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

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A red and cream streetcar numbered 3153 on route 21 is shown on a city street with an underpass in the background and a 1950s car driving past. A Chicago Surface Lines Birney streetcar, number 3153 on route 21, navigates a street corner near an underpass in the early 1950s. October 15, 1953 · Cermak and Clark, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar marked CSL 1721 moves down a street beneath a dark steel elevated structure, flanked by parked 1940s cars and a few pedestrians. A Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar, number 1721, travels under an elevated rail structure on a sunny day in the late 1940s, surrounded by period automobiles. October 20, 1953 · Lake and Ashland, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar numbered 4064 moves along a wet city street between early-1950s cars and a delivery truck loaded with bottle crates, with large stone buildings and a clock tower behind. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 4064, signed for Fifth-Pulaski, on a slushy winter street near Madison and Canal in Chicago, likely in the early 1950s. November 25, 1953 · Canal, Chicago, IL A green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 6500, sits on tracks in a rail yard with snow on the ground. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive #6500 in green and yellow livery, photographed in a rail yard during winter. c. 1954 to 1972 A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1720 stands in a rail yard on a clear, sunny day with stacks of steel rails in the foreground. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1720, is shown in a yard, displaying its classic yellow livery with red pinstripes and grey roof. c. 1954 to 1970 A yellow Union Pacific locomotive number 1720 sits on tracks in a rail yard with another locomotive partially visible in the background. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1720, is parked in a rail yard. c. 1954 to 1970 A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9523, parked on a street with overhead wires and buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9523, is shown on a city street, likely in the late 1960s or early 1970s. c. 1954 to 1973 Two bright orange CA&E electric locomotives lead a freight train on multiple tracks under overhead wires on a sunny day. Two CA&E electric boxcab locomotives, 2001 and 2002, lead a freight train through Hillside, Illinois, under the overhead wires of their private right-of-way. 1954 · Hillside, Hillside, IL A yellow and green streetcar numbered 1387 with a W roof sign travels on a wide paved street under overhead wires, with a second streetcar behind it, a large City Ford sign on a tower, low buildings, a 1940s sedan and hills in the distance. Streetcar 1387 on route W passes under the City Ford sign as another streetcar approaches, with the note placing the scene at Pasadena Avenue and Avenue 18 in Los Angeles. 1954 · Pasadena and Ave 18, Los Angeles, CA Two green and cream streetcars with trolley poles stand side by side on a street under overhead wires, with 1950s cars and trucks at the left and brick buildings behind. PCC streetcars 4396 and 7223 meet on route 22, with 4396 signed for 81-Halsted, likely at Wentworth and Garfield Boulevard in Chicago. 1954 · Wentworth and Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus from the 1950s on a crowded city street, surrounded by pedestrians, vintage cars, and theater marquees. Chicago Transit Authority bus #1829 on route 49 State St, navigating a busy downtown street in the mid-1950s, with the State Lake Theater and vintage automobiles in the background. 1954 · 149 and Lake, Chicago, IL An interurban train with a green and orange car, numbered 713 and marked 'MUNDELEIN', is stopped at a station platform under overhead wires, with a 1950s car parked nearby. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban car 713, a Master Unit, is pictured at the Mundelein station in summer. 1954 · Mundelein, IL An orange and green interurban train labeled CNS&M 183 travels down a street with visible trolley wires, passing a brick station and a stop sign, with a person standing on the sidewalk and cars parked nearby. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban car 183, a Master Unit, on Central Avenue in Highland Park, Illinois, in the 1950s. 1954 · Central Ave, Highland Pk A red and green streamlined interurban train car with the number 741 on the front, moving along a snow-lined city street with overhead wires and a 'Schlitz' billboard in the background. An Electroliner interurban car, number 741, of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee, travels along a snowy street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, likely on N. 6th St. & W. St. Paul. 1954 · N. 6th St. and W. St. Paul, Milwaukee, WI A green and cream streetcar comes down a cobbled street with rails, past parked 1940s and 1950s cars and storefronts with Hotel, Tally Ho and Schlitz signs, with a green and cream taxicab in the foreground. A Chicago Transit Authority streetcar on Clark Street near Adams, passing hotels, taverns and clothing stores in the Loop, early 1950s. 1954 · Clark and Adams, Chicago, IL Elevated view along a busy downtown street lined with neon signs: a green and cream streetcar and two green and cream buses are in the foreground, with cars, a taxi and a red-fronted bus behind them. A Chicago Transit Authority streetcar and buses on State Street, seen from above near Van Buren in Chicago. 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A vintage photo show a CTA bus on a city street with people boarding and various store signs including 'HOT PEANUTS' and 'GREYHOUND' in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 2724, on route 27 in a street scene with storefronts and pedestrians. 1954 · 27 and Stony Island A red-tinted photograph of a vintage streetcar on a city street, with storefronts and other cars in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines PCC streetcar, number 3890, runs on a city street with its destination sign reading 'JBS STATE 04'. 1954 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL A vintage motor bus with the number 1366 and 'SHUTTLE SERVICE' on its roof sign, traveling on a city street with visible trolley tracks. A Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad bus, number 1366, on a shuttle route in the 1950s. 1954 · 149 and Van Buren A long, streamlined electric train with a blue and red paint scheme and a silver upper body stands on railroad tracks in a snowy, open field under an overcast sky. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Silverliner interurban car in its distinctive blue and red livery stands on a snowy right-of-way. 1954 · Lake Bluff, IL Green and orange interurban train on a street with bare trees, showing destination 'CHICAGO-EXPRESS SHORE LINE ROUTE' and number 164. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban train, car 164, in green and orange livery, runs on Kenilworth Avenue in winter 1954, with bare trees lining the street. 1954 · Kenilworth Ave A vintage black-and-white photo of a two-tone GMC bus with 'SHUTTLE SERVICE' on its roof and the number 1366 on its front, driving on a street with trolley tracks and pedestrians on the sidewalk. A Chicago and North Western shuttle bus, fleet number 1366, operates on a city street, marked for service to a parking lot. 1954 · 1366 State A vintage red streetcar numbered 688 travels across a metal truss bridge, with its destination sign showing 63RD-STONY, and cars following behind under bright sunlight. A red Chicago Surface Lines Peter Witt streetcar, number 688, crosses a truss bridge on a sunny day, its destination sign reading '63RD-STONY'. February 22, 1954 · Halsted and Kinzie, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar with the number 317 on its front travels down a cobblestone street lined with 1950s cars and buildings with signs reading 'Romano Drugs' and 'Coca-Cola'. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 317, on a city street lined with parked automobiles and storefronts, including Romano Drugs, in the early 1950s. February 22, 1954 · Grand, Halsted and Milwaukee, Chicago, IL A row of old, damaged interurban railcars with green and cream livery sit in a gravel and debris-filled scrapyard under overhead wires. Derelict Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban cars in a scrapyard, likely shortly after the line's 1963 abandonment. March 21, 1954 · 77th and Vincennes, Chicago, IL An elevated night view down a wet city street lined with neon store signs, with a bus in the center lane surrounded by taxicabs and 1950s automobiles and pedestrians on the sidewalks. A bus signed for Halsted-Armitage in heavy evening traffic on a rain-wet, neon-lit Halsted Street, likely near 63rd Place in Chicago's Englewood shopping district. April 19, 1954 · Halsted and 63rd Pl., Chicago, IL A green and cream streamlined streetcar on a wet street at night, with its headlight on and a roll sign reading 36 Broadway Devon. Two people stand beside it, and a lit theater marquee advertising Judy Holliday is at upper right. A Chicago Transit Authority streetcar on route 36 Broadway-State, signed for Devon, passes a lit theater marquee on a rainy night, likely at State and Lake in 1954. April 21, 1954 · State and Lake, Chicago, IL Two green and cream streamlined streetcars numbered 7123 and 4400 stand beside a faded red older streetcar on curved track in a cobblestone yard, with more streetcars lined up behind a green fence. Chicago Transit Authority streetcars 7123 and 4400, signed for Western-63 and Ashland-71, beside an older red streetcar at a carbarn yard in Chicago. April 25, 1954 · 76th and Ashland / 69th and Ashland, Chicago, IL A high-angle view of a red streetcar turning a corner on a city street, surrounded by 1940s cars and brick buildings, with a person standing on the car's roof. A red Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar navigates a city street in the late 1940s, with vintage automobiles and brick buildings lining the road. May 12, 1954 · Larrabee Division, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar from the Chicago Surface Lines turns at a street intersection in Chicago, surrounded by 1940s automobiles, brick buildings, and visible trolley wires. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, likely numbered [?]3, navigates a cobblestone intersection in Chicago during the 1940s, with vintage automobiles and storefronts lining the street. May 12, 1954 · Halsted - Grand, Chicago, IL Two vintage Chicago streetcars, a green PCC and a red Peter Witt, are stopped at a grade crossing with automobiles and pedestrians nearby on a sunny day. Two Chicago Transit Authority streetcars, a green PCC 9720 and a red Peter Witt 658, meet at a grade crossing on a city street. May 18, 1954 · Larrabee, Chicago, IL A red and white Chicago Surface Lines streetcar numbered 141 is positioned on a bascule bridge with vintage cars and a control tower nearby under a clear sky. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 141, stands on a bascule bridge under a clear sky in the late 1940s. May 24, 1954 · Halsted Lumber A vintage color photo showing a red and cream streetcar on a city street with cobblestones, yellow taxis parked along the curb, an elevated train platform above, and storefronts including 'Flagg Bros' and 'Hardy'. A red and cream Chicago Transit Authority Peter Witt streetcar numbered 610 runs under an elevated structure with CTA signage, on a sunny street lined with 1950s automobiles and storefronts. May 25, 1954 · Halsted and 63rd PL, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar with the number 640 travels down a street under a dark elevated structure, with people on the sidewalk and vintage cars parked along the curb. A Chicago Transit Authority Peter Witt streetcar, number 640, travels under an elevated structure on a city street lined with 1940s-era automobiles and storefronts. May 25, 1954 · Halsted and 63rd PL, Chicago, IL A yellow and green streetcar numbered 1394 crosses an intersection on curved track under trolley wire, while two pedestrians cross the street beside brick buildings with bail bond signs and a hair-tonic billboard. Streetcar 1394 turns through the intersection, likely at 1st and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, in the 1950s. June 1954 · 1st and Broadway, Los Angeles, CA A yellow streetcar with a green window band and a trolley pole crosses an intersection in front of a car lot with a large DINTY sign, while a pedestrian walks across the street at left. A yellow and green streetcar, likely of Los Angeles Transit Lines, runs along a street past a car lot under a DINTY sign. June 1954 · 1st and Vermont, Los Angeles, CA A green and cream streetcar on center tracks in a downtown street lined with tall buildings, ornate lamp posts and 1950s cars, seen from above. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar [?]240, signed for route 36, heads down a busy State Street in downtown Chicago. June 6, 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL Looking down a downtown street lined with neon signs, a green and cream streetcar comes toward the camera on a single track that is under repair, with red warning flags, piles of crushed stone and construction machines beside it, and a yellow taxi in the next lane. A PCC streetcar approaches on a downtown Chicago street where the track is being rebuilt, likely Clark Street near Monroe. June 6, 1954 · Clark and Monroe, Chicago, IL A vintage street scene in Chicago showing a green and cream PCC streetcar on tracks, with GMC buses and a yellow car nearby. Construction equipment and piles of gravel line the street, while neon signs for hotels and restaurants adorn the tall buildings. A Chicago Surface Lines PCC streetcar and GMC buses navigate a street under construction on a sunny day, surrounded by neon signs and vintage automobiles. June 6, 1954 · Clark and Madison, Chicago, IL A two-car red interurban train with round end windows and trolley poles crosses a paved street under overhead wires, with a Shell billboard at left and a stop sign at right. Pacific Electric car 413 leads a two-car train through a street crossing, likely in Long Beach, California, in the late 1950s. June 10, 1954 · Long Beach, CA A green and cream two-car rapid transit train crossing a street with embedded streetcar tracks, next to a green and cream streetcar under overhead wires, with a man walking at right. A two-car Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit train crosses the street at grade beside a Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar at Western and Van Buren, Chicago. June 16, 1954 · Western and Van Buren, Chicago, IL Two red and gray interurban cars on a railway track in a wooded area, with a large grain elevator in the background. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban train, cars 429 and 430, travels along a private right-of-way in Forest Park, Illinois, with the Acme Feeds grain elevator in the background. July 1954 · Forest Park, IL A high view down a downtown street lined with tall buildings and lamp posts. A green and cream streetcar runs on center tracks among parked cars, buses and pedestrians. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar on State Street near Van Buren, Chicago, with buses and mid-1950s traffic, likely 1955–1957. July 25, 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A maroon and cream rapid transit car on a wooden elevated track with a tower and brick buildings in the background. A Chicago Rapid Transit Company 4000-series wooden rapid transit car on an elevated structure in Chicago, Illinois. July 25, 1954 · 42nd Pl, Chicago, IL An old interurban railcar on elevated tracks with trees and water in the background. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban car travels along an elevated structure near Lake Michigan. July 25, 1954 · 42nd Pl, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar numbered 7156 crosses a street intersection with diagonal track crossings, while an old wooden elevated train car stands on ground-level tracks behind barricades at left under overhead wires. Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7156 crosses Van Buren Street at Western Avenue in Chicago while a wooden 'L' train waits on the ground-level tracks behind. August 13, 1954 · Western and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A light green and cream streetcar on cobblestone-paved tracks under an elevated railway station, with parked cars along the curb at left and tall downtown buildings behind. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar passes under the elevated Loop station, likely at State and Van Buren. August 29, 1954 · State and Van Buren, Chicago, IL A dark brick two-story carbarn with numbered open bays holding about ten green and cream streamlined streetcars, with curving tracks set in brick pavement and overhead wires in the foreground. A row of green and cream PCC streetcars in the numbered bays of a Chicago carbarn lettered for a city railway company, likely the Chicago Transit Authority's car station at Cottage Grove and 38th. September 26, 1954 · Cottage Grove and 38th, Chicago, IL