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A red trolleybus, numbered 1384 and labeled 'Phoenix,' drives on a city street next to a turquoise double-decker tour bus. The scene features modern buildings and a visible overhead wire. A Chicago Trolley trolleybus, number 1384, is seen on a city street alongside a double-decker tour bus with a Sears Tower Skydeck advertisement. April 1996 · Wacker and Franklin, Chicago, IL Side view of a white Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus with '9854' on its rear, under a bridge, featuring a Banana Republic ad. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9854, operates under a bridge on a city street. April 1996 · Wells St Bridge, Chicago, IL A white and red Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4179, is driving on a city street with another CTA bus and cars in the background, near a historic clock tower and tall glass buildings. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4179, makes a turn at an intersection near a clock tower and modern skyscrapers. April 1996 · Lasalle/Wacker, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with a red stripe and the number 4107 is driving on a street in a city with tall buildings behind it. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4107, is seen driving on a city street with skyscrapers in the background. April 1996 · Wacker and Franklin, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with red and blue stripes, numbered 4044, drives down a city street with tall buildings and an elevated train track overhead. A red service van is parked on the side of the road. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4044, travels along a city street under an elevated train structure on a clear summer day. April 1996 · Wacker and Wells, Chicago, IL A white and red Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 4043 on its front, displaying route 125 to R.R. STNS, is driving on a street with a drawbridge and modern buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4043, on route 125 approaches a drawbridge on a city street. April 1996 · Orleans and Chicago River, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with red and blue stripes, fleet number 4040, is driving on a city street; the destination sign reads '125 EXPRESS' and the location is Wacker and Franklin. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4040, operates on route 125 Express on a city street under overcast skies. April 1996 · Wacker and Franklin, Chicago, IL Front three-quarter view of a white and orange Chicago Transit Authority bus with number 1610 and destination 156 LaSalle Union Station, driving on a street with a bridge in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1610, on route 156 LaSalle, is captured on a city street near a bridge. April 1996 · La Salle/Wacker, Chicago, IL Front three-quarter view of a white and red Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4121, on a city street with tall buildings and a bridge in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Flyer D40LF bus, number 4121, operates on route 127 in downtown Chicago in 1996. April 1996 · Wacker and La Salle, Chicago, IL Front view of a white and red Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4143, driving on a city street with tall buildings and a bridge in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Flyer D40 bus, fleet number 4143, travels down a city street under an overpass, with a destination sign reading '147 104 104 E 77 110'. April 1996 · Franklin and Wacker, Chicago, IL Front view of a white and red Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 4421, showing route 135 LaSalle Express on its sign, driving on a busy city street with an elevated train track overhead. A Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, number 4421, displays route 135 to LaSalle Express on a city street under an elevated train structure. April 1996 · La Salle and Wacker, Chicago, IL A white Chicago Transit Authority motor bus with red and blue stripes, displaying route 125 Express, drives on a city street with tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, number 4034, on route 125 Express, navigating a city street. April 1996 · Wacker and Franklin, Chicago, IL A white Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 9971 and route 24 Wentworth displayed on its front, driving on a city street with pedestrians and tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9971, on route 24 Wentworth, travels through downtown Chicago. April 1996 · La Salle and Wacker, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus numbered 9865 with a red stripe displays its route as 125 Water Tower Express Michigan Walton, stopped at an intersection in downtown Chicago with pedestrians and other vehicles nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9865, is shown on a city street with its destination sign reading '125 Water Tower Express Michigan Walton'. April 1996 · Orleans at Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL A white and red CTA bus with number 4149 is on a bridge, with a white car in front and a red car to the side, under a clear sky. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4149, travels over a truss bridge on a sunny day, with passenger cars nearby. April 1996 · Wells and Chicago River, Chicago, IL Side view of a white CTA motor bus, number 4064, stopped on a city street with a building and passing cars in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4064, is parked on a city street near La Salle Street, with cars passing by. April 1996 · La Salle and Wacker, Chicago, IL A white and red CTA bus with the number 1622 is stopped at an intersection with several cars and a yellow taxi, with a large metal bridge in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1622, runs route 125 Chestnut on Franklin Street near the Franklin Street Bridge in the 1980s. April 1996 · Franklin St Bridge, Chicago, IL Two green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, numbered 4102 and 4114, sit side by side in a gravel yard under a clear sky, with patches of snow visible on the ground. Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotives 4102 and 4114 in a yard during winter. April 6, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side profile of a yellow and gray Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 4104, parked on tracks in a gravel yard with patches of snow on the ground. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 4104, is side-viewed in a rail yard during winter. April 6, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A green and yellow diesel locomotive with the number 4121 and the word NORTHWESTERN on its side sits in a rail yard with stacks of wooden ties in the foreground. A Chicago and North Western EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 4121, in a yard, showing its dark green and yellow livery. April 6, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Front view of a red, white, and blue Metra locomotive numbered 175 moving along tracks at a grade crossing, with cars and trees in the background. Metra locomotive 175, an EMD F40PH, approaches a grade crossing in Des Plaines, Illinois, likely in the late 1980s. April 12, 1996 · Pearson and Miner St, Des Plaines, IL A blue and red Metra locomotive numbered 142 pulls gallery cars along a track bordered by bare trees and dry grass under an overcast sky. Metra locomotive 142, an EMD F40PH, leads a train of gallery cars through a winter landscape in Park Ridge, Illinois. April 16, 1996 · Rte 294 and Busse Hwy, Park Ridge, IL A blue, red and white Metra locomotive numbered 139 pulls a long train of silver double-decker cars along tracks beside a grassy embankment under an overcast sky, with leafless trees and a highway overpass in the background. A Metra GP40PH-2 diesel locomotive numbered 139 pulls a train of double-decker commuter cars through a winter landscape in Park Ridge, Illinois. April 16, 1996 · Rte 294 and Busse Hwy, Park Ridge, IL A blue Metra locomotive with a red and white chevron nose, number 178, pulls a bi-level train through a leafless winter landscape with a highway overpass in the background. A Metra GP38-2 locomotive, number 178, pulls a train of gallery cars along a private right-of-way in winter. April 16, 1996 · Rte 294 and Busse Hwy, Park Ridge, IL A blue and red Metra diesel locomotive pulls a train of double-decker cars along a tree-lined track on an overcast day. A Metra GP38-2 locomotive, number 155, pulls a train of Gallery cars on a private right-of-way in Park Ridge, Illinois, during the winter. April 16, 1996 · Rte 294 and Busse Hwy, Park Ridge, IL A blue Metra locomotive with red and white chevron stripes, numbered 168, pulls double-decker passenger cars along tracks bordered by dry grass and bare trees under an overcast sky. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 168 leads a train of gallery cars through a winter landscape. April 16, 1996 · Rte 294 and Busse Hwy, Park Ridge, IL A red, white, and blue Metra locomotive numbered 154 pulls a silver train of gallery cars along tracks beside a grassy embankment and houses, with bare trees in the background under a clear sky. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 154 pulls a train of gallery cars through a suburban area in winter. April 16, 1996 · Avondale and Prospect, Park Ridge, IL A blue Metra locomotive with red and white chevron stripes, number 149, pulls a line of gray double-decker passenger cars on a track beside a grassy embankment with bare trees in the background under an overcast sky. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 149 leads a train of gallery cars on a winter day along a private right-of-way. April 16, 1996 · Rte 294 and Busse Hwy, Park Ridge, IL A blue, red, and white Metra train with locomotive 146 leads a line of double-decker commuter cars along a track near a bridge, with bare trees and dry grass under an overcast sky. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 146 pulls a consist of Highliner double-decker commuter cars through a leafless winter landscape. April 16, 1996 · Rte 294 and Busse Hwy, Park Ridge, IL A red, white and blue Metra train with locomotive number 145 travels on a track beside a dry, grassy field with bare trees in the background under a cloudy sky. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 145, painted in its distinctive blue and red livery, pulls a train of gallery cars along a grassy embankment near a highway overpass in winter. April 16, 1996 · Rte 294 and Busse Hwy, Park Ridge, IL A blue and red Metra locomotive with the number 165 travels on tracks beside dry grass and bare trees under a clear blue sky. A Metra F40PH diesel locomotive numbered 165, in its 'Village of Glencoe' heritage livery, pulls a train through a winter landscape. April 16, 1996 · Avondale and Prospect, Park Ridge, IL A blue and red Metra locomotive numbered 165 is pulling silver gallery cars across a street at a grade crossing, with a multi-story building and a bowling alley sign in the background. Metra locomotive 165 pulls a consist of gallery cars through a grade crossing in Des Plaines, Illinois. April 17, 1996 · Pearson and Miner, Des Plaines, IL A blue, red, and white Metra locomotive numbered 160 pulls silver double-decker commuter cars along tracks next to a road with parked cars and a tall building in the background. Metra locomotive 160 pulls a train of gallery cars past a grade crossing in Des Plaines, Illinois. April 17, 1996 · Pearson and Miner, Des Plaines, IL A red, white, and blue Metra diesel locomotive numbered 142, pulling silver bi-level passenger cars, travels on tracks next to a street with parked cars and a tall building in the background on a clear winter day. Metra locomotive 142, an EMD F40PH, pulls a consist of gallery cars along a private right-of-way in a winter scene. April 17, 1996 · Pearson and Miner St., Des Plaines, IL A red, white, and blue Metra locomotive numbered 135 is moving on tracks beside a road with parked cars and bare trees. Metra F40PH locomotive number 135 leads a train of gallery cars on a winter day in Des Plaines, Illinois. April 17, 1996 · Pearson and Miner, Des Plaines, IL A white Pace bus with an Ocean Pacific advertisement is parked on a city street in front of a store named Kinder Industrial Supply. A Pace motor bus, number 8861, with a full Ocean Pacific advertisement, is parked on a street in Des Plaines, Illinois, circa 1997-2001. April 17, 1996 · Pearson and Prairie, Des Plaines, IL A red and orange bus with a full Red Baron Pizza ad, showing the number 203 and Pace logo on the back, parked on a street beside a building with signs for Sugar Bowl and Cypress Inn Restaurant. A Pace motor bus, number 203, covered in a Red Baron Pizza advertisement, is parked on a city street with vintage storefronts in the background. April 17, 1996 · Miner and Lee, Schaumburg, IL A white Pace motor bus with blue and yellow stripes, numbered 8920, is shown from a three-quarter front view on a city street, displaying route 209 Harlem on its front sign. A Pace bus, number 8920, on route 209 Harlem in Des Plaines, Illinois, circa the 1990s. April 17, 1996 · Miner and Lee, Des Plaines, IL A white Pace bus with yellow and blue stripes, marked 2091 and heading to O'Hare, is driving down a street with bare trees and traffic lights under a clear blue sky. A Pace bus, number 2091, heads toward O'Hare on a winter day in Des Plaines, Illinois, as it travels along Miner Street. April 17, 1996 · Pearson and Mwer, Des Plaines, IL A white and yellow Pace bus with the number 8742 and destination '209 HARLEM L' is on a city street, with a parking sign and shops like 'Polish Deli' and 'Des Plaines Comics' in the background. A Pace bus numbered 8742 on route 209 Harlem Line is stopped at an intersection in Des Plaines, Illinois, surrounded by commercial storefronts. April 17, 1996 · Woodfield and Harlem Rd, Des Plaines, IL A white and yellow Pace bus with number 2371 and destination sign reading '234 WHEELING' is stopped at a street corner in a suburban area with bare trees and a pedestrian crossing nearby. A Pace bus numbered 2371 on route 234 to Wheeling in Des Plaines, Illinois, captured on a winter day in the 1990s. April 17, 1996 · Miner and Lee ST, Des Plaines, IL A red, white, and blue Metra locomotive with the number 137 on its front is moving along tracks in a suburban setting with buildings and parked cars nearby. A Metra F40PH locomotive, number 137, leads a train through a suburban area in winter. April 17, 1996 · Pearson and Miner, Des Plaines, IL A red, white and blue Metra locomotive numbered 179 pulls silver double-decker commuter cars along tracks that cross a street, with bare trees and parked cars in the background. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 179 pulls a consist of gallery cars through a grade crossing in Des Plaines, Illinois, in winter. April 17, 1996 · Pearson and Miner St, Des Plaines, IL A red, white and blue striped Metra diesel locomotive numbered 127 leads a train of silver bi-level cars along tracks beside a road and a parking lot, with an apartment building in the background. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 127 pulls a train of gallery cars through a grade crossing in Des Plaines, Illinois. April 17, 1996 · Pearson and Miner, Des Plaines, IL A Metra train with locomotive 126 and gallery cars crossing a street in a suburban area with a high-rise building in the background. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 126 leads a train of gallery cars through a grade crossing in Des Plaines, Illinois, under a clear winter sky. April 17, 1996 · Pearson and Miner, Des Plaines, IL A white and red bus with a full Red Baron Pizza ad, showing route 230 to Rosemont, is on a street in front of a train station with a double-decker Amtrak train behind it. A Pace motor bus, number 502, in a Red Baron Pizza advertisement wrap, is shown on a street in Des Plaines, Illinois, with an Amtrak train in the background. April 18, 1996 · Miner and Lee, Des Plaines, IL A white Pace bus with blue and yellow stripes, number 8873, travels down a city street in front of a building with a 'BROWN'S' sign. A Pace Flxible Metro bus, number 8873, on route 209 Northwest, is captured on a winter day in Schaumburg, Illinois. April 18, 1996 · Miner and Lee St, Schaumburg, IL A blue and red Metra locomotive numbered 135 is stopped at a station platform. Several people are waiting, and a modern building is in the background. A Metra F40PH locomotive, number 135, stands at a station platform in Des Plaines, Illinois, with passengers nearby. April 18, 1996 · Miner and Lee, Des Plaines, IL