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A green and white motor bus with the number 5592 travels on a city street, with pedestrians on the sidewalk and vintage signs for 'DINETTE CENTER' and 'CARLPT' visible in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 5592 on route 85 to Jefferson Park, travels down a city street lined with vintage signs and 1970s automobiles. May 13, 1975 A maroon and white Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 3760 moves down a sunny city street, surrounded by 1960s cars and storefronts. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look TDH-5303 bus, number 3760, travels down a city street in the late 1960s. May 16, 1975 A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1240, is driving down a residential street with houses and trees on both sides under a clear sky. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 1240, travels down a residential street on route 85 Central-Harrison on a clear spring day. May 16, 1975 · Gale and Higgins, Chicago, IL A green and white CTA bus numbered 1368, on route 149 Stateliner, is parked on a city street next to a building labeled Merchandise Mart Plaza. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1368, on route 149 Stateliner, is pictured in front of the Merchandise Mart Plaza on a clear summer day. May 24, 1975 A green and cream CTA motor bus, number 1144, is stopped on a wet city street with rain reflecting off the pavement; pedestrians and cars are visible in the background. CTA bus 1144, a New Look TDH-5303, navigates a wet street on the Jeffery Express route in Chicago during a summer rain shower. May 30, 1975 · Balbo, Chicago, IL Two diesel locomotives in Rock Island livery, numbered 271 and 253, are pictured on multiple tracks in a rail yard with a hazy background. Two Rock Island GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbered 271 and 253, lead a freight train through a rail yard under an overcast sky. April 24, 1976 · Clark and Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL A grey three-section articulated tram with a red front bumper and route number 2 runs on tracks beside a railed canal, with gabled canal houses, trees and a dark church behind it. An articulated Amsterdam tram on route 2 runs beside a canal under overcast skies. May 2, 1976 · Route #2 on Koninasplar, Amsterdam A green and cream streetcar with destination sign N JUDAH TO 48th runs along a city street lined with older buildings and vertical hotel and shop signs while pedestrians cross behind it. San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC 1138, signed N JUDAH TO 48th, on Market Street, likely at 6th Street, San Francisco. April 22, 1977 · 6th and Market, San Francisco, CA A three-quarter rear view of a white, red, and blue C.S.P. bus with a Flxible Metro body, parked on a paved street with bare trees and a CTA sign in the background. A white, red, and blue C.S.P. Flxible Metro bus parked on a street in spring, showing signs of wear and a vintage Illinois license plate. c. 1978 to 1990 A red Soo Line locomotive with the number 2410 is in a rail yard with a blue Mack truck, a white rental truck, and a front-end loader nearby, under a cloudy sky. A red Soo Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 2410, is parked in a rail yard surrounded by trucks and construction equipment on an overcast day. c. 1978 to 1980 A vintage dark green and orange electric train with the words ILLINOIS CENTRAL on its side, running on tracks next to a street in a winter scene. An Illinois Central Electric multiple-unit train, numbered 1802, moves along a street-level track in Chicago under overhead wires. March 12, 1978 · 76th and Exchange, Chicago, IL An interior view showing a panel of dials, wires, and a mounted radio unit inside a vehicle. A close-up of vintage electrical equipment and a radio inside a vehicle cab. March 12, 1978 An elevated train car with red, white and blue stripes, labeled CTA 2460, stopped at a station platform in an urban setting with office buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority 2400-series rapid transit car, number 2460, at an elevated station platform, with a destination sign reading 'Douglas Milwaukee'. April 16, 1978 · Milwaukee Polk St., Milwaukee, WI A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit car with gray body and red and blue stripes is stopped at an elevated station with wooden platforms and metal canopies on an overcast day. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit car stands at an elevated station platform under an overcast sky. April 16, 1978 · Milwaukee 18th St., Chicago, IL A silver CTA rapid transit train with red, white, and blue stripes, numbered 305, is stopped at an elevated station platform under a clear sky. A CTA 2600 series rapid transit car, numbered 305, is shown at a station platform with its destination sign reading 'Douglas Milwaukee B'. April 22, 1978 · 18th and Paulina, Chicago, IL A blue, red and silver CTA train car marked 203 on elevated tracks next to brick buildings under an overcast sky. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit car, number 203, travels on an elevated structure in Chicago. April 22, 1978 · Congress and North Av., Milwaukee, WI A Rock Island diesel locomotive, number 4901, painted in orange and yellow, is coupled to a matching caboose on a set of tracks in a rail yard with other trains visible in the background. Rock Island SW1200 diesel locomotive #4901 leads a caboose through a rail yard on an overcast winter day. April 23, 1978 · Blue Island, IL A red and yellow Rock Island freight locomotive numbered 4901 is parked on a set of tracks next to a matching caboose, with other trains visible in the background under a gray sky. Rock Island diesel locomotive 4901, an EMD SW1200, sits coupled to a caboose in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. April 23, 1978 · Blue Island, IL An orange and dark brown interurban train on elevated tracks with snow on the ground and a city skyline in the background. A South Shore Line interurban train, led by car 103, sits on the elevated tracks in downtown Chicago during winter. April 23, 1978 · Randolph and Michigan, Chicago, IL A blue and white diesel locomotive with the Rock Island 'R' logo on the front is crossing a wet street, with several cars parked nearby and a signal tower in the background. A Rock Island F7 diesel locomotive, number 652, leads a passenger train across a wet street crossing in Blue Island, Illinois, likely in the early 1970s. April 23, 1978 · Blue Island, IL A silver rapid transit train with red and blue stripes, numbered 121, is stopped at an elevated station platform on a wet, overcast day. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit car, number 121, at an elevated station on a rainy winter day. May 5, 1978 · Milwaukee and Kedzie, Chicago, IL A cream and green three-section tram with a pantograph on a fenced track down the middle of a wide street, with modern office buildings and parked cars at left, the Wicküler brewery sign on a hill in the distance, and a line of bollards in the foreground. A Wuppertaler Stadtwerke articulated tram runs on its reserved track in the middle of a wide street in Wuppertal, likely in the late 1970s. May 11, 1978 · Bemberestrabe-Bumgallee, Wuppertal A green and cream South Shore Line train car, number 80, with a 'NOT IN SERVICE' sign, is moving along tracks beside a street lined with buildings and parked cars under a clear sky. A South Shore Line electric multiple-unit car, #80, in its green and cream livery, is shown on a street running section in Evanston, Illinois, with a 'NOT IN SERVICE' sign displayed. May 13, 1978 · 27 South Blvd, Evanston, IL A silver CTA train with red underframe, led by car 207, on an elevated track next to a brick building. A CTA 2000-series rapid transit train, led by car 207, on an elevated track in Chicago. May 29, 1978 · Lake and Clinton, Chicago, IL A silver Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit car, number 2177, is stopped at an elevated station platform on a clear day, with city buildings in the background. A CTA 2000-series rapid transit car, number 2177, is shown at an elevated station platform in Chicago. May 29, 1978 · Lake and Clark, Chicago, IL A side-view of a Chicago Transit Authority train, marked cta 2486, running on an elevated concrete structure above a highway, with construction equipment visible in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority 2400-series rapid transit car, number 2486, travels along an elevated expressway median on a sunny summer day. May 29, 1978 · Jefferson Park Yds., Chicago, IL A silver rapid transit train with black front and red underframe is stopped at an elevated station; the lead car displays number 907 and destination 9 - LAKESHORE. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit train, led by car 907, is shown at an elevated station platform, likely on the Lakeshore route. May 29, 1978 · Lake Dahr-Yan A silver, blue, and red rapid transit train with an orange front panel, numbered 610, at an elevated station platform. The destination sign reads 'Jackson Pk Howard B'. A Chicago Transit Authority 2600 series rapid transit car, number 610, at a station on an elevated structure, with a destination sign reading 'Jackson Pk Howard B'. May 12, 1979 · Belmont A green and white Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, number 825, is parked on a street with other buses visible in the background. A water tower stands in the distance under a clear sky. Chicago Transit Authority bus number 825, a Flxible New Look, is shown at Howard and Hermitage in Chicago during the 1960s. May 15, 1979 · Howard and Hermitage, Chicago, IL A white, yellow and green articulated CTA bus on a city street with people on the sidewalk and movie theater marquees in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority articulated bus, number 7019, is shown on State Street at Randolph in the late 1970s, with the State-Lake Theater advertising the movie 'Alien'. May 28, 1979 · State and Randolph, Chicago, IL An orange and green interurban car numbered 1111 is stopped on tracks beside a paved path, with two crew members visible in the cab and another person working on the track nearby. The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban car 1111, a Master Unit, is shown on a private right-of-way under overcast skies. c. 1980 to 2000 An orange and gray interurban car numbered 1111 sits on tracks next to a street, with four people standing nearby and a utility pole with a high voltage sign. Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad car 1111, an Insull-era steel coach, is shown on a street running track with spectators nearby. c. 1980 to 2000 A side view of a vintage red-orange interurban car with a green roof, sitting on tracks under overhead wires on an overcast day. An orange and green vintage interurban car, likely from the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, sits on a private right-of-way under overhead wires. c. 1980 to 2000 A red electric locomotive labeled East Troy Railroad L9 is shown on tracks beside a red caboose, with overhead wires and a house in the background. An East Troy Railroad Master Unit electric locomotive, number L9, at a yard with overhead wires, pulling a red caboose on a private right-of-way. c. 1980 to 2000 A white CTA bus chassis, numbered 217, is parked on a city street with cars and a gas station in the background. A white CTA Motor bus, fleet number 217, chassis only, parked on a street corner in Chicago during the 1980s. c. 1980 to 1990 Side view of a red self-propelled railcar with 'EAST TROY RAILROAD' and 'L9' lettering on a gravel-ballasted track. A red East Troy Railroad self-propelled railcar, numbered L9, on a private right-of-way. c. 1980 to 2000 A red electric line car, number L9, for the East Troy Railroad, parked on tracks with overhead wires and a house in the background. A red East Troy Railroad Line Car L9, a self-propelled electric work car, sits on a private right-of-way under overhead wires. c. 1980 to 2000 Side view of a maroon passenger train car with the number 710 and the reporting mark FWRH, parked on tracks in a yard with several people leaning out of its end-platform windows. A maroon FWRH passenger car numbered 710, with passengers looking out from its observation platforms, photographed in a yard on an overcast day. c. 1980 to 2000 A green and cream CTA bus numbered 3706 with a 'Kedzie/Jackson' sign is on a city street, with background cars from the 1990s. A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 3706, is shown on a city street with its destination sign reading 'Kedzie/Jackson' in a likely 1997 scene. c. 1980 to 1997 A maroon and silver passenger train with the numbers 716 and 715 crosses a street at a grade crossing while several people, including a child with a bicycle, watch from the side. A Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society passenger train, including car 715 named 'Buckeye Trail', at a grade crossing with spectators watching. c. 1980 to 2000 Side view of a long blue and yellow passenger train with 'BLUEWATER' lettering crossing a street; people stand nearby with a bicycle, and a sign reads 'RAILROAD CROSSING 2 TRACKS'. A Bluewater passenger car, number C 9466, passes a grade crossing on a cloudy day, with spectators watching. c. 1980 to 1999 Front view of a white and green CTA bus with the number 9598 and destination sign reading 126 Jackson McCormick PI via Museum Aquarium, parked on a snowy street in front of a large building with a sign for the Auto Show Entrance. A Chicago Transit Authority GMC New Look bus, number 9598, is parked on a snowy street in front of McCormick Place, displaying route 126 to Jackson and McCormick Place via the Museum and Aquarium. March 1, 1980 · Mccormick Place, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus is parked on a snowy city street, with a storefront and a bus shelter in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 9269, on route 153 to Damen during a snowy day. March 1, 1980 · 153 and Jackson Four green and cream Chicago Transit Authority buses, numbered 3756, 7455, 7503, and 7504, are parked at a bus garage on a sunny day. Four Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses, including fleet number 3756, are parked at a bus terminal on a sunny day. March 11, 1980 · Howard and Hermitage, Chicago, IL A red and silver Chicago Fire Department bus, number 911, parked on a paved lot with a brick building in the background. A Chicago Fire Department GM New Look bus, numbered 911, is parked on a city street in winter. April 20, 1980 · Taylor and Clinton, Chicago, IL A blurred CTA 2000-series subway train moving through a concrete-arched station tunnel with a blue 'ESCALATOR' sign visible on the platform wall. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit car in motion at a subway station platform. April 21, 1980 · Douglas and Dearborn, Chicago, IL A silver CTA train with blue stripes travels on an elevated track, curving through a cityscape of tall buildings, with street-level traffic and pedestrians below. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit train travels on an elevated track through downtown Chicago. May 9, 1980 · Lake and Wells, Chicago, IL An elevated train with a silver body and red, white, and blue stripe travels on a curved track above a street with parked cars and buildings in the background, including one with a 'Dixon' sign and another with a 'Spitzer's' sign. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit train runs on an elevated track through downtown Chicago in the early 1980s, with storefronts and parked cars visible below. May 9, 1980 · Lake and Wells, Chicago, IL