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Interurban Car

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A red and green streamlined interurban train car with the number 741 on the front, moving along a snow-lined city street with overhead wires and a 'Schlitz' billboard in the background. An Electroliner interurban car, number 741, of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee, travels along a snowy street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, likely on N. 6th St. & W. St. Paul. 1954 · N. 6th St. and W. St. Paul, Milwaukee, WI A long, streamlined electric train with a blue and red paint scheme and a silver upper body stands on railroad tracks in a snowy, open field under an overcast sky. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Silverliner interurban car in its distinctive blue and red livery stands on a snowy right-of-way. 1954 · Lake Bluff, IL Green and orange interurban train on a street with bare trees, showing destination 'CHICAGO-EXPRESS SHORE LINE ROUTE' and number 164. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban train, car 164, in green and orange livery, runs on Kenilworth Avenue in winter 1954, with bare trees lining the street. 1954 · Kenilworth Ave A row of old, damaged interurban railcars with green and cream livery sit in a gravel and debris-filled scrapyard under overhead wires. Derelict Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban cars in a scrapyard, likely shortly after the line's 1963 abandonment. March 21, 1954 · 77th and Vincennes, Chicago, IL A two-car red interurban train with round end windows and trolley poles crosses a paved street under overhead wires, with a Shell billboard at left and a stop sign at right. Pacific Electric car 413 leads a two-car train through a street crossing, likely in Long Beach, California, in the late 1950s. June 10, 1954 · Long Beach, CA Two red and gray interurban cars on a railway track in a wooded area, with a large grain elevator in the background. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban train, cars 429 and 430, travels along a private right-of-way in Forest Park, Illinois, with the Acme Feeds grain elevator in the background. July 1954 · Forest Park, IL An old interurban railcar on elevated tracks with trees and water in the background. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban car travels along an elevated structure near Lake Michigan. July 25, 1954 · 42nd Pl, Chicago, IL A vintage orange and white interurban train car numbered 39 is stopped on a city street next to a large brick building with a sign reading 'HOTEL LA SALLE'. Several people are boarding, and classic automobiles are parked nearby under a clear blue sky. Interurban car 39 of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad on a street in South Bend, Indiana, in 1955, with the Hotel La Salle in the background. 1955 · South Bend, IN A red and green interurban train, identified as car 174, sits at a wooden station platform under a clear blue sky, with brick buildings and a Dr. Scholl's billboard in the background. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit car 174 on an elevated structure in Chicago, likely at the Chicago & Franklin station. 1955 · Chicago and Franklin, Chicago, IL A red and cream CA&E interurban car numbered 171 is stopped at a rural station platform with overhead wires, a person walking nearby, and a car parked in the background. CA&E interurban car 171, a wood-body electric car, is pictured at the Elmhurst station on a wet, overcast day. 1955 · York Rd., Elmhurst, IL A vintage interurban car running on an elevated railway track, with city buildings and water towers in the background. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit car, number 324, on an elevated track in Chicago. January 1955 · Garfield Racine Ave, Chicago, IL A red and yellow electric car with a trolley pole crosses a long wooden and steel trestle high above a street, with power lines and a blue sky with clouds above. A red Pacific Electric car crosses the Fletcher Drive Trestle in Los Angeles. February 25, 1955 · Fletcher Drive Trestle, Los Angeles, CA Two red interurban cars with round end windows and trolley poles stand on a yard track under a web of overhead wires, with a red and white bus, a parked car and oil derricks in the distance. Pacific Electric Railway interurban car 498 and a second car stand in a yard under trolley wire, with oil derricks behind, likely at Long Beach, California. March 7, 1955 · Long Beach, CA An orange and silver interurban train car labeled 'Chicago Aurora and Elgin' and numbered 414 is stopped at a station platform beside a river in winter, with industrial buildings and parked cars visible in the background. Chicago Aurora and Elgin interurban car 414, a Master Unit built by Cincinnati Car, is shown at a station platform in winter, with the American Well Works and Mall Lumber Company buildings in the background. March 16, 1955 · Aurora, IL An electric interurban train with red front and cream sides, numbered 634, is on a curved track beside a wooden platform, with a parking lot full of 1950s cars to the right. A Chicago Aurora and Elgin Master Unit interurban car numbered 634, in red and cream livery, stands at the Forest Park station on an overcast day in the mid-1950s. September 2, 1955 · Deslaines, Forest Park, IL Two green and cream interurban cars, numbered 7210 and 7201, sit on tracks in a gravel yard with a clear sky and leafless trees in the background. Two Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban cars, numbered 7210 and 7201, are parked in a yard in 1957. 1957 · 77th and Vincennes, Chicago, IL A vintage photograph of a green and orange interurban railcar, number 162, stopped at a wooden station platform with people boarding, under a clear sky with overhead wires. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit car 162, in its distinctive green and orange livery, is shown at a station platform in 1957, with passengers boarding. 1957 · North Chicago, IL A three-quarter rear view of a vintage brown and yellow interurban car, numbered 2858, sitting on tracks in a yard with a building and a blue car visible in the background. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Interurban car 2858 is shown in a yard on a clear winter day, its brown and yellow livery intact, likely in the 1950s. April 14, 1957 · Kimball, Chicago, IL An old, light-colored wooden interurban car with many windows travels on elevated tracks alongside buildings and trees under an overcast sky. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban car, lettered with an 'A' for the Skokie Valley route, travels on an elevated structure on a summer day in the 1950s. June 1957 · Diversey, Chicago, IL A row of three orange and grey interurban cars, numbers 452, 455, and 456, belonging to the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad, sit on tracks in a grassy yard under a cloudy sky. Three Chicago Aurora and Elgin Master Unit interurban cars, numbers 452, 455, and 456, parked in a yard under an overcast sky. 1958 · Wheaton, IL A red and grey interurban car with the number 450 is parked on tracks in front of a brick building that reads 'Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee'. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit #450 is pictured in a yard. 1958 · Highwood, IL A red interurban car with round front windows runs on street track past a palm tree and tall white buildings, with 1950s cars in the traffic behind it. Interurban car 1541, likely Pacific Electric, signed LONG BEACH LIMITED in street running past palm trees, the Roxy theater and the Hotel Schuyler, likely in downtown Long Beach, California. March 9, 1958 · Downtown, Long Beach, CA A vintage red interurban streetcar with the number 1541 and 'LONG BEACH LIMITED' written on its front travels down a city street lined with palm trees and 1950s cars. A red Pacific Electric Master Unit interurban car, number 1541, named 'LONG BEACH LIMITED', runs on a city street in Long Beach, California, in the 1950s. March 9, 1958 · Long Beach, CA A row of yellow interurban railroad cars with black diagonal stripes on the front, parked on tracks in a yard under a clear blue sky. A three-car consist of yellow Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban cars, likely built by Niles, sits in a rail yard. October 1959 A vintage orange and maroon interurban railcar, numbered 24 and lettered for the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, is parked on tracks in a sunny yard with a damaged roof. An orange and maroon Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad interurban car numbered 24, showing roof damage, sits on tracks in a yard on a clear day. c. 1960 to 1970 A gray electric locomotive with 'L S' lettering and an orange passenger car numbered 24 are coupled and parked on parallel tracks in a sunny yard with overhead wires and a white building nearby. A gray electric locomotive with 'L S' markings and an orange passenger car numbered 24 stand on parallel tracks in a yard under a clear sky. c. 1960 to 1970 A vintage dark green and red interurban car runs on streetcar tracks down a tree-lined street with a church steeple in the background on a cloudy winter day. A North Shore Line Master Unit interurban car, number 749, on a winter street in Milwaukee in 1960. 1960 · 5th St., Milwaukee, WI A red and green interurban car with the number 747 and a sign reading 'Skokie Valley Route Chicago-Limited' is stopped on a snow-covered track with overhead wires and utility poles in the background. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban car, number 747, on the Skokie Valley Route in a snowy setting. 1961 · Kenosha, WI Side view of a cream-colored North Shore Line Master Unit interurban car, number 2219, on tracks surrounded by overgrown vegetation and overhead wires. A North Shore Line Master Unit interurban car, number 2219, rests on a private right-of-way, flanked by other cars in a yard setting. August 31, 1961 · Highwood, IL A red and cream interurban railcar, numbered 420, is shown from the rear three-quarter view, sitting on tracks with a decaying caboose labeled 'CHICAGO' in the background under an overcast sky. A derelict Chicago Aurora and Elgin interurban car, numbered 420, sits on overgrown tracks in a yard, its windows broken and paint faded. October 19, 1962 · Wheaton, IL A vintage electric interurban car with a streamlined body and trolley pole is parked at a snowy station platform on an elevated railway at night in a city setting. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban car, #801, stands at a snow-dusted station platform at night on an elevated structure in Chicago. January 20, 1963 · 6th and Clybourn, Chicago, IL A red and black interurban train on a snowy city street, with vintage cars and tall buildings in the background. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban car, number 715, travels on a snow-covered street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, surrounded by 1950s automobiles. January 20, 1963 · 6th and Clybourn, Milwaukee, WI A blue and silver motor bus labeled 'Railbus' is positioned on railroad tracks, with old interurban cars visible behind it. A Flxible New Look bus, number 1712, branded as a 'Railbus' for The Connecticut Company, sits on railroad tracks alongside vintage interurban cars. May 1970 · Branford A winter scene in a rail yard showing two South Shore interurban trains, one orange and one green, on parallel tracks with several people on the ground nearby. Two Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad interurban cars, one in orange and one in green livery, are parked in a snowy yard with people walking nearby. April 13, 1975 · Michigan City, IN Three different types of electric railcars, one a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit car and two former Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban cars, are shown in a rail yard, with the front car stripped of its interior and equipment. A CTA 2000-series rapid transit car and two former Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban cars sit in a scrapping yard in Skokie, Illinois, in the 1970s. August 28, 1977 · Skokie, 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 Two electric railcars, one green and white and one silver with red and blue stripes, are on a track beside a highway with a concrete barrier. A South Shore Line interurban car 25 is seen on a private right-of-way next to an Amtrak electric multiple-unit car 100 in Evanston, Illinois. August 13, 1978 · South Blvd, Evanston, 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 side-view of a rusty, yellow and maroon interurban railcar numbered 204, parked on tracks with a city building and an elevated train structure in the background. A weathered Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad interurban car, number 204, sits on a private right-of-way near an elevated 'L' structure. July 24, 1982 · Randolph St., Chicago, IL 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 vintage wooden interurban train car is parked inside a large wooden building with a truss roof; other similar cars are visible behind it. A maroon wooden interurban car, likely from the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, is parked inside a wooden-trussed carbarn. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL A vintage red and green interurban car numbered 715 is parked on a rail yard beside another historic car, with a modern green and white train visible in the background. Chicago United Traction Co. interurban car 715, a Cincinnati Car Master Unit, is parked in a yard with other historic rail vehicles. August 14, 1995 · Elgin, IL An orange interurban railcar and a yellow electric locomotive are parked side by side on parallel tracks in a grassy yard under a blue sky with white clouds. An orange Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad interurban car stands in a yard beside a yellow North Shore Line electric locomotive under a clear sky. August 14, 1995 · Chicago South Shore and South Bend, Elgin, IL A green and cream bus with the number 605 parked next to two interurban cars with the numbers 1030 and 14 on a sunny day in a grassy yard. A Milwaukee Coach Corp bus and Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad interurban cars are parked in a grassy yard under a clear sky. August 14, 1995 · Elgin, IL A green and red historic interurban car numbered 715 sits on a track next to a rusty red interurban car, with a red boxcar and a sedan in the background on a sunny day. A Kenosha car numbered 715, a former Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit, is displayed next to a rusted Bend Railroad car in a museum or yard setting on a sunny day. August 14, 1995 · Elgin, IL A vintage green and cream bus numbered 605 sits on a grassy area beside two old railroad cars, one red and one green and white, with a sign that reads 'TO TRAINS'. A Chicago Motor Coach Company bus numbered 605 is parked in a grassy yard alongside two Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad interurban cars, numbers 14 and 1030, under a clear sky. August 14, 1995 · Elgin, IL