Flag Stop 4,614 transit photos from Chicago and beyond, mostly 1940s–2000s
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A red and white CTA bus with number 4419 is driving on a city street with buildings and a flag in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4419, heads down a city street on the C route to Broad & Geary. c. 1973 to 1986 Multiple green and white Chicago Transit Authority buses, including a damaged one, are parked in a row in a gravel lot with trees and a Texaco sign in the background. A row of Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look buses, some with visible fleet numbers and one severely damaged, parked in a gravel yard under a clear sky. September 1973 A lineup of green and white CTA buses in a dusty lot, showing fleet numbers and signs of being scrapped, with a Texaco sign in the background. A row of Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look buses, including numbers 5837, 5919, and 8047, sit in a scrap yard, with one heavily damaged, under a clear summer sky. September 1973 A vintage Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 8413, is driving down a busy city street lined with storefronts and cars from the 1960s or 1970s. A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 8413, travels down a bustling street on route 36 Broadway Downtown. October 1973 · Broadway and Lawrence, Chicago, IL A green and white Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 8253, on route 44 Racine-87, parked on a street under an elevated structure. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 8253, on route 44 Racine-87, photographed under an elevated structure in the 1960s or 1970s. October 1973 · Cermak-Wentworth A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 6149 is driving on a road near a grassy median and a concrete underpass; a yellow taxi is behind it, and a street sign reads 'Lake Shore Drive'. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 6149, operates on a sunny day near Lake Shore Drive, with a yellow taxi following behind. October 1973 · Marine Dr A green and cream CTA bus, number 8336 on route 36 Broadway-Downtown, turns at a city street intersection lined with 1970s cars and tall buildings. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 8336, on route 36 Broadway-Downtown, is turning at an intersection on a sunny day. November 1973 · Clark and Armitage, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority motor bus is turning at a street intersection with other cars and buildings in the background on a clear day. A Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, number 5625, runs on route 49 Western-79 at an intersection in Chicago. November 1973 · Diversey and Elston, Chicago, IL A cream and orange bus with 'London Transit' lettering, fleet number 167, displays the destination '4A Oxford East' and is stopped at a street-side bus stop in a suburban setting. A London Transit Flxible Metro bus, number 167, is shown on the 4A Oxford East route in London, Ontario, likely in the late 1980s. September 13, 1974 · London, Ontario Three green and white CTA buses parked side by side in a gravel yard under a clear sky, with fleet numbers 9268, 8346, and 9438 visible on their fronts. Three Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look buses, numbered 9268, 8346, and 9438, are parked in a yard, with one displaying a 'NOT IN SERVICE' sign. September 15, 1974 A red and white Flxible bus, number 8, labeled 'CHARTERED', is parked on a street with two vintage cars in the background under a clear sky. A Chicago Motor Coach Company Flxible bus, number 8, with a 'CHARTERED' sign, parked on a street in the 1960s. September 15, 1974 · Wood and Cullerton, Chicago, IL A vintage green and white city bus, number 228, turns a corner on a sunny street lined with 1970s cars and billboards. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 228, operates on route 56 to Jefferson Park, captured in a summer street scene with period automobiles and storefronts. October 3, 1974 · Cullom Side view of a white, blue, and red Greyhound Scenicruiser bus, fleet number 8718, parked on pavement next to water under a cloudy sky. A Greyhound Lines Scenicruiser bus, number 8718, parked by a body of water on an overcast day. November 17, 1974 A silver and red Continental Trailways motor coach, number 27529, is parked in a paved lot next to a chain-link fence, with 'San Francisco' displayed on its front sign. A Continental Trailways GM New Look motor coach, number 27529, is photographed in a yard with a 'San Francisco' destination sign. November 17, 1974 · 18th and Clark, Chicago, IL A side-front view of a large, silver and red Continental Trailways bus parked next to a chain-link fence in an unpaved lot. A Continental Trailways Flxible Metro bus, number 27529, is parked in a yard with a chain-link fence in the background, displaying 'San Francisco' on its destination signs. November 17, 1974 · Clark and 18th St., Chicago, IL A green and cream CTA bus with the number 1422 is driving on a street next to train tracks, with a street sign for Jefferson and Kinzie Streets visible and a bridge in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 1422, operating on route 65 to Grand-Harlem Center, navigating a grade crossing at the intersection of Jefferson and Kinzie Streets. September 2, 1975 · Kinzie and Jefferson, Chicago, IL Side view of a red and white GM&O diesel locomotive numbered 908 on a track in a railyard, with a railroad bridge and city skyline in the background. A red and white Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 908 sits on a track in a railyard. September 6, 1975 · 18th St., Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, number 9163, is parked on a street, with a sign showing route 43 to Lake Park and an advertisement for WDHF Rocks 95½ FM. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look TDH-5303 bus, number 9163, is parked on a street corner, displaying a destination sign for route 43 to Lake Park. November 8, 1975 · 43 and Halsted Two green and white CTA buses, numbered 5321 and 5054, are parked side by side in a field of tall, dry grass under a clear blue sky. Two retired Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses, numbers 5321 and 5054, sit idle in an overgrown storage yard. November 22, 1975 · Storage yard, Chicago, IL Two green and white CTA buses, numbered 5054 and 5321, are parked in a field of tall, dry grass, suggesting they are out of service and awaiting disposal. Two retired Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses, numbered 5054 and 5321, sit abandoned in an overgrown lot under a clear sky. November 22, 1975 · 130th St, Chicago, IL Two green and cream Chicago Transit Authority buses parked side by side in a field of tall, dry grass with industrial buildings in the background. Two Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses, fleet numbers 4089 and 4098, parked in a grassy yard. November 22, 1975 · 130th St, Chicago, IL A line of green and cream Chicago Transit Authority buses, including numbers 5969 and 5972, are parked in a field of dry, brown grass under a clear blue sky. Two Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses, 5969 and 5972, parked in a weedy yard during autumn, with fares of 15¢ and 25¢ displayed. November 22, 1975 · 130th St, Chicago, IL Two vintage green and cream CTA buses, numbered 5946 and 5969, sit in a field of tall, dry grass under a clear blue sky, with a large ship in the distance. Two Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look buses, numbers 5946 and 5969, are parked in a weedy yard with a cargo ship visible in the background. November 22, 1975 · 136th St, Chicago, IL Two abandoned green and white buses are parked side by side in an overgrown, grassy lot with industrial buildings and a large ship visible in the background under a clear sky. Two abandoned green and white buses sit in an overgrown lot near a port. November 22, 1975 · Port of Chicago, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1490, drives down a city street on a clear day, with a storefront for 'American Rentals' visible in the background. CTA bus 1490, a GM New Look TDH-5303, operates on route 76 Diversey-Harlem on a sunny day in the early 1970s. November 22, 1975 · Diversey and Lamon, Chicago, IL Three green and white Chicago Transit Authority buses sit idle in a field of tall, dry grass under a clear blue sky. A row of three Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses, numbers 5922, 5063, and 532[?], parked in an overgrown yard on a clear autumn day. November 22, 1975 · 130th St, Chicago, IL A green and white CTA bus, number 3724, on route 76 Diversy, is parked on a city street next to a red and blue taxi and a green car, with storefronts in the background. A green and white Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 3724, on route 76 Diversy, is shown on a city street alongside a taxi and a sedan on a clear autumn day. November 22, 1975 · Diversey, Chicago, IL A green and cream transit bus with the number 3094 on its front is turning at a city street corner next to a building with a sign for M. Becker Furs. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 3094, turns a corner on a sunny day in Chicago, passing by a fur storage shop and other local businesses. November 22, 1975 · Diversey and Larrabee, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar numbered 4558 stands outside a brick carhouse with open bays, with a second streetcar behind it on the left under overhead wires. Toronto Transit Commission PCC streetcar 4558 signed WYCHWOOD and EARLSCOURT outside a brick carhouse dated 1921, likely the St. Clair carhouse in Toronto. September 14, 1976 · St. Clair, Toronto, Ontario A yellow streamlined streetcar with RAIL GRINDING CAR on its destination sign and W-30 on its front stands on yard track, with a second yellow streetcar behind it and stacks of rail and ties to the right. Toronto Transit Commission PCC rail grinding car W-30 in yellow work livery, likely at the Hillcrest yard in Toronto. September 14, 1976 · Hillcrest, Toronto, Ontario Looking down the aisle of an empty rapid transit car with wood paneling, rows of seats, and metal poles, with the number 420 visible above the far door. Interior view of a Chicago 'L' rapid transit car showing wood-paneled walls and vintage seating. September 5, 1977 A green and white CTA bus, model Flxible New Look, number BW-51, is parked on a street with a 'STATE-CERMAK' street sign visible in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number BW-51, is parked on a city street at the State and Cermak intersection on an overcast autumn day. September 18, 1977 · Cermak and State, Chicago, IL A vintage motor bus with a green and silver livery and the number BW-51 on its front, parked on an urban street with a sign reading 'STATE-CERMAK' in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, fleet number BW-51, is parked on a city street. September 18, 1977 · CERMak and STATE, Chicago, IL A yellow Union Pacific SD24 locomotive, number 409, is parked on tracks at a train station with a red brick building and a mountain in the background. A Union Pacific SD24 locomotive numbered 409 stands at a terminal with freight and passenger cars in the background. October 4, 1977 · Salt Lake City A green and white CTA motor bus, number 3418, on route 23, with a Cutty Sark ad on its side, parked on a city street. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 3418, on route 23, photographed on a sunny day in the 1970s. October 21, 1977 · 38th Pl and Morgan, Chicago, IL Front view of a white and black Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 9310, driven by a man dressed as Santa Claus, on a city street lined with cars and decorated for Christmas. A Chicago Transit Authority GMC New Look bus, number 9310, operates a 'Free State Street Ride' during a snowy winter day, with the driver dressed as Santa Claus. November 25, 1977 · State and Adams, Chicago, IL A white and blue Chicago Transit Authority articulated bus with the number 7161 on the front is stopped at a street intersection with a cyclist and a pedestrian nearby. The background shows a building with a Lakeside Bank sign and a traffic signal. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible articulated bus, number 7161, is stopped at an intersection on Wacker Drive, with a cyclist and pedestrians nearby. c. 1978 to 1983 A green and white Chicago Transit Authority bus drives on a snow-covered street, with storefronts in the background and another bus partially visible behind it. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 3542, drives through falling snow on a city street. September 6, 1978 · State and Randolph, Chicago, IL A long, one-story brown brick building with many closed roll-up doors and one boarded-up bay, graffiti on the doors, a wet street in the foreground and an overcast sky. A shuttered brick building with a long row of overhead doors, likely a former streetcar carbarn, near Lincoln and Wrightwood in Chicago. September 17, 1978 · Lincoln and Wrightwood, Chicago, IL A Southern Pacific GP35 locomotive, number 6564, pulling a line of freight cars through a railroad yard with snow-capped mountains visible behind it. A Southern Pacific GP35 locomotive, number 6564, pulls a freight train through a yard with snow-capped mountains in the background. September 19, 1978 · Colton, CA Front view of a green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus with the destination '40 O'Harexpress | Airport' displayed, parked on a street with trees and a building in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority AM General New Look bus, number 7017, is shown at the Jefferson Park terminal on route 40 O'Harexpress to the airport. September 2, 1979 · Jefferson Park, Chicago, IL A silver, blue, and red CTA 2000-series rapid transit train on an elevated track on a clear day. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit car, number 305, on an elevated line in summer. September 3, 1979 · Howard 47th St. A silver Chicago Transit Authority train with the number 571 and destination 'Skokie' on its front, running on an elevated track with a brick wall and a Jewel-Osco sign in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit car, number 571, on the Skokie Swift line, passing a Jewel-Osco sign under a clear summer sky. October 15, 1979 · Milwaukee, WI A side view of a yellow and red Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 46, on a railroad track in a desert landscape with mountains in the background under a clear sky. A Union Pacific EMD GP9 locomotive, number 46, leading a train in a desert setting under a clear blue sky, with a second GP9 trailing behind. November 1979 · Las Vegas, NV A group of people walking on a gravel platform beside a cream and brown train car at Pukerangi station, with wooden utility poles and a dry, grassy landscape in the background. Passengers gather at the small Pukerangi station to board a train on an overcast day, likely during a fan trip. c. 1980 to 2000 A view down a cracked concrete platform at a commuter rail station, with two sets of tracks, a small station building, and a few people and cars visible. An empty commuter rail station platform with a few people waiting, surrounded by parked cars and utility poles under an overcast sky. c. 1980 to 1995 A white and blue articulated bus drives down a street beside a Mobil gas station, with a brown Volkswagen hatchback and a red motorcycle nearby. An articulated bus navigates a city street in the 1980s, passing a Mobil gas station and vintage cars. c. 1980 to 1990 A white, red, and blue SEPTA bus with the number 402 on its front, driving down a city street with buildings and parked cars in the background. A SEPTA New Look bus, number 402, operates on a city street. c. 1980 to 1990