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Front view of a South Shore Line electric train car, number 21, inside a rail shop with maintenance equipment and other cars nearby. A South Shore Line Budd Highliner electric multiple-unit car, number 21, is shown front-on inside a shop, with the RTA logo displayed on its nose. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN A photograph of a rail yard with several train cars parked on separate tracks. The ground is gravel and weeds, with trees in the background under an overcast sky. A scene of a rail yard with out-of-service passenger cars and cabooses on adjacent tracks, surrounded by overgrown vegetation. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN A blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 8086 is pulling a line of freight cars along a curving track, with trees showing autumn colors in the background. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8086, leads a freight train on a mainline track in autumn. October 11, 1986 · New Carlisle, IN Two trains, a silver gallery car and a red caboose, are parked on parallel tracks in a gravel yard surrounded by trees under an overcast sky. A Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad silver gallery car and a red caboose on a gravel yard in Michigan City, Indiana, in autumn. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN A silver and orange passenger railcar labeled Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, number 10, sits on tracks in a gravel yard with overhead wires and trees in the background. A Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad electric multiple-unit car, number 10, in a yard under overhead wires. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN A long freight train with yellow and black locomotives moves across a desert landscape with rocky terrain and sparse shrubs, mountains visible in the distance. A freight train travels across a barren desert landscape under a clear blue sky, with distant mountains on the horizon. October 19, 1986 · Ash Hill, CA A red double-decker bus with 'Chicago Motor Coach Company' and 'Luxury Service with a Smile!' lettering is driving on a city street with skyscrapers in the background. A red double-decker bus from the Chicago Motor Coach Company, number 555, drives on a city street under an overcast sky. c. 1987 to 1995 A white and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 4012 on its front bumper is driving on a city street with tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority MAN bus, number 4012, operating in downtown Chicago in 1987. 1987 · Dearborn and Washington, Chicago, IL A light blue and dark blue trolleybus with the number 240 and destination 'Höhenmatt' is driving on a tree-lined street, powered by overhead wires. A light blue Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich trolleybus, number 240, heads towards Höhenmatt on a sunny summer day. September 1987 · Zurich, Switzerland A green and white Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, numbered 9631, is parked on a city street with its destination sign reading '77 BELMONT-CENTRAL'. In the background, a red and cream CTA diesel bus is visible along with a few pedestrians. Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus 9631 on route 77 Belmont-Central, parked at a downtown terminal with a CTA diesel bus in the background. October 5, 1987 · Dearborn and Washington, Chicago, IL A red and cream CTA bus, number 3407, is parked on a city street with a destination sign reading 'ARCHER EXPRESS ARCHER-HARLEM' and pedestrians nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 3407, in red and cream livery, displays 'ARCHER EXPRESS' and 'ARCHER-HARLEM' on its front sign, parked at a city street corner. October 5, 1987 · Washington and Clark, Chicago, IL A white and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus with a red stripe, numbered 4177 and displaying 'NOT IN SERVICE' on its front sign, is moving down a street with buildings and other cars in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority MAN bus, number 4177, marked 'NOT IN SERVICE', drives on a city street. October 5, 1987 · Dearborn and Washington, Chicago, IL A white, blue, and red Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4148, with 'NOT IN SERVICE' displayed on its front sign, is driving on a city street with other cars and tall buildings nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority MAN 323 bus, number 4148, displays 'NOT IN SERVICE' on its destination sign while on a city street in the 1970s. October 5, 1987 · Dearborn and Washington, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 605, parked on a city street with tall buildings in the background and a yellow taxi visible. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible motor bus, number 605, is captured in a three-quarter front view on a city street, displaying its route to Adams-State and Outer Drive Express. October 5, 1987 · Clark and Washington, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 605, is shown from a three-quarter front view on a city street with a yellow taxi and a police car in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible bus, number 605, on a city street with its destination sign reading 'Outer Drive Express' and 'Adams-State'. October 5, 1987 · Washington Clark A white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus is on a flatbed truck on a multi-lane highway, surrounded by 1980s cars and a motor coach, with railroad tracks visible on the right. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9923, is transported on a flatbed truck along a busy expressway in Chicago during the 1980s. October 5, 1987 · Ainslie and Kennedy, Chicago, IL A white, yellow and green bus labeled 9886 is on a flatbed truck on a highway surrounded by cars, with autumn trees and railroad tracks nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9886, is transported on a flatbed truck along a multi-lane highway in autumn. October 5, 1987 · Ainslie and Kennedy, Chicago, IL A silver and orange double-decker electric train car with the number 119 on its front moves along curved tracks in a sunlit rail yard with multiple overhead wires and a city skyline in the background. A Metra Highliner electric multiple-unit car, numbered 119, navigates a curved track in a rail yard under overhead wires. November 14, 1987 · 18th Street, Chicago, IL A yellow and white CTA motor bus numbered 7177 drives on a wide highway with several cars, including a taxi, under a clear sky with bare trees alongside the road. A CTA bus numbered 7177 travels along a multi-lane highway in Chicago, surrounded by cars and under a clear sky in the early 1980s. November 14, 1987 · Southshore Dr. A black Illinois Central switcher numbered 1495, coupled to a second black switcher, stands on a yard track beside a gravel road, with a man photographing it and a gray coil car and a tank car on the tracks at left. Illinois Central switchers 1495 and 15[?]9 in a rail yard on an overcast autumn day. c. 1988 to 2001 Two black Illinois Central diesel locomotives, numbered 6014 and 6252, with Operation Lifesaver logos stand on a yard track beside a covered hopper and orange containers, with several tracks in the foreground. Illinois Central 6014 and 6252 in a rail yard on an overcast day. c. 1988 to 1999 · Midlothian, IL A black diesel switcher numbered 1495 with Illinois Central lettering stands on yard track beside a gravel road, framed by trees with yellowing leaves. Illinois Central 1495, a black switcher, in a yard under autumn trees. c. 1988 to 1999 · Midlothian, IL A white Pace bus with the number 33 drives on a city street at an intersection, with a white taxi cab and a white delivery van also present. A modern building with large windows is in the background. A Pace Flxible Metro bus, number 33, navigates a Chicago street corner in the 1990s, with a taxi and a delivery van nearby. c. 1988 to 1996 A cream and black articulated bus with 'Stadtwerke Gütersloh SWG 29' on its side and 'Deutscher Herold' advertising, parked under a blue metal canopy. An articulated Mercedes-Benz O 305G bus, number 29, of Stadtwerke Gütersloh, is parked at a terminal under an overhead structure in the late 1980s. 1988 A white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1101, is driving on a street under a concrete overpass on a clear day. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1101, operates on route 85 Central/Harrison under an overpass on a sunny day. September 23, 1988 · Milwaukee, WI A front three-quarter view of a white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 1389, parked on a street under a bridge, next to a white van and near a food stand sign. A weathered Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1389, parked on a city street under an overpass, with a white Ford van and a 'Demon Dogs' storefront in the background. October 4, 1988 · Fullerton and Sheffield, Chicago, IL A Greyhound bus numbered 1405 with 'Milwaukee-O'Hare Express' lettering on its side, parked at a terminal, featuring a blue, white, and red livery with an American flag and a running greyhound logo. Greyhound Flxible Metro bus 1405 in 'Americruiser' livery, operating on the Milwaukee-O'Hare Express route, parked at a terminal. November 25, 1988 · Kennedy Cumberland A photograph of three blue Conrail diesel locomotives, numbers 5070 and 5087 visible, moving along tracks in a rail yard with industrial buildings in the background. Three Conrail SD40-2 locomotives, led by #5070, run through a Chicago rail yard in the late 1970s. September 3, 1989 · 18th St., Chicago, IL A red and blue Soo Line diesel locomotive, number 6205, is positioned at the front of a train in a railroad yard with a large crane visible in the background. A Soo Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive, number 6205, leads a consist including another SD40-2, number 6215, on a main line track in a yard setting. September 30, 1989 · 56th St. A red and gray Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 5814, leads a train on tracks running through a paved street, with a brick building and smokestack in the background. A Chicago and North Western locomotive consist, led by SD40-2 5814, travels along a street-level track in a Chicago neighborhood. September 30, 1989 · J Archer A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus, route 156 to LaSalle, drives down a city street with other cars, including taxis, and pedestrians nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, number 9318, on the 156 LaSalle route, is seen on a downtown street in summer, with a 'YAHOOO!' ad on its side and other vehicles in the background. October 5, 1989 · LaSalle and Randolph, Chicago, IL A white and black CTA 2200-series rapid transit car, numbered 2203, is parked indoors in a dimly lit shop with its destination sign reading 'O'Hare Doubles'. CTA 2203, a 2200-series rapid transit car, is shown in a maintenance shop at night. October 7, 1989 · Brooklyn, NY A silver, orange, and red electric train with pantographs, labeled 'Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad', is at an elevated station platform. Parked cars are visible alongside the tracks. Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Pullman-Standard electric multiple-unit cars at a station platform. October 27, 1989 · New Randolph St. Station, Chicago, IL A green Metra diesel locomotive numbered 9019 moves through a snow-dusted rail yard with multiple tracks and Amtrak passenger cars in the background. Metra locomotive 9019, an EMD F40PH, pulls a passenger train through a snowy rail yard in Chicago, with Amtrak cars visible in the background. November 24, 1989 · Roosevelt Rd and Canal St., Chicago, IL A Metra train with locomotive number 115, painted in blue with red and white stripes on the front, travels along a set of tracks next to a road with some snow on the ground and bare trees. Metra locomotive 115, an EMD F40PH, leads a train of gallery cars through a snowy, suburban right-of-way in Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Cicero (Montrose), Chicago, IL A blue and red diesel locomotive with a white and red chevron front, numbered 161, pulls a line of silver passenger cars along snow-covered tracks in winter. Metra F40PH locomotive 161, in red, white, and blue chevron livery, leads a train of gallery cars on a snowy winter day along the Rock Island District. November 24, 1989 · Roosevelt Rd. and Clark St., Chicago, IL An Amtrak freight train with two locomotives and several passenger cars on a snowy day in a rail yard with city buildings in the background. An Amtrak train led by locomotive 361, followed by 330, travels through a snowy rail yard near downtown Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Roosevelt Rd. and Canal St., Chicago, IL A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with a red, white and blue stripe leads stainless steel passenger cars along double track, past a brick interlocking tower, a signal bridge and a tall brick smokestack, with dry winter grass and patches of snow in the foreground. An Amtrak passenger train, led by a diesel locomotive whose number appears to end in 7, passes an interlocking tower at what the note identifies as Mayfair Junction, Chicago, in winter. November 24, 1989 · Mayfair Jct, Chicago, IL A high-angle view of an Amtrak passenger train at a snow-dusted station, showing the rear of a silver coach with a red and blue stripe. An Amtrak Amfleet I coach, number 34073, sits at a snowy station platform, with another Amtrak car visible on an adjacent track. November 24, 1989 · Roosevelt Rd and Wells St., Chicago, IL Elevated view of two grey Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes pulling express cars and passenger cars through a snowy multi-track throat, with a highway viaduct and office buildings behind. Amtrak locomotives 361 and 330 lead a train past snowy ground near Canal Street and Roosevelt Road in Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 333, with red, white and blue stripes, leads a second locomotive, a baggage car and passenger cars along snow-dusted tracks, with an elevated roadway and large buildings behind. Amtrak 333 leads a second locomotive and a passenger train over the snowy tracks near Canal and Roosevelt in Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with red, white and blue stripes pulls four silver passenger cars over a snowy maze of tracks and switches, with a street viaduct and tall office buildings behind. Amtrak 206 leads a short passenger train through the snowy track approach, likely near Canal and Roosevelt in Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL A blue, red, and white Metra diesel locomotive numbered 107 is at a station platform with snow on the ground, pulling a train of stainless steel passenger cars. A Metra EMD F40PH locomotive, numbered 107, on an elevated embankment with a passenger train in winter. November 24, 1989 · Cicero and Montrose Aves., Chicago, IL An overhead view of a green Metra train with a red and white striped front, number 9920, traveling on snow-dusted tracks through a complex of multiple railroad lines with a few workers visible on the ground. A Metra EMD F40PH locomotive, number 9920, navigates a snowy rail yard in Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Roosevelt Rd and Canal St., Chicago, IL A green and white Metra locomotive numbered 9920 pulls silver commuter cars across multiple tracks in a snowy urban rail yard with modern buildings in the background. A Metra EMD F40PH locomotive, number 9920, in green livery with Burlington Northern lettering, leads a train of silver commuter cars through a snowy rail yard in Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Roosevelt Rd and Canal St., Chicago, IL A green Metra diesel locomotive numbered 9019 travels on tracks in a winter rail yard with Amtrak cars and city buildings in the background. A Metra EMD F40PH locomotive, number 9019, leads a train through a snow-dusted rail yard with Amtrak passenger cars in the background. November 24, 1989 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with blue and red stripes, number 9688, is seen from the front three-quarter view driving on a city street with an elevated structure overhead. The destination sign reads '62 Archer | Pershing'. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9688, travels along a city street under an elevated structure. November 24, 1989 · State and 16th St, Chicago, IL A white and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus drives down a wide city street on a clear winter day, with tall buildings and parked cars behind it. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 7902, on route 62 Archer Express, navigates a winter street with the city's skyline in the background. November 24, 1989 · State and 13th St, Chicago, IL