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A gold and silver bus with fleet number 7481 and route 813 to Marineland, operated by Los Angeles MTA, parked on a street with palm trees in the background. A Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 7481, on route 813 to Marineland, photographed on a sunny day. December 11, 1980 · Los Angeles, CA A yellow and white CTA bus with the number 5192 on the front, captured at night on a city street with illuminated storefronts and a street sign for Broadway in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority GMC bus, number 5192, on route 6 at night on Broadway in Chicago. December 16, 1980 · Broadway and 7th A white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus drives down a snow-covered street next to parked cars and storefronts in Berwyn, Illinois. CTA bus number 3775, a Flxible New Look, travels along a snow-covered street in Berwyn, Illinois. December 24, 1980 · Broadway, Berwyn, IL A green and white electric train labeled 'EVANSTON EXPRESS' moves along snow-dusted tracks beside bare trees on a cloudy winter day. A South Shore Line Master Unit train, marked 'EVANSTON EXPRESS,' travels along a snow-covered right-of-way in Evanston, Illinois. December 24, 1980 · Fullerton Av., Evanston, IL A green and white CTA bus with route 29 State Grand on the front sign is driving down a snowy city street with Christmas lights on the buildings. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9683, on route 29 State Grand, caught in a snow flurry on a city street. December 24, 1980 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL A green and ivory CTA bus drives down a snow-covered city street, with holiday lights and pedestrians visible on the sidewalk and a large building with an 'S' sign in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9652, runs on route 36 Broadway through a snowy State Street in downtown Chicago. December 24, 1980 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL A white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9178, drives on a snowy street with Christmas lights on the building behind it. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9178, travels down a snow-covered street on route 6 Jeffery Express during the winter holidays. December 24, 1980 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL A cream-colored CTA bus, number 9100, drives on a snow-covered city street, passing buildings decorated with Christmas lights. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9100, navigates a snowy city street, likely at the corner of State and Madison, during the winter holiday season. December 24, 1980 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL A white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus drives down a snow-covered city street with holiday lights in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 9105, navigates a snowy street in Chicago during the winter holidays. December 24, 1980 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL Two Chicago Transit Authority buses, numbers 3664 and 3636, drive down a snowy city street lined with tall buildings and holiday decorations. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 3664, navigates a snow-covered street in downtown Chicago, with another CTA bus, number 3636, following behind. December 24, 1980 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL A white and black Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 3775 is driving on a snow-covered street in Berwyn, Illinois, with other cars parked along the side. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 3775, navigates a snowy street in Berwyn, Illinois. December 24, 1980 · Broadway, Berwyn, IL A green and cream Flxible New Look bus numbered 8499, operated by Northeastern Illinois U-bus, is shown on a wet street with a sign for Evanston Community Center in the background. A Northeastern Illinois U-bus Flxible New Look motor bus, number 8499, on a wet, overcast winter day in Evanston. December 31, 1980 Two Amtrak diesel locomotives on parallel railroad tracks in a snow-covered yard, with a city skyline and a large bridge in the background. Two Amtrak F40PH locomotives, numbers 463 and 405, stand on parallel tracks in a snowy yard with the Chicago skyline and a truss bridge in the background. February 7, 1981 · 18th St., Chicago, IL Two weathered silver diesel locomotives with Amtrak stripes stand on a snow-covered yard track. Behind them are a large steel truss bridge, bare trees and city skyscrapers. Amtrak 463 and an Amtrak cab unit stand in a snowy yard near 18th Street, Chicago, with a truss bridge and the downtown skyline behind. February 9, 1981 · 18th Street, Chicago, IL A yellow interurban train with the number S428 is moving on a snow-covered elevated track, with the words 'NELSON BROTHERS' visible on a building in the background. A South Shore Line electric multiple-unit train, car S428, travels along an elevated line in heavy snowfall. February 10, 1981 · Lawrence Broadway A silver CTA bus with red, white, and blue stripes, labeled 'Information bus', parked on a gravel lot under an overcast sky. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, numbered 1975, painted in a patriotic red, white, and blue livery, serving as an information bus. February 21, 1981 · Ex5441 and Englewood Side view of two yellow and green diesel locomotives coupled on a track with a white signal house labeled 'BRYN MAWR' to the right, in a winter landscape. Two Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotives, 6851 and 6826, one in standard livery and the other in Operation Lifesaver special livery, are coupled together on a railroad right-of-way at Bryn Mawr. c. 1982 to 1995 Two yellow and green Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotives, numbered 6826 and 6851, are coupled together on a set of railroad tracks in a yard, with freight cars behind them and snow on the ground. Two Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotives, numbers 6826 and 6851, are shown in a yard with a string of freight cars, the lead unit displaying an 'Operation Lifesaver' safety decal. c. 1982 to 1995 A dark blue Norfolk Southern diesel locomotive numbered 4011 is parked in a yard, with a yellow Union Pacific locomotive behind it, under an overcast sky. A Norfolk Southern GP38-2 locomotive, number 4011, stands in a rail yard beside a Union Pacific locomotive. c. 1982 to 1990 A black Norfolk Southern locomotive, number 9239, is traveling on a railroad track beside a bare tree and a grassy embankment under an overcast sky. A Norfolk Southern GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 9239, is seen on a private right-of-way during winter. c. 1982 to 1990 A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9227, on a winter street with other cars and apartment buildings in the background. CTA bus number 9227, a GM New Look TDH-5303, is shown on a winter street scene in Chicago, operating on route 156 LaSalle to Union Station. December 13, 1982 · 156 and Agatite A green and white CTA bus with the number 3844 is driving down a city street with tall buildings in the background, and another bus is visible behind it. A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority Flxible New Look bus, number 3844, operates on route 145 along a city street lined with high-rise buildings on a clear autumn day. December 13, 1982 · 145 and Sunnyside A green and cream CTA bus on a city street with bare trees and parked cars in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 7483, on route 49B North Western, drives through a winter street scene. December 13, 1982 · Leland and Western, Chicago, IL A green and cream CTA bus numbered 7475 drives down a city street in winter, with bare trees and other cars visible in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 7475, on route 11 Lincoln/State/Congress, is captured in a winter street scene. December 13, 1982 · 11 and Western A green and white city bus drives down a street past a Zayre store, with cars and bare trees lining the road. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 420, operates on the 22 Clark-Harrison route past a Zayre store in the mid-1970s. December 13, 1982 · 22 and Chase A steam locomotive pulling passenger cars crosses a high trestle bridge through a forested landscape with a plume of steam rising from its stack. A steam locomotive pulls a passenger train across a trestle in a forested area. December 17, 1982 · Goat Creek Trestle, CA A white Chicago Transit Authority bus with blue and red stripes, numbered 4741, is turning a corner on a snow-lined residential street, with brick houses and bare trees in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4741, operates on route 152 Addison in a snowy residential street during the late 1980s. c. 1983 to 1991 A white and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4283, drives down a snow-covered street with tall buildings and a modern church in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4283, is seen on a snowy city street in front of the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist. c. 1983 to 1995 A white and red CTA bus drives on a wet, snow-dusted street in downtown Chicago, with glass skyscrapers and bare trees in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4062, navigates a wet, snowy city street in front of modern skyscrapers. c. 1983 to 1995 A green and cream CTA motor bus with the number 9150 on its front is driving on a city street with tall skyscrapers in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look TDH-5303 bus, number 9150, travels on a city street in front of a modern glass skyscraper. c. 1983 to 1995 A green and silver CTA bus with the number 3444 is parked at a terminal, with cars and a sign for Jefferson Park Garage in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 3444, on route 64 via Foster at the Jefferson Park Terminal in winter. February 28, 1983 · Jefferson Park Terminal, Chicago, IL Two white Pace buses with blue and yellow stripes are parked at a bus terminal under a concrete overpass, with bare trees and a clear sky in the background. Two Pace motor buses parked at a terminal under an overpass in winter. c. 1984 to 1990 A roadside view of a Pace and CTA bus terminal on a winter day, showing several buses parked under a covered structure, with people waiting and a line of 1980s cars parked nearby. A Pace and CTA bus terminal in the 1980s, with leafless trees and vintage cars in the foreground. c. 1984 to 1990 Two white transit buses, one with Pace livery and number 8876 and the other with CTA livery, are parked under a covered structure with overhead signs, with bare trees visible in the background. A Pace and a Chicago Transit Authority bus are parked side-by-side at a terminal in winter, circa 1980s. c. 1984 to 1990 A red and white Metra locomotive numbered 607 pulls a line of silver passenger cars along snow-covered tracks beside a street and buildings. A Metra GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 607, leads a commuter train through a snow-covered street crossing in Chicago. c. 1984 to 1990 A blue and red Metra locomotive numbered 187 pulls a silver passenger car on multiple tracks in a railyard with an industrial building and orange construction equipment in the background. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 187 pulls a gallery car through a railyard on an overcast winter day. c. 1984 to 1995 A blue and red Metra locomotive with the number 165 leads a train of double-decker commuter cars along a track lined with bare trees under an overcast sky. A Metra F40PH diesel locomotive, numbered 165, pulls a train of gallery cars on a private right-of-way during winter. c. 1984 to 2000 The interior of a abandoned rail car is filled with snow, broken seats, and debris, viewed from one end looking toward a bright doorway. The snow-filled, derelict interior of an abandoned interurban or streetcar, showing broken seats and debris. January 1, 1984 An old, dilapidated green and cream interurban car covered in snow, with broken windows and a rusted body, rests on tracks in a quiet, empty yard. An abandoned Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee 'Master Unit' interurban car sits in a snowy yard, its windows broken and paint peeling, after the line's 1963 shutdown. January 1, 1984 · Oakton A red double-decker bus with route 12 to Harlesden, marked RM491, drives on a London street with classic black cabs and storefronts in the background. A red London Transport AEC Regent III bus, number RM491, on route 12 to Harlesden, navigates a city street in the 1970s. February 1984 · London, Ontario A yellow and black Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 5506 leads a consist across an elevated bridge, with a red car and a billboard visible below and to the side. Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotives 5506 and 5503 cross an elevated bridge in Chicago, with a Republic Airlines billboard visible in the background. February 14, 1984 · Cicero, Chicago, IL An elevated view of a silver Chicago 'L' train with red and blue stripes, numbered 221, running on tracks parallel to a multi-lane highway with cars and an overpass in the background on a clear winter day. A Chicago Transit Authority 2200-series rapid transit car, number 221, on the 'A-1' route, travels alongside a highway under an overpass in winter. February 14, 1984 · Congress and Cicero, Milwaukee, WI A yellow and black diesel locomotive numbered 5501 travels over a concrete bridge while cars from the 1980s drive on the road beneath it under a clear sky. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 5501, leads a freight train over an elevated concrete viaduct in Cicero, with 1980s automobiles on the street below. February 14, 1984 · Cicero, Chicago, IL A white Neoplan bus on a city street with bare trees and snow, showing its destination as '22 TO HARRISON' and route as '22 CLARK HOWARD'. A Regional Transportation Authority Neoplan AN440 bus, number 005, on route 22 to Harrison and Clark Howard, captured on a winter day in Chicago. December 19, 1984 · Clark, South Port A white and orange CTA bus with '22 TO HARRISON' on its sign is driving on a city street with a water tower and brick buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Neoplan bus on route 22 Clark Howard, heading to Harrison, at a street corner on an overcast winter day. December 19, 1984 · Clark and Halsted, Chicago, IL A blue and red Metra diesel locomotive with the number 120 and 'City of Woodstock' lettering on its side, pulling silver bi-level passenger cars at a grade crossing on an overcast, winter day. Metra locomotive 120, named 'City of Woodstock', leads a train of Gallery cars on a winter day. c. 1985 to 2005 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A blue and orange Metra diesel locomotive numbered 110 is shown on an elevated track with snow on the ground, buildings in the background, and a sign reading 'Fulton Marina' below. Metra locomotive 110, an EMD GP38-2, travels over an elevated structure near the Fulton Marina in winter. c. 1985 to 2000 Side view of a dark blue diesel road-switcher locomotive lettered K B & S, with number 318 on the cab, on a single track above a snow-dusted ballast bank and dry grass, with flat fields and a hazy sky behind. K B & S diesel locomotive 318 stands on a rural track in winter. c. 1985 to 2005