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An articulated CTA bus drives on a city street on a clear winter day, with bare trees and patches of snow visible. A Chicago Transit Authority articulated bus, number 7157, travels down a winter street on route 94 to 71st Street. February 15, 1994 · 50th St. A Van Galder bus, number 118, drives on a snowy road with cars behind it, amidst falling snow. A Van Galder Bus Company motor coach drives on a snow-covered road during a winter storm. February 25, 1994 · Van Galder Kennedy and Ainsile A train travels along tracks in the median of a snow-covered highway during a blizzard, with cars visible on the road and snow falling heavily. A train on an expressway median during a heavy snowstorm. February 25, 1994 · Kennedy and Ainslie, Chicago, IL A white Pace bus is driving down a street covered in snow. The bus has a yellow stripe and displays route 270 to Glenbrook on its front sign. Bare trees line the street in the background. A Pace bus, number 2375, on route 270 to Glenbrook, navigates a snow-covered street. February 25, 1994 A Chicago 'L' train of the 2600 series moves through a snowstorm on a private right-of-way next to a highway with cars and trucks. A Chicago 'L' train of the 2600 series travels through heavy snow alongside a highway. February 25, 1994 · O'Hare and Douglas A white Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 4054 and destination 125 LAKE is driving on a city street with tall buildings in the background. CTA bus 4054, a GM New Look model, runs route 125 LaKE on a bridge in downtown Chicago on an overcast day. December 1994 · Franklin St Bridge/Chicago River, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority motor bus numbered 9054 is driving on a wide city street, with tall glass and steel skyscrapers behind it and other cars nearby. Chicago Transit Authority motor bus 9054, a New Look TDH-5303, travels on a city street with downtown skyscrapers in the background. December 1994 · Orleans at Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL A white and red CTA bus numbered 1620 is turning on an urban street, with tall glass buildings in the background and a few pedestrians on the sidewalk. Chicago Transit Authority bus 1620 on route 37 to Fullerton station, crossing a bridge in downtown Chicago against a backdrop of 1970s skyscrapers. December 1994 · Franklin Bridge/Chicago River, Chicago, IL A white and blue charter bus with the number 91 on the front, labeled 'Dale's Charter Service,' is driving on a city street with tall glass buildings behind it and a yellow taxi nearby. A Dale's Charter Service Flxible Metro bus, number 91, is seen on a city street in Chicago, with the Merchandise Mart and downtown skyscrapers in the background. December 1994 · Orleans at Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL A green and cream CTA bus numbered 9114 is stopped at a street corner, with a destination sign reading 44 Wallace/Harline/67th and a white building in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority GMC New Look bus, number 9114, on route 44 Wallace/Harline/67th, stopped at a street corner under a clear sky. December 1994 · Hubbard and Wells, Chicago, IL A white and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4736, is shown from the front three-quarters view driving down a street next to a tan brick apartment building on a cloudy day. Other cars are parked and driving nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4736, on route 152 to Cumberland, navigates a street corner on an overcast winter day. December 3, 1994 · Addison and Nottingham, Chicago, IL A yellow and white DART bus drives down a city street with brick buildings and parked cars in the background. A yellow and white DART Flxible Metro bus, number 1212, is shown driving on a city street in Dallas under an overcast sky. December 6, 1994 · San Jacinto and Akard, Dallas, TX A yellow and white motor bus with the number 3323 on the front is driving down a city street lined with brick buildings. A tan car is blurred in the foreground, and a church with a sign reading 'FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH' is visible in the background. A yellow and white Dallas Transit System Flxible Metro bus, number 3323, travels down a city street past a brick church. December 6, 1994 · Ervay and San Jacinto, Dallas, TX A yellow and white articulated bus with DART lettering is parked on a city street next to a building with a YMCA banner and a street sign for Akard Street. A DART Flxible Metro articulated bus, number 1019, is parked on the street in downtown Dallas, Texas, near a YMCA sign and a street sign for Akard Street. December 6, 1994 · A Kard and San Jacinto, Dallas, TX A yellow and white DART bus drives down a wet city street, passing a large brick church with orange string lights and parked cars along the curb. A Dallas Area Rapid Transit Flxible Metro bus, number 0205, travels down a city street past a church adorned with festive lights. December 6, 1994 · Ervay and San Jacinto, Dallas, TX A red double-decker bus is parked on a wet, snowy street in front of a brick building with a large Michael Jordan mural and a sign for Michael Jordan's Restaurant. A red Pace double-decker tour bus is parked on a snowy Chicago street in front of Michael Jordan's Restaurant. January 1995 · La Salle Between Grand and Illinois, Chicago, IL A white, red, and blue CTA bus marked with the number 9893 and route 125 is driving across a steel truss bridge with tall city buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9893, crosses the Franklin Street Bridge in downtown Chicago during the 1980s. January 1995 · Franklin St Bridge, Chicago, IL A white and blue CTA bus numbered 1608 drives on a wet city street with snow on the ground, surrounded by tall buildings and other vehicles, including a yellow taxi. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1608, navigates a wet, snowy street in downtown Chicago, with tall glass buildings reflected in the puddles. January 1995 · Orleans and Chicago River, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with red and blue stripes, number 9861, is driving across a metal truss bridge with skyscrapers in the background on an overcast day. A Chicago Transit Authority New Flyer D40 bus, number 9861, on route 37, crosses a truss bridge in downtown Chicago under an overcast sky. January 1995 · Franklin St Bridge, Chicago, IL A white and red CTA bus, number 9267, drives on a rain-slicked street with tall buildings behind it. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 9267, is pictured on a wet city street with downtown skyscrapers in the background. January 1995 · Orleans and Chicago River, Chicago, IL A green and white CTA bus, number 7607, is stopped on a wet city street near a sign for the Merchandise Mart as people board and walk by. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 7607, is seen on a rainy day near the Merchandise Mart, with passengers boarding and a second bus in the background. January 1995 · Orleans St, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL Two white buses with the Pace logo at a snow-dusted bus terminal; one has a tomato ad and reads 'NOT IN SERVICE', the other shows route 209 to Woodfield. Two Pace Orion V buses, one in regular livery and one with an advertisement, are parked at a covered terminal in winter. February 1995 · Harlem and Higgins, Chicago, IL A side view of a Pace motor bus covered in Red Baron Pizza advertising, parked under a covered terminal structure with a person standing on the sidewalk. A Pace motor bus with a full Red Baron Pizza wrap advertising stands at a terminal under a covered structure, with a person standing nearby on the sidewalk. February 1995 · Harlem and Higgins, Chicago, IL A red and orange bus with a full Red Baron Pizza wrap is parked under a covered bus stop on a winter day, while a woman in a blue jacket stands on the sidewalk. A Pace bus wrapped in a Red Baron Pizza advertisement sits at a bus terminal shelter in winter, with a passenger waiting nearby. February 1995 · Harlem and Higgins, Chicago, IL A white and yellow Pace bus with number 2355 is driving down a street at dusk with stores and a traffic light in the background. A Pace bus numbered 2355, a GM New Look TDH-5303, travels along a street in Chicago at dusk, with storefronts and a street sign for Ardmore Ave visible in the background. February 1995 · Ardmore and Milwaukee, Chicago, IL A silver Chicago rapid transit train on elevated tracks at dusk, with city buildings in the background and the number 3226 visible on the front. A Chicago Transit Authority 2200-series rapid transit train, number 3226, travels along an elevated structure with a 'Midway' destination sign, seen from a three-quarter front view at dusk. February 1995 · Lake St and La Salle, Chicago, IL A red and a white Chicago Transit Authority bus parked side-by-side behind a chain-link fence, both displaying the destination Elston/Bryn Mawr on their front signs. Two Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses, 9655 and 9252, parked in a yard behind a chain-link fence, bound for Elston/Bryn Mawr. February 26, 1995 · Elston and Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL A row of Chicago Transit Authority buses, with a blue bus numbered 9279 and two white buses numbered 9270 and 9273, are parked behind a chain-link fence on an overcast day. CTA New Look buses, including blue 9279 and white 9270 and 9273, are parked in a yard behind a chain-link fence. February 26, 1995 · Elston and Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL A white, blue, and red CTA bus numbered 4779 is turning at a city street intersection with pedestrians crossing and bare trees in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4779, turns at the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Addison Street on an overcast winter day. February 26, 1995 · Harlem and Addison, Chicago, IL A blue and orange Metra diesel locomotive, number 614, named Edward F. Brobst, is shown on tracks beside a station platform with cars parked in the background. Metra GP38-2 locomotive number 614, named Edward F. Brobst, in blue and orange livery, captured at a station with a parking lot in the background. December 1995 · Lake St Along South Branch A white Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 4027 and route 125 Express is driving on a city street, with a pedestrian and other vehicles nearby. CTA bus 4027, a GM New Look TDH-5303, on route 125 Express on a city street in Chicago. December 1995 · Wacker/Franklin, Chicago, IL A white Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 1623 is driving down a city street lined with tall buildings, with other cars visible nearby. Chicago Transit Authority bus 1623, a New Look TDH-5303, operates on route 125 Water Tower Express on a city street. December 1995 · Wacker/Franklin, Chicago, IL An orange caboose with a short box cabin, open railed end platforms and black Amtrak lettering stands on a track, with stacked rails in the foreground and a river and modern buildings behind. Amtrak caboose 18566 in an orange paint scheme sits on a yard track beside the river near Lake and Canal Streets in Chicago. December 1995 · Lake and Canal St, Chicago, IL A front view of a Metra EMD F40PH locomotive, number 603, sitting on tracks in a yard, painted in orange, blue, and gray with red and white chevron stripes on the front. A Metra EMD F40PH locomotive numbered 603 is shown in a yard, viewed from the front, in its distinctive orange, blue, and gray livery with red and white chevron stripes. December 1995 · Lake St Near Canal A white and red CTA bus, number 9226, turns on a city street near a steel bridge, with a driver visible and other cars nearby. A CTA GMC New Look bus, number 9226, on route 44 through downtown Chicago, circa late 1970s. December 1995 · Wallace/Racine, Chicago, IL A white Chicago Transit Authority bus with red stripe, number 9916, is shown from a front three-quarter view crossing a bridge, with a city building in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9916, operates on the 41 Clybourn route across a bridge in Chicago. December 1995 · Franklin/Orleans St Bridge, Chicago, IL Front view of a white and red Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 7200, stopped at an intersection with pedestrians and another bus visible. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 7200, is stopped on a city street in winter, with pedestrians nearby and another CTA bus in the background. December 1995 · State / Washington, Chicago, IL A white and orange CTA bus, number 7193, drives down a city street lined with tall buildings and banners, under an overcast sky. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 7193, on a city street with tall buildings and banners in the background. December 1995 · State/Wacker, Chicago, IL A white, red, and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 4550 is turning on a city street with tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4550, on route 44 to MDSE MART, turning at an intersection in downtown Chicago. December 1995 · Wacker and Franklin, Chicago, IL A white and red CTA bus numbered 4072 with a destination sign reading '125 EXPRESS' is driving on a city street near a bridge, with modern buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4072, operates route 125 Express on the Franklin & Orleans Bridge in Chicago. December 1995 · Franklin and Orleans Bridge, Chicago, IL A white and red CTA bus with the number 4063 is driving on a bridge in a city, with tall buildings in the background and other vehicles on the road. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4063, on route 125 to Chestnut, crosses a bridge in downtown Chicago. December 1995 · Franklin/Orleans Bridge, Chicago, IL A white, blue, and red CTA bus with fleet number 1615 is seen from a three-quarter front view, driving down a city street lined with tall buildings. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1615, on route 125, operating on a city street in the 1990s. December 1995 · Wacker/Franklin, Chicago, IL A green and white city bus drives down a street in winter, with bare trees, holiday lights, and the Chicago Theatre sign visible in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority GMC New Look bus, number 9798, on route 44 Wallace/Racine, heads down a city street in winter, with the iconic Chicago Theatre sign in the background. December 1995 · Wallace/Racine, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with the number 7197 is driving down a city street past tall buildings, with another CTA bus and a cyclist visible in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 7197, operates on the 6 Jeffery Express route on a clear autumn day in downtown Chicago. December 1995 · State and Washington, Chicago, IL A white Chicago Transit Authority bus decorated with Christmas garlands and a Santa figure on the front, driving on a city street with modern buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus, number 36, decorated for the holidays, is seen at the intersection of Wacker and Orleans in downtown Chicago. December 1995 · Wacker and Franklin, Chicago, IL A white Chicago Transit Authority bus with a Howard Stern ad drives through a city intersection with tall glass buildings and a C&NW sign in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9876, navigates an intersection in downtown Chicago, featuring a Howard Stern advertisement on its side, with modern skyscrapers and a C&NW building in the background. December 1995 · Franklin/Wacker, Chicago, IL A white, red, and blue CTA bus with the number 9231 and destination 'North Terminal' is driving down a city street lined with skyscrapers at dusk, with pedestrians and other vehicles visible. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9231, heads toward the North Terminal on a city street at dusk. December 1995 · Wacker/La Salle, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with red and blue stripes drives down a Chicago street, with the Chicago Theater sign visible in the background and pedestrians on the sidewalks. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 7192, navigates a city street near the iconic Chicago Theater, surrounded by pedestrians and urban buildings. December 1995 · State/Randolph, Chicago, IL