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A black and white photo showing the front of a severely damaged, burned-out bus with the number 3150 on its front, parked on a city street with another bus in the background. A burned-out Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 3150, photographed after a wreck. 1969 · Kedzie and Jackson, Chicago, IL 一辆覆盖着雪的公共汽车停在雪地街道上，车头显示编号681和目的地Damen，背景有汽车销售店的招牌。 一辆芝加哥交通管理局（CTA）681号New Look巴士在雪天行驶于街道上，背景是Berens二手车店的招牌。 January 27, 1969 · Granville, Chicago, IL Two Soo Line locomotives, numbered 2010 and 2405, stand side by side on an elevated track behind a striped barrier, with a water tower in the background. Two Soo Line diesel locomotives, an SD40 and a GP7, on an elevated structure under an overcast sky. c. 1970 to 1980 A side view of a weathered Soo Line caboose with number 129 parked on a track in a yard with old freight cars and a forklift nearby, during a winter day. A Soo Line caboose numbered 129 sits on a freight track alongside rusted boxcars in a winter rail yard. c. 1970 to 1990 A low, brick building with a dark roof covered in snow, surrounded by a snowdrift and fenced parking area with two vehicles, under a grey sky with overhead power lines. A snow-covered brick depot building with a blue 'C' sign, under an overcast sky, with vehicles parked nearby. c. 1970 to 1990 Side view of several Soo Line locomotives on a track in a gravel yard, under a grey, overcast sky. The engines are painted in red, white, and black livery with 'SOO' branding. A lineup of Soo Line diesel locomotives, including GP9s 2032 and 763, sits idle in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. c. 1970 to 1980 A side view of an orange caboose with the number 01512 and 'Rio Grande' lettering, parked on snowy tracks, with a billboard reading 'CHICAGO' and a red locomotive visible in the background. A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad caboose numbered 01512 sits on a snow-covered track in a yard, with a red locomotive in the background. c. 1970 to 1988 A white CTA bus with red and blue stripes and the number 4799 turns at an intersection with snow on the ground and trees, with other cars nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look motor bus, number 4799, is seen turning on a snow-dusted street in winter. c. 1970 to 1990 A white, red, and blue CTA bus numbered 4066 is parked on a street corner next to a bakery with a pedestrian crossing the road in the foreground. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4066, is parked on a city street near a bakery on an overcast winter day. c. 1970 to 1985 A green and yellow Burlington Northern caboose numbered 12581 is parked on train tracks beside a brick building, with a grassy slope in the foreground under an overcast sky. A Burlington Northern bay window caboose, number 12581, in green and yellow livery, sits on a railroad main line on an overcast winter day. c. 1970 to 1980 A red, white, and blue diesel locomotive numbered 534 sits beside a black tank car on a snowy track in an open yard under an overcast sky. A Blue Ribbon Coach Chicago SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 534, is shown in a snowy yard, coupled to a NATX tank car. c. 1970 to 1990 A yellow locomotive and a black Illinois Central locomotive numbered 8747 sit on parallel tracks in a snowy yard, with a white maintenance vehicle nearby. Illinois Central SD40 locomotives and a maintenance vehicle in a snow-covered rail yard. February 1, 1970 · Harvey, IL A green and cream CTA trolleybus numbered 9739, showing its destination as Irving Park, parked on a wet street under a web of trolley wires. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible trolleybus, number 9739, on the 90 Irving Park route in a winter street scene. 1972 · Elston and Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL A black and white photo of a Chicago Transit Authority bus, model Flxible, with the fleet number BV-11, parked on a street on a cloudy winter day. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible bus, fleet number BV-11, is shown in a three-quarter front view on a winter day. 1972 · Kedzie Jackson A green and cream CTA bus with the number 3483 on its front, displaying route 149 to Merchandise Mart, parked on a city street near a large building with a Hertz sign. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus, number 3483, on route 149 to Merchandise Mart, in service during the 1970s. January 1972 · Balbo and Michigan, Chicago, IL A side view of a white CTA motor bus parked next to a green-tiled garage building under an overcast sky. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look motor bus is parked at a bus garage on a winter day. c. 1973 to 1990 A white, red, and blue CTA bus numbered 7198 is driving on a city street with snow on the ground, past a blue car and tall buildings under a clear sky. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 7198, heads toward North Western Station on a snowy winter day, with bare trees and city buildings in the background. c. 1973 to 1990 A green and white CTA bus with the route sign reading '51 Sheridan / Foster' drives on a wet, snow-covered street with Christmas decorations visible on a storefront in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 7531, travels down a snowy city street during the holiday season. c. 1973 to 1987 An overhead view of a white and black CTA rapid transit car, number 209, on an elevated track next to a highway with vintage cars, in a winter scene. CTA 2000-series rapid transit car 209 travels along an elevated structure on a winter day. January 6, 1973 · Congress, Milwaukee, WI A green and white CTA bus numbered 8019 is driving on a city street lined with apartment buildings and parked cars; a person walks on the sidewalk in the distance. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 8019, operates on route 126 Jackson-Austin on a winter day in an urban neighborhood. December 1973 · 126 and Adams A vintage green and white CTA bus, number 952, is stopped on a city street lined with parked cars and storefronts, including an 'Evanston Snack Shops' sign, under a clear winter sky. A green and white Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 952, is photographed on a city street in Evanston, Illinois, with a '201-Evanston' destination sign. December 1, 1973 · Clark and Sherman, Evanston, IL Black and white photo of a snow-covered street with streetcars and parked vintage cars, flanked by large buildings and leafless trees. A snowy street scene in Chicago with streetcars and vintage automobiles. 1974 · Chicago, IL A white and green bus with the number 1224 drives down a snow-covered street in Chicago, with buildings and bare trees in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1224, navigates a snow-covered street on the 81 Lawrence-Marine Drive route. December 1, 1974 · Clarendon and Wilson, Chicago, IL A white and green motor bus with a Santa Claus decoration on its roof, labeled 'FREE...Santa Claus Bus', is stopped on a city street with a pedestrian on the sidewalk and tall buildings in the background. Chicago Transit Authority bus 1302 decorated as a 'FREE...Santa Claus Bus' on a city street corner in winter. December 6, 1974 · Harrison and Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL A vintage green and white bus with 'FREE SANTA BUS' on its sign drives down a snow-dusted city street lined with shops and cars from the 1970s. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, fleet number 110, runs a 'FREE SANTA BUS' route on a snowy street corner in the 1970s. December 23, 1974 · 63rd St., Rockwell A row of white CTA buses at a covered terminal with people standing nearby under a clear sky. Several Chicago Transit Authority New Look buses at a terminal with passengers waiting, circa late 1970s to mid-1980s. c. 1975 to 1985 Side view of a yellow and green Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 6854, standing beside freight cars in a rail yard with multiple tracks in the foreground. A Soo Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 6854, is shown in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. c. 1975 to 1985 A white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9556, is shown driving down a street with several cars parked along the side and an elevated train structure overhead. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9556, travels along a city street under an elevated structure. c. 1975 to 1985 A white Chicago Transit Authority bus with a red and blue stripe, displaying route 152 Addison, is turning at an intersection with a Kelly Tires sign and bare trees in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9224, travels on a winter day near the intersection of Harlem Avenue. c. 1975 to 1990 Two Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives cross an elevated overpass in snowy weather, with a trolleybus and cars visible below. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 870, crosses an overpass in winter, with a second locomotive, number 3547, following behind. c. 1975 to 1985 A yellow and green diesel locomotive, number 6826, pulls a line of freight cars on a railroad track, with a chain-link fence and industrial tanks in the background. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 6826, leads a freight train through a yard on an overcast day. c. 1975 to 1994 A white and green CTA bus is stopped at a snow-covered bus stop on a wet street, with bare trees and a cloudy sky in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 3766, on route 81, at a snowy bus stop on Marine Drive near Wilson Avenue. January 18, 1975 · Marine Dr and Wilson, Chicago, IL A green, white, and silver CTA bus numbered 7935, with a front sign reading '40 OHARE AIRPORT EXPRESS', parked outdoors in winter with two people walking in the background. Chicago Transit Authority motor bus 7935, a GM New Look, is parked and designated as route 40 OHARE AIRPORT EXPRESS. February 2, 1975 A silver articulated bus with red and blue stripes and red stars, labeled CTA and number 1976, parked in a paved yard under an overcast sky. A Chicago Transit Authority MAN SG 220 articulated bus, number 1976, in its 1970s red, white, and blue livery, parked at a depot. February 2, 1975 · Jefferson Park, Chicago, IL A red, white, and green CTA bus, number 3183, drives on a wet, snow-covered street with bare trees and a billboard visible in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 3183, on route 60 26-KENTON, travels down a snow-lined street in winter. February 16, 1975 · Harrison and Halsted, Chicago, IL A green and white bus with the number 3352 and destination 'HARRISON-CENTRAL' drives on a wet, snow-lined road under an overpass. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 3352, travels down a snowy street in winter. December 16, 1975 · Harrison and Morgan, Chicago, IL A blue Conrail locomotive with the number 6842 is pulling a line of freight cars along a snow-covered track with a large building in the background. A Conrail train led by SD40-2 locomotive 6842, with 812 in tow, pulls a line of tank cars on a snowy day. c. 1976 to 1980 Two diesel locomotives, one blue Conrail and one yellow Union Pacific, on parallel tracks in a snowy industrial yard. A Conrail GP38-2 and a Union Pacific GP9 locomotive in a snowy yard. c. 1976 to 1980 A white and green CTA bus labeled '9207' is stopped on a wet city street, surrounded by 1970s cars and pedestrians in winter coats, with tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9207, on a wet winter day at the intersection of Wacker Drive and LaSalle Street in Chicago. January 2, 1976 · Wacker and Lasalle, Chicago, IL A night scene of a white rapid transit train on an elevated track, with a station platform and moving cars visible below. A CTA 2000-Series rapid transit car on an elevated structure at night, with a single person on the platform and cars streaking past below. January 9, 1976 · Addison A dark blue diesel road switcher lettered K B & S and numbered 301 stands on a track behind a bank of tall dry grass, with a white gabled building and the end of a rust-red freight car on the right. Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern diesel locomotive 301 in dark blue, seen beyond dry winter grass beside a white wooden building. c. 1977 to 2000 A dark blue caboose with a cupola, lettered K B & S and numbered 548, stands on a track beside the end of a blue diesel locomotive with cream stripes, with tall dry grass and a light dusting of snow in the foreground. Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern caboose 548 coupled to a blue diesel locomotive, seen across dry winter grass. c. 1977 to 2005 A blue Metra locomotive with a red roof and red-and-white chevron front, number 198, sits on tracks in a gravel yard with a building and maintenance equipment in the background. A Metra EMD F40PH diesel locomotive, numbered 198, in its early blue and red livery, captured in a railroad yard during winter. c. 1977 to 1980 A red-nosed, silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with its headlights on pulls a short train of stainless steel passenger cars around a snow-covered curve between wooded banks. Amtrak 594 leads a passenger train through falling snow on a curving double-track line, likely at Webster Groves, Missouri. January 6, 1977 · Webster Groves, MO A high-angle photo captures two CTA buses, one green and white and one white with a red stripe, on a city street. A brown and white taxi is in the foreground, and a large glass office building with an 'Associated Bank Chicago' sign is behind them. Two Chicago Transit Authority Flxible 4510 buses, numbers 9341 and 9910, are seen on W Lake St in Chicago on an overcast winter day, with a taxi and the Associated Bank building in the background. c. 1978 to 1990 A white, red and blue SEPTA bus numbered 6568 is parked on a street with bare trees and buildings in the background under a grey sky. A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority New Look bus, number 6568, in its red, white and blue livery, parked on a city street on an overcast winter day. c. 1978 to 1982 Side view of a Soo Line freight train with two locomotives, numbers 6027 and 737, on a railroad track beside a road with bare trees in the background. A Soo Line freight train with SD40-2 #6027 leading GP38-2 #737 on a winter day. c. 1978 to 1985 A white, red, and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 4044 is turning on a city street, set against a backdrop of tall glass and steel skyscrapers on an overcast day. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4044, makes a turn on a city street in winter, with downtown skyscrapers in the background. c. 1978 to 1996