowy grade crossing. c. 1950 to 1980 A black steam locomotive with the number 473 on its tender moves along a paved road next to a steep, tree-covered hillside on a sunny day. Steam locomotive 473 of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad runs along a paved road against a backdrop of forested hills. c. 1950 to 1967 A red wooden interurban car with round porthole windows on its front end, numbered 416 and carrying a San Pedro sign, sits at a street crossing beneath a web of trolley wires, with apartment buildings and a ship chandlery building behind it. Pacific Electric interurban car 416, signed for San Pedro, crossing a street under heavy overhead wire. c. 1950 to 1958 A yellow and orange Rock Island diesel locomotive, number 676, is at a station platform pulling silver passenger cars under an arched roof with skylights. A Rock Island F7 diesel locomotive, number 676, is shown at a station platform pulling a consist of Hi-Line passenger cars under an arched roof during winter. c. 1950 to 1970 A red and white diesel locomotive with the number 202 and 'CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN' lettering is shown in a three-quarter front view in a rail yard. A red Chicago and North Western SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 202, is parked in a yard. c. 1950 to 1970 A side view of two blue and yellow diesel locomotives, numbered 3424 and 3407, with 'TGR' lettering, traveling on a railroad track next to a grassy, wooded hillside. A pair of blue and yellow Tasmanian Government Railways X class diesel locomotives, numbered 3424 and 3407, are coupled together on a main line track. c. 1950 to 1978 A yellow and cream Pacific Electric PCC streetcar with the number 28 on its front is driving down a busy street lined with 1950s cars and businesses like Sinclair Paints and Downtown Bakery. A Pacific Electric PCC streetcar, number 28, travels down a Los Angeles street in the early 1950s, surrounded by automobiles and storefronts. c. 1950 to 1953 A close-up of a large black steam locomotive with a white stripe and a circular 'M' herald on its tender, parked on tracks in a yard with a person in the background taking a picture. A Milwaukee Road H-10 class steam locomotive, number [?]225, at rest in a yard on an overcast day. c. 1950 to 1957 A green and orange electric locomotive numbered L8 stands on tracks in a yard with trees and a building nearby. A Milwaukee Road E-50C electric locomotive, number L8, in a rail yard with a pantograph raised. c. 1950 to 1970 A black steam locomotive with the number 1509 and 'Rio Grande' lettering on its tender, parked on multiple tracks in a rail yard on a cloudy day. A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad K-28 steam locomotive, number 1509, is shown in a yard on an overcast day in 1950. c. 1950 · Denver A vintage maroon and white Chicago Great Western caboose, numbered 522, photographed from a three-quarter rear angle on a grassy trackside. A Chicago Great Western caboose, number 522, in maroon and white livery, parked on a private right-of-way. c. 1950 to 1960 A vintage color photograph of two red Chicago streetcars on a street with a large brick building and billboards in the background. Two red and cream Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcars, numbered 218 and 219, operate on a city street lined with brick buildings under a clear blue sky. 1950 · 81 and Broadway View from inside a vintage streetcar, looking down the aisle towards the front door, with rows of woven seats and wooden paneling on the walls and ceiling. The interior of an early 20th-century streetcar, showing wooden trim, incandescent lighting, and woven seats. 1950 A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus number 2503, a GM New Look model, parked on a cobblestone street with a destination sign reading DU46 KUSTNER. CTA New Look bus 2503, likely from the 1960s, is stopped on a cobblestone street in Chicago with its destination sign reading 'DU46 KUSTNER'. 1950 · Monroe and Dearborn, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar with its trolley pole raised stands beside a covered shelter, and a green and cream bus is parked on a dirt lane on the shelter's other side, under a cloudy blue sky. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7010 and bus 3077 at the covered transfer shelter, likely at 63rd Place and Narragansett in Chicago. 1950 · 63rd Pl and Narragansett, Chicago, IL A vintage black and white photograph of a Chicago Surface Lines streetcar on route 67, number 6259, moving along a street under an elevated railroad bridge with an 'Illinois Central West' sign. Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar no. 6259 on route 67, passing under the Illinois Central elevated structure. 1950 · 67th and Harper, Chicago, IL A vintage black-and-white photo of a dark, riveted steel streetcar with the number 3359 and signs for route 4 and Lincoln Park Zoo, stopped on a cobblestone street with a Coca-Cola sign in the background. Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar 3359 on route 40, bound for Lincoln Park Zoo, at Wabash & 9th Street in the late 1930s or early 1940s. 1950 · Wabash and 9TH ST., Chicago, IL A black-and-white photo of a vintage Birney streetcar, number 3359, from Chicago Surface Lines, running on a city street with a Coca-Cola sign visible on a building behind it. Chicago Surface Lines Birney streetcar 3359 on route 4, displayed with a Lincoln Park Zoo advertisement, at an urban street intersection. 1950 · Wabash and 18th St., Chicago, IL A vintage black and white photo of a Chicago Rapid Transit Company rapid transit car, number 2719, on an elevated track with a destination sign reading 'DOUGLAS A PARK'. Chicago Rapid Transit Company 4000-series car 2719 at Polk Street on the Douglas Park line, showing its destination to Douglas Park. 1950 · Polk St An orange and white interurban railcar on tracks beside a gravel road, with trees and utility poles in the background. An orange and white Chicago Aurora and Elgin interurban car is captured on a private right-of-way in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, likely in the 1950s. 1950 · Prospect St, Glen Ellyn, IL A vintage brown interurban car numbered 2817 is parked on a private right-of-way next to a white building, with a trolley pole overhead and a 'LOOP.' destination sign. An Illinois-based interurban car, likely from the Chicago Aurora and Elgin, sits on a private right-of-way with its number 2817 and destination 'LOOP.' clearly visible. 1950 · Oak Park Ave., Garfield Park A vintage black-and-white photo of a wooden rapid transit car on an elevated track, with a destination sign reading 'A LAKE' and city buildings in the background. A wooden Chicago Rapid Transit Company rapid transit car on an elevated structure, showing its 'A LAKE' destination sign. 1950 · Madison and Wells, Chicago, IL A green and orange streamlined electric train at a station with people on the platform and overhead wires above. A South Shore Line Highliner electric multiple-unit car, number 4098, is shown at a station platform in 1950. 1950 · Kenosha, WI A red and cream streetcar with the number 6184 and route 81 on its destination board travels down a street lined with brick buildings and vintage automobiles. A red Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 6184 on route 81, travels down a street in Chicago in the late 1930s or early 1940s. 1950 · 81 and Lawrence