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A Western Pacific orange and silver diesel locomotive numbered 904-B crosses a paved road with a line of matching passenger cars behind it, under a clear blue sky. Western Pacific FP7A locomotive 904-B leads a passenger train across a paved road grade crossing in a rural setting. August 24, 1964 · Franklin, CA A Western Pacific FP7A diesel locomotive, number 804-A, in orange and gray livery, pulls a line of matching passenger cars across a paved road in a rural, dry field setting under a clear sky. A Western Pacific FP7A locomotive, number 804-A, leads a passenger train through a rural grade crossing in California. August 24, 1964 · Franklin, CA A red and silver Western Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 804-A is crossing a paved road, pulling a long line of passenger cars through a flat, rural landscape. A Western Pacific FP7A locomotive, number 804-A, leads a passenger train across a rural grade crossing under a clear sky. August 24, 1964 · Franklin, CA A black and yellow Nickel Plate Road diesel locomotive numbered 26 is parked on a track in front of a brick building with a sign reading 'Nickel Plate Road Diesel Shop.' Nickel Plate Road SW1200 diesel locomotive number 26 stands in front of the Nickel Plate Road Diesel Shop, likely in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965. 1965 · E. 75th St., Cleveland, OH A blue and white diesel locomotive pulls a passenger train on multiple tracks, with a brick building and city skyline in the background. A Nickel Plate Road EMD E7 locomotive, No. 190, pulls a passenger train through a Chicago rail yard, with the Universal Loading & Distributing building in the background. 1965 · Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL A black-and-white photograph of a Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 697, parked on a street with a destination sign indicating 'HALSTE' and an advertisement for Pixley-Ehlers on its side. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 697, on a sunny day, likely in the 1960s, with its destination sign reading 'HALSTE'. 1965 · Clark A green and silver CTA bus numbered 302, showing route 8 Halsted-79, is parked on a street with brick buildings and overhead wires in the background. A Cutty Sark ad is visible on the side, and the front of an older car can be seen behind the bus. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 302 on the 8 Halsted route, is seen on a city street with a Cutty Sark advertisement on its side. c. 1966 to 1970 Black and white aerial photo of a bustling Chicago street corner in the 1960s, with many buses and cars, the Chicago Theater sign, and surrounding buildings. An overhead view of a busy Chicago street intersection in the 1960s, featuring numerous motor buses and automobiles, with the iconic "CHICAGO" theater sign and the Prudential Building visible. 1966 A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 6572, on a city street with trees and cars in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 6572, is shown on a city street in 1966, displaying route 81. 1966 · Montrose and Marine Dr, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 3077 travels on a street under an elevated train structure, with a 'Terminal Restaurant' and 'Corina Cigars' signs visible nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 3077, on route 62 Lindale-29, is seen on a city street with an elevated structure and a 'Corina Cigars' billboard in the background. 1966 · Logan Square, Chicago, IL A black and white photo of a vintage city bus, number 6572, on a tree-lined street with several cars in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 6572, on route 81 Lakeview North Ave, likely in the 1960s. 1966 · Montrose and Marine, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus drives down a city street under an elevated train station, with a brick building and restaurant sign visible in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 82, on the 82nd and Linville route, passes under the elevated 'L' tracks at 82nd Square in Chicago on a clear summer day. 1966 · 82nd SQUARE A vintage city bus with the number 31 on its front and side drives down a street lined with parked cars and pedestrians, with a large 'PARKING' sign visible above. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 31, travels down a city street in the 1950s or 60s, passing a parking garage and a sign for White Way Signs. 1966 · State and Lake, Chicago, IL A high-angle black and white photograph of a crowded Chicago street, featuring a white Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 6555 on the Jeffery Express route, another CTA bus, a police motorcycle, and numerous 1950s automobiles. A busy Chicago street scene from the 1960s with Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses, including CTA 6555 on the Jeffery Express route, navigating traffic alongside police and private automobiles. 1966 · Jeffery State and Van Buren A blue Chicago Transit Authority bus with patriotic decals and 'Keep Chicago Clean' lettering is turning at a street corner, with storefronts and parked cars in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 7270, is shown on its 21 Lehmak-Kenton route in a vibrant 'Keep Chicago Clean' livery, turning at the intersection of Cermak and Kenton streets on a clear summer day. June 5, 1966 · Cermak and Kenton A dark gray New York Central streamlined diesel and a hood-type diesel pull a long train of baggage, express and passenger cars along a grassy embankment under transmission towers on an overcast day. New York Central passenger train led by locomotive 4068 and a hood unit numbered 410, on an embankment, with the note placing it at Berea, Ohio. June 1967 · Berea, OH A dark diesel locomotive with a light stripe and an oval herald on its nose, its headlight lit, leads more units and a long line of boxcars past a pole line and a row of small frame buildings under a gray sky. New York Central 4022 leads a multi-unit diesel set and a long freight train along a multi-track main line. June 1967 · Northeast, PA Four green and cream CTA buses, numbered 5132, 5182, 5321, and 5237, are parked side by side in a yard with their reflections visible in a puddle on the ground. Four Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look buses, numbered 5132, 5182, 5321, and 5237, are parked in a row at Forest Glen Garage, reflected in a puddle on the wet pavement under an overcast sky. July 2, 1967 · Forest Glen Garage, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 5172, is parked on a wet, paved lot with another CTA bus and 1960s cars visible in the background under an overcast sky. Chicago Transit Authority bus #5172, a Flxible model, is parked in the wet lot of the Forest Glen Garage, with route 41 to Elston-Armstrong displayed on the front sign, circa the mid-1960s. July 2, 1967 · Forest Glen Garage, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 515 travels down a city street on a sunny day, passing a Martin gas station with several 1960s cars and pedestrians nearby. CTA bus 515, a green and cream GMC model, drives past a Martin gas station on a sunny day in the 1960s. July 3, 1967 · 81A and Montrose A vintage green and white city bus drives down a wide street lined with 1960s-era buildings and parked cars, with a large red 'Martin Wonderful Service' sign visible in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible bus, number 515, operates on a city street in the early 1960s, passing a Martin gas station under a clear summer sky. July 3, 1967 A green and white Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, number 5171, on route 56 Milwaukee-Downtown, parked on a city street in front of a brick building. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 5171, on route 56 Milwaukee-Downtown in 1968. 1968 · Washington and Jefferson, Chicago, IL Two green and cream trolleybuses from the Chicago Transit Authority drive down a city street on a sunny day, with one showing route 81 Lawrence-Broadway and a classic car parked nearby. Two Chicago Transit Authority trolleybuses, numbers 9710 and 9529, operate on a sunny day, with 9710 showing its route as 81 Lawrence-Broadway. July 1968 · Central and Lawrence, Chicago, IL A green and white Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9529, drives down a tree-lined street with overhead wires, while vintage cars are parked along the curb. Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus 9529 on the 81 Lawrence/Boston route, circa 1960-1973. July 1968 A green and cream trolleybus labeled 9748 and route 85 Central-Harrison is turning a corner on a sunny street in Chicago, with storefronts and pedestrians nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9748, on route 85 Central-Harrison, navigating a street corner on a sunny day. July 1968 · Central and Lawrence, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9747, is driving down a tree-lined street on a clear day, with a blue car parked on the left and other vehicles in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9747, is seen operating on Western Avenue on a sunny summer day, with vintage automobiles parked nearby. July 1968 · 81 and Gunnison Two green and white Chicago Transit Authority trolleybuses on a city street under a network of overhead wires, with a 1960s car parked nearby and storefronts lining the street. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9710, is shown on the 81 Lawrence-Broadway route, likely at the intersection of Central and Lawrence, with another CTA trolleybus, number 529, visible in the background. July 1968 · Central and Lawrence, Chicago, IL A green and cream trolleybus with the number 9529 and destination 'Lawrence' drives down a sunlit Chicago street lined with brick buildings and parked cars. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9529, operates on the Lawrence route in a summer street scene, likely in the mid-1960s. July 1968 A vintage Chicago bus, number 5137, is shown from a three-quarter front angle on a city street, with overhead wires, a Sunoco gas station sign, and several 1960s cars in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 5137, on route 91 Austin-Roosevelt, captured on a sunny day in a Chicago street scene with a Sunoco station in the background. July 1968 · Austin and Lawrence, Chicago, IL A green and white Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 3423, on route 91 to Austin-Roosevelt, is parked on a wet street with other buses and cars in the background under an overcast sky. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 3423, on route 91 to Austin-Roosevelt, parked on a wet street with other buses in the background. July 2, 1969 · Forest and Glen A green CTA bus with the number 314 and destination '65 Grand-Lake Shore' is driving down a city street with several cars and tall buildings in the background on a sunny day. A green and silver Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 314 on route 65 to Grand-Lake Shore, navigates a city street lined with high-rise buildings in the early 1970s. July 21, 1969 · Lasalle and Schiller, Chicago, IL A green and white Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus on the 01 Lawrence route, with overhead wires and a 1960s sedan in the background, on a sunny street scene. Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus #9499 on the 01 Lawrence route, captured near the Lamon street sign on a sunny day in the late 1960s. August 1969 · Lamon A green and cream trolleybus with the number 9531 on its front is driving down a city street with overhead wires, past a Heineken billboard and a restaurant, with several cars and pedestrians in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority trolleybus, number 9531, operates on route 81 Lawrence-Austin on a sunny day in a mid-20th-century city street scene. August 1969 · Western and Lincoln Two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbered 9432 and 2979, are traveling on a railroad track under an overcast sky. Two Union Pacific SD40-2 diesel locomotives, numbered 9432 and 2979, are seen on a railroad main line. c. 1970 to 2000 · Pulaski and 21 A blue Bangor and Aroostook locomotive #56 and an orange and black Wisconsin & Calumet locomotive #52 are parked on parallel tracks in a grassy railroad yard under an overcast sky. Two diesel locomotives, Bangor and Aroostook #56 and Wisconsin & Calumet #52, sit idle in a weed-choked railroad yard. c. 1970 to 1980 Three CTA buses parked in a yard with stop signs and a building in the background. Three Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses, numbers 9638, 5634 and 5471, are parked in a bus yard on a sunny day. c. 1970 to 1980 A single electric multiple-unit train car, number 42, with a red, white and blue stripe, sits on elevated tracks under a clear sky, with a 'Linden Howard' sign in its front window and a Holiday Inn in the background. Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Master Unit 42, painted in its 1970s livery, is shown on the elevated tracks in Chicago with a 'Linden Howard' destination sign. c. 1970 to 1982 A yellow and dark green diesel locomotive with the number 8618 and 'NORTHWESTERN' lettering on the front, parked on tracks in a yard. Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive 8618 at a yard, with another locomotive visible in the background. c. 1970 to 1980 A red Santa Fe caboose, number 999330, viewed from a three-quarter rear angle, sits on a gravel track with a wooden platform in the background under an overcast sky. An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway caboose, number 999330, painted in the road's signature red livery, sits idle on a side track in a rural yard. c. 1970 to 2000 A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 4461, is shown on railroad tracks beside a grassy area with trees in the background. A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive, number 4461, travels along a railroad main line on an overcast summer day. c. 1970 to 2000 A side view of a Santa Fe freight train moving across a rocky, arid landscape under a clear blue sky. A Santa Fe freight train travels through a desert landscape with mountains in the background. c. 1970 to 1980 A long freight train with yellow and red locomotives moves along a track through a barren, rocky desert with distant mountains under a clear sky. A Santa Fe freight train travels across a rocky desert landscape under a clear blue sky. c. 1970 to 1990 A line of four Santa Fe diesel locomotives in different paint schemes—green, red and white, silver, and blue—are on a railroad track beside a dry, grassy field under a clear blue sky. A consist of Santa Fe diesel locomotives, including a green GP38-2, a warbonnet FP45, a silver SD40-2, and a blue GP38-2, are seen on a private right-of-way in a field on a sunny summer day. c. 1970 to 1995 A green and white CTA bus, numbered 9101, drives on a steel bridge in a city with tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9101, travels across a steel truss bridge in downtown Chicago under an overcast sky. c. 1970 to 1980 Side view of a blue CTA bus with passengers inside, framed by pillars in the foreground. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 25, in two-tone blue livery, is seen on a city street. c. 1970 to 1985 A green and yellow Burlington Northern diesel locomotive, number 4120, on an elevated track next to a building with a yellow 'HAND CAR WASH' sign. A Burlington Northern GP9 diesel locomotive, number 4120, travels on an elevated structure past a hand car wash sign. c. 1970 to 1980 A front three-quarter view of a dark green and white CTA bus, number 7277, on a sunny street with cars and brick buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible bus, number 7277, operating on route 85 Central-Harrison at an intersection with overhead trolley wires. June 1970 · 85 and Lawrence Two CTA rapid transit cars on maintenance tracks inside a large industrial building, with ladders and equipment nearby. Two Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit cars in the 98th Street Shops, undergoing maintenance. June 19, 1970 · 98th St. Shops