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Autumn

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Several articulated buses from the Chicago Transit Authority are parked side-by-side in an asphalt lot in front of a brick building on an overcast autumn day. A row of Chicago Transit Authority articulated buses, including a yellow-and-white 2[?]544, parked in a yard in the 1980s. c. 1980 to 1990 A red and white diesel locomotive with the word 'Bloomer' and number 91 on its side sits on tracks in a gravel yard next to a gray building, with a second red and white locomotive numbered 7561 visible behind it. A red and white Bloomer Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 91, is parked in a gravel yard beside a modern industrial building, with another unit numbered 7561 partially visible behind it. c. 1980 to 2000 A white Pacific motor bus with green and red stripes, number 67, parked on a wet street on an overcast day, with a blue bus partially visible behind it. A Pacific motor bus, number 67, parked on a street. c. 1980 to 2000 A side view of a two-car passenger train with maroon sides and a silver roof, crossing a street at a grade crossing on an overcast day. The lead car is numbered FWRR 716 and bears the name 'BUCKEYE LAKE'. A maroon and silver FWRR passenger train, led by car 716 named 'BUCKEYE LAKE', crosses a street on a cloudy day. c. 1980 to 2000 A brown CP Rail locomotive numbered 778 stands in a yard beside a white tanker truck and a portable building, with a speed limit sign in the foreground under a cloudy sky. A CP Rail System GP9 diesel locomotive, number 778, is parked in a yard next to a tanker truck under an overcast sky. c. 1980 to 2000 A white CTA bus with red and blue stripes, number 9860, drives across a grey steel bridge with tall city buildings in the background under a cloudy sky. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9860, crosses a steel truss bridge in downtown Chicago on an overcast day. c. 1980 to 1990 A row of Chicago Transit Authority buses, including an articulated model, parked on a paved lot with a red car in the foreground and autumn foliage in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority articulated bus, number 763, is parked in a line with other buses in an urban lot during autumn. c. 1980 to 1995 A yellow, white, and blue bus with flame graphics is driving down a city street with buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 888, in its distinctive flame livery, captured on a city street. November 28, 1980 · State and Randolph, Chicago, IL A white and dark-colored bus with the number 3679 on its front, operating on route 121, drives down a city street at dusk with string lights on the trees. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk, and another white vehicle is nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 3679 on route 121, travels along a festive, light-decorated city street at dusk. November 28, 1980 · State and Randolph, Chicago, IL A green and cream CTA bus with the number 8499 on its front is stopped at a street intersection with houses and a traffic light in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, numbered 8499, operates on route 49 at an intersection near Lincoln Avenue. September 22, 1981 · Ainslie, Chicago, IL A red Soo Line locomotive with the number 6054 is in the foreground, leading a train, while a black Norfolk Southern locomotive with the number 4146 is visible behind it on an overcast day. A Soo Line EMD SD40 locomotive numbered 6054 leads a train past a Norfolk Southern EMD SD40-2 numbered 4146 on a cloudy day. c. 1982 to 1990 A construction site with concrete barriers, a pile of dirt, and traffic lights under an overpass being built. A street-level view of a grade separation under construction, with traffic signals and concrete barriers in the foreground. September 11, 1982 A silver CTA train with the number 2208 written on its side runs along tracks in the center of an expressway, with a green 'EXIT' sign and a yellow 'RAMP 30 MPH' sign visible in the background. A CTA 2200-series rapid transit train travels through an expressway median on an overcast autumn day, with a yellow 'RAMP 30 MPH' sign visible in the background. October 2, 1982 A silver two-car train moves along tracks in a highway median, with a police car and other vehicles on the road beside it, under a gray sky. A two-car CTA 2000-series rapid transit train travels through an expressway median on an overcast autumn day. October 9, 1982 · Douglas and Kennedy, Milwaukee, WI A silver and blue Chicago 'L' train travels on tracks in the median of a wet highway, with cars and a station visible nearby on an overcast autumn day. A Chicago Transit Authority 2600-series rapid transit train, number 2656, travels on an expressway median toward a station, with highway traffic alongside. October 9, 1982 · Congress and Kennedy, Chicago, IL A silver Chicago Transit Authority train with the number 204 and a 'C' logo travels on tracks in an expressway median, with a blue car on the highway beside it and trees showing autumn colors in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit train, number 204, travels through the expressway median on the Douglas branch under overcast skies. October 9, 1982 · Douglas and Kennedy, Milwaukee, WI A nighttime view of a bus terminal with lit overhead signs, several parked buses, and a pickup truck in the background. A nighttime scene at a Chicago Transit Authority bus terminal, illuminated by overhead lights with several buses parked in their bays. c. 1983 to 2000 A white and red CTA Flxible Metro bus, number 478X, is driving down a city street under an elevated train structure, with several cars nearby and a red building in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus, number 478X, travels under an elevated structure on a street in Chicago, likely during the 1980s. c. 1983 to 1990 A white and red Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4017, is driving on a wet street in front of tall glass buildings on a rainy day. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4017, drives on a wet city street in the 1980s with a backdrop of modern skyscrapers. c. 1983 to 1995 A silver South Shore Line Highliner train with red and black stripes, numbered 5, sits on an elevated track next to a wooden platform, with Chicago skyscrapers in the background. South Shore Line Highliner electric multiple-unit car number 5 at an elevated station in Chicago, likely in the 1980s or 1990s. September 3, 1983 · Michigan and Randolph, Chicago, IL A silver and orange double-decker electric train, marked 'South Shore Line' and numbered 26, is stopped at an elevated station platform. South Shore Line Gallery car 26 at an elevated station. September 3, 1983 · Michigan Randolph, Chicago, IL A dark rapid transit train with a green illuminated destination sign reading 'Douglas Milwaukee B' is visible in a subway tunnel at night. A CTA 2000-series rapid transit car at night in a subway, displaying the route 'Douglas Milwaukee B'. September 3, 1983 · Douglas and Dearborn, Chicago, IL A green and white CTA bus from the 1970s, number 9304, travels down a city street with pedestrians and a bank in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9304, on route 36 Broadway in downtown Chicago. September 3, 1983 · State and Monroe, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus, numbered 1143, is stopped at an intersection on a city street with storefronts in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, fleet number 1143, on route 29 State, captured on a city street in the 1970s. September 3, 1983 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL A green and white trolleybus with the number 7144 on the front drives down a city street lined with buildings and pedestrians. A Chicago Transit Authority MAN trolleybus, number 7144, operates on route 62 Archer to Harlem on a city street in the 1970s. September 3, 1983 · State and Randolph, Chicago, IL A white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9288, is driving on a city street with tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look TDH-5303 bus, number 9288, on route 151 Sheridan/Belmont, is shown on a city street at State and Monroe in the 1970s. September 3, 1983 · State and Monroe, Chicago, IL A yellow, cream, and green CTA bus drives down a tree-lined street in front of brick houses on a clear day. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look TDH-5303 bus, number 9822, operates on route 106 along a residential street on a sunny day. September 24, 1983 · 109th Ave. C A long Santa Fe freight train with several blue and yellow diesel locomotives leads a line of freight cars through a dry, shrub-covered landscape with industrial buildings and hills in the background. A Santa Fe freight train led by EMD SD24 locomotive #3429 travels through a desert landscape in California. October 24, 1983 · Monolith, CA A white and red articulated city bus drives down a street lined with parked cars and modern buildings, with people on the sidewalk. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro articulated bus, number 7025, operates on a city street with its destination sign reading '27th-ALLEGHENY'. c. 1984 to 1990 Two damaged CTA buses in a lot, one with a crushed front end and the other with a visible fleet number 9648 and destination sign reading '5 King Drive'. A damaged Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9648, sits in a lot after a collision, with its front end crumpled and windshield shattered. September 15, 1984 A white, yellow and green Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 7218 on its front, parked outdoors with a damaged roof and windshield frame, and other buses visible nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority MAN New Look bus, number 7218, is parked in a yard, showing damage to its roof and windshield frame. September 15, 1984 A silver CTA subway car with red and blue stripes, number 2669, stopped at a station platform in a tunnel, with the route number 1136 displayed on its front sign. A Chicago Transit Authority 2600 series rapid transit car, numbered 2669, is shown at a subway station platform with passengers aboard and on the platform. September 17, 1984 · Ohare B Dearborn, Chicago, IL A nighttime scene of several Pace motor buses stopped at a terminal located in an expressway median, with people waiting, under a lighted shelter with route numbers 90 and 209 visible, and a car and bicycle parked nearby. Pace buses at a terminal in the median of an expressway at night, under a shelter marked with route numbers 90 and 209. c. 1985 to 1995 Side view of a white and blue Sydney Buses motor bus with number 2760, parked under a steel railway bridge with a red anti-smoking ad on its side. A Sydney Buses GM New Look motor bus, number 2760, is parked on a street under an elevated railway structure, featuring a prominent anti-smoking public health advertisement. c. 1985 to 1995 A green single-unit streetcar with a pantograph runs on street track toward the camera on a wide boulevard, with apartment buildings, trees, a filling station and a red traffic light. Rome streetcar 2151 in green livery runs along a tree-lined boulevard past an IP filling station. September 2, 1985 · Rome An orange single-ended streetcar with a pantograph rounds a curve on double track in a tree-lined avenue, with traffic lights, parked cars and a CAPOLINEA sign in the foreground. Orange streetcar 2071 on a tree-lined avenue, likely in Rome, near a terminal stop for line 30. September 2, 1985 · Rome An orange streetcar on a sunlit city street in Rome, with a street sign reading 'CAPOLINEA 30' and a red sign announcing a service change effective in 1984. An orange Stanga streetcar, number 2071, operates on a summer day in Rome, Italy, as indicated by the 'CAPOLINEA' street sign and a notice for a route change effective in February 1984. September 2, 1985 · Rome, Italy A vintage green streetcar with the number 2151 and route 30 sign is driving on a city street in Rome, passing a gas station and surrounded by cars and pedestrians on a sunny day. A pale green Vetture Stanga streetcar, number 2151, operates on route 30 in a Roman street, sharing the road with cars and pedestrians under a clear sky. September 2, 1985 · Rome, Italy A side-front view of a white and blue RTA bus with the number 110 on the front and side, displaying route 22 to Howard, parked on a street lined with trees. A white and blue Regional Transportation Authority Flxible Metro bus, numbered 110, is shown on a street with its destination sign reading '22 to HOWARD'. October 18, 1985 · Rt.22 Clark, Belleplaine A white and blue Flxible Metro bus, fleet number 110, for METRO, is shown on a street with autumn trees in the background. The destination sign reads '22 to HOWARD'. A white and blue Flxible Metro bus, fleet number 110, operating for METRO on route 22 to Howard on a street in autumn. October 18, 1985 · 22 Clark, Bellepiaine Two red and white articulated trams face the camera on cobblestone tracks, with a man standing between them and city buildings and a tall hotel tower behind. Vienna trams 4027 on line 64 to Siebenhirten and 4545 on line 6 to Zentralfriedhof stand side by side at a terminal, likely around 1978–1989. October 28, 1985 · Vienna Several CTA buses parked at a covered terminal at night, with people boarding and a car parked nearby. CTA New Look buses at a terminal at night, with passengers boarding and a sedan parked nearby. c. 1986 to 1995 A silver Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit car with red and blue stripes, numbered 3124, sits on a flat railcar for transport on a sunny day. A Chicago Transit Authority 3000-series rapid transit car, number 3124, is transported on a Trailer Train flatcar, MTTX 95344, under a clear summer sky. September 1, 1986 · Elston and North Av., Chicago, IL A stainless steel Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit car with fleet number 3123 is loaded on a flatcar, with other freight cars visible in the background in a sunny rail yard. A Chicago Transit Authority 2600 series rapid transit car, number 3123, is shown being transported on a Trailer Train flatcar in a rail yard. September 1, 1986 · Elston North Ay. An elevated view of a white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1262, driving down a city street with pedestrians on the sidewalk and another CTA bus parked nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1262, operates on State Street near Wacker Drive on a sunny day with pedestrians and a second CTA bus in the background. September 2, 1986 · State and Wacker, Chicago, IL A blue, red and gray Regional Transportation Authority F40PH locomotive numbered 514 pulls a yellow and blue Chicago and North Western passenger car over a concrete viaduct under an overcast sky. An RTA F40PH locomotive #514 leads a train of Chicago and North Western Highliner cars across an elevated structure. September 20, 1986 A front view of a silver and red South Shore Line train car, number 32, with an RTA logo, parked inside a well-lit train shop with other cars and equipment nearby. South Shore Line Electric Multiple-Unit Car 32, bearing the RTA logo, is photographed from the front inside a maintenance shop. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN Rear view of a South Shore Line electric multiple-unit car inside a rail maintenance shop, with other cars and a yellow utility vehicle visible. A South Shore Line electric multiple-unit car in a maintenance shop, flanked by other railcars. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN