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A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 4318 is parked in a gravel yard. Behind it is a red and white bus, a yellow freight car on a flatcar, and a dark railcar to the left. Overhead wires and a water tower are visible in the background under an overcast sky.

Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus 4318 parked in a yard next to a yellow freight car and another bus. October 21, 1956 · South Shops, IL

Two green and white Chicago Transit Authority buses from the 1940s or 1950s, numbered 2700, driving down a tree-lined street in winter, with snow on the ground.

Two Chicago Transit Authority Flxible motor buses, number 2700, running on route 79-Western in a winter street scene. 1961 · 79th and Brandon, IL

A green and cream CTA bus, number 1155, parked in a gravel yard with visible damage to its rear and side, showing a route 62 sign and advertisements.

A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look TDH-5303 bus, number 1155, sits in a yard with its side door open and rear bodywork heavily damaged. April 21, 1985 · South Shops, IL

Rear three-quarter view of a decayed white and teal bus with rusted body panels and a damaged roof, parked in a yard.

A heavily rusted and stripped Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, likely at the South Shops, undergoing scrapping. June 13, 1987 · South Shops, IL

A white CTA bus with red and blue stripes, numbered 4196, drives on a snowy city street with tall buildings in the background.

CTA bus 4196, a GM New Look TDH-5303, travels on a snowy street in Chicago on route 151 Sheridan. December 27, 1989 · 151 and State Pkwy, IL

A white and green bus with the number 9785 drives down a snow-lined street in Chicago, with tall buildings and bare trees in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9785, operates on route 151 Sheridan on a snowy day with the Hotel Lincoln visible in the background. December 27, 1989 · 151 and State Pkwy, IL

A white and green CTA bus travels on a snowy, overcast day with tall city buildings and a second bus in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9657, travels along a snow-covered street toward the Sheridan route, with the Hotel Lincoln visible in the background. December 27, 1989 · 151 and State Pkwy, IL

A green, cream, and silver CTA bus with the number P9999 on its windshield is parked in a bus garage on an overcast winter day.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, numbered P9999 and lettered 'FONDAIDE-ZAIRE', is parked at the South Shops in winter livery. June 15, 1991 · South Shops, IL

Side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 9432 on a track, seen over tall dry grass, with two smokestacks and a utility pole under an overcast sky.

Union Pacific 9432 stands on the track beside an industrial area, with two tall smokestacks rising behind it. c. 1994 to 2005 · Pulaski, IL

A white, red, and blue articulated bus with the number 7130 on its front, parked in a paved lot with a building and dumpsters in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority articulated bus, number 7130, parked in a bus garage. October 1995 · Hermitage and Birchwood, IL

A white CTA articulated bus with the number 7100 is parked at a terminal, with other buses and cars in the background under an overcast sky.

A Chicago Transit Authority articulated bus, number 7100, is parked at a terminal with its destination sign reading '147 Outer Dr Exp Michigan Congress'. October 1995 · Hermitage and Birchwood, IL

A Pace bus, number 8858, wrapped in a Chicago Cubs 'Roundtripper' livery, is parked on a street under an overcast sky. October 24, 1995 · Hermitage and Birchwood, IL

Two dark blue diesel locomotives with yellow chevrons on their noses, numbered 321 and 312, stand side by side on tracks behind tall weeds, with a metal building and trees behind them under a gray sky.

Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad locomotives 321 and 312 stand in a weedy yard, likely near Donovan, Illinois. August 1998 · Rte 52 south of Donovan, IL

A Metra diesel locomotive with number 122 on its front, painted in orange and white chevrons, moves toward the camera on a set of tracks with two people waiting on a platform to the right.

Metra GP38-2 locomotive number 122 approaches a station platform under an overcast sky. September 1, 1998 · Oak Park Ave., IL

A silver Metra train with a red and white striped cab end is moving on tracks bordered by trees and gravel.

A Metra Highliner electric multiple-unit train travels along a private right-of-way with a red and white striped cab end. September 1, 1998 · Oak Park Ave., IL

A silver Metra Gallery train with red and white striped ends is captured in motion on a tree-lined track on a cloudy summer day.

A Metra Gallery car, likely number 1[?]1, travels along a private right-of-way on a summer day. September 1, 1998 · Oak Park Ave, IL

A blue Metra locomotive with a red and white striped front, numbered 125, is pulling a line of double-decker passenger cars on railroad tracks next to a station platform.

A Metra F40PH locomotive, number 125, pulls a train of gallery cars along a private right-of-way on an overcast summer day. September 1, 1998 · Oak Park Ave, IL

A blue and red Metra locomotive pulls a silver passenger train along railroad tracks next to a platform with people standing on it, set against a backdrop of green trees and an overcast sky.

A Metra F40PH locomotive #110 leads a train of gallery cars on a summer day. September 1, 1998 · Oak Park Ave, IL

A red, white, and blue Amtrak train with a locomotive numbered 119 pulls several silver passenger cars along a set of tracks bordered by trees and a wooden fence.

An Amtrak F40PH locomotive, number 119, pulls a train of Amfleet I passenger cars through a grade crossing in a suburban area. September 3, 1998 · Oak Park Ave., IL

Side view of a dark blue diesel locomotive lettered KB&S and numbered 301 coupled to a blue caboose, on a track beside a snowy, grassy embankment under an overcast sky, with a long barn-like building behind them.

Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern locomotive 301 and a blue KB&S caboose stand on snowy track, likely at Donovan, Illinois. January 1999 · Donavan and Iroquois, IL

A blue diesel locomotive lettered K B & S in yellow, number 318 on the cab, stands on a single track with snow and dry grass in the foreground under a gray sky.

Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad locomotive 318 on a single track in snow-covered farmland, February 1999. February 1999 · Donavan and Riquois, IL

Canadian National 2561 leads a train past Mannheim and Estes, Illinois. May 1999 · Mannheim and Estes, IL

A dark blue diesel locomotive lettered KB&S and numbered 301, with cream chevrons on its hood end, sits on a weedy track in front of a white wooden building with a shingled roof.

Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad locomotive 301 standing in tall summer weeds beside an old wooden building near US Route 52, Illinois. June 1999 · Us Rte 52, IL

A black and orange diesel locomotive with the words Indian Harbor Belt and number 8817 on its side, pulling a line of freight cars in a yard under an overcast sky with bare trees.

An Indian Harbor Belt EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 8817, in black and orange livery, is pictured in a yard with a short string of BNSF freight cars on a winter day. December 2000 · State and Gostlin, IL

Two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives with red stripes and gray roofs, coupled rear to rear, pass on ballasted track under an overcast sky, with weeds in the foreground and a loaded coal car at the left.

Union Pacific 6679 and a second Union Pacific locomotive, coupled back to back, run past on a freight train along Howard Street in Illinois. July 2001 · Howard between Wolf and Elmhurst, IL