(J. W. Vigrass Photo)CTA salt car AA59 in 1954. This was a point of intersection between Chicago’s streetcar and elevated systems. But it is possible these books will continue to sell over time, and in the long run, may also eventually reach a break-even point.So, while we have now met our immediate goal, the need is ongoing throughout the year. The Red Arrow Lines of the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company (1936-70) became a national model and local brand of marketable mass transit in the 1950s, when few private companies still built, managed, owned, and operated suburban public transportation … Ricketts (no relation to the current Cubs ownership) was a popular restaurant. View looks south (that is Sheridan Road at left).”Bill Shapotkin: “This photo was taken in Kenosha, WI facing east in 57th Street between 6th and 7th Streets. My guess is perhaps the Berwyn-Lyons line? )From the Wikipedia: “The Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railroad was a 29-mile (47 km) interurban line which operated from 1906 to 1923 and connected the cities of Aurora and DeKalb, Illinois. Here, the “L” was south of the expressway, and at other points, it was north of the highway. In the same year it opened a short suburban line from 69th Street to Strafford. This station closed in the early 1970s and was quickly removed.CTA red Pullman 238 is on Kedzie Avenue on a snowy January 17, 1951.CTA PCC 4405 is southbound on Western Avenue on August 5, 1949.CTA 6205, a one-man car, is on 87th Street in April 1951.CTA 6203, another one-man car, is on the 93rd Street line in March 1951.Since CTA 4406 is on a charter, this is most likely the fantrip that took place on October 21, 1956.MBTA (Boston) double-end PCC 3335 (ex-Dallas) is at Milton on the Ashmont-Mattapan line in the 1960s (Photo by Frederick F. Marder)This photo is interesting, as it shows a 6-car train of old wooden “L” cars on the CTA’s temporary Garfield Park “L” trackage in Van Buren Street, possibly before service was transferred there in September 1953.To commemorate these anniversaries, we have written a new book, Redone tile at the Monroe and Dearborn CTA Blue Line subway station, showing how an original sign was incorporated into a newer design, May 25, 2018. In this photo, you can see part of their siding heading off from the freight track, which has overhead wire. (Richard S. Short Photo)Chicago Rapid Transit Company 2731 is at Laramie Yard (on the Garfield Park “L”) in September 1936.CRT 2881 is at Gunderson Avenue (in suburban Oak Park), one of the ground-level stations on the Garfield Park “L”, on September 19, 1934. During the fantrip, these cars were operated between the terminal and the storage yard, for the benefit of ticket-holders. (Wien-Criss Archive)CTA PCC 7187 on Clark Street on September 6, 1957, the last day of street railway service on Chicago’s north side. Rail service on this long interurban line was replaced by … If so, this two-car train on the CTA Skokie Swift must be a test train, prior to the beginning of regular service in April.CTA “Peter Witt” car 6287 is on the Cottage Grove private right-of-way on June 10, 1951.North Shore Line freight motor 456 is running on battery power on a siding, as there are no overhead wires present.On June 27, 1964, a two-car train of CTA 4000s is inbound running local service at Isabella. Here, wooden cars 137 and 141 are on the scrap track at the Wheaton Shops. (Robert Selle Photo, Wien-Criss Archive)CTA Pullman 529, as seen from the Ashland station on the Lake Street “L”, on May 7, 1953. (Mark D. Meyer Photo)I ought this Red Border Kodachrome slide, which dates to the early 1950s, thinking perhaps it might e the old Park Theater on Chicago’s west side (on Lake near Austin). The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is 794737.The company's principal address is 901 Brighton St Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA-19. Bill Storage photo. Here, one of the high-speed cars is lowering its pan trolley, at the point where the line changed from overhead wire to third rail “on the fly.”On October 25, 1964 a pair of 4000-series “L” cars are seen at the Dempster terminal on the Skokie Swift, presumably on a fantrip.This picture of the Dempster terminal is dated April 18, 1964, which would have been the very first day people could ride the Skokie Swift.Line car S-606 at the Dempster terminal on October 25, 1964. Both cars would have been running on Route 20 – Madison. It had steel sheating and was modernized in 1944.

It is taking a jog around the old Tower 18, which was replaced in 1969 in conjunction with the through-routing of the Lake and Dan Ryan lines.The first steel cars on the CA&E were built by Pullman in 1923. It was sold to Wisconsin Electric Raiway Historical Society in 1962. (James J. Buckley Photo)The new and the old. It’s signed for the Madison-Fifth branch line. (James J. Buckley Photo, Wien-Criss Archive)Kansas City Public Service PCCs 712 and 796 at the 48th and Harrison yard on October 16, 1956. (Robert Selle Photo)Three CTA arch-roof cars awaiting scrapping on May 16, 1954: two-man 6141, one-man cars 6167 and 3128 at South Shops. From the looks of the automobiles, this picture may have been taken in 1958. (J. W. Vigrass Photo)The view from an eastbound Douglas-Milwaukee CTA “L” train, going down the ramp at Loomis Junction to run on the then-new Congress median line, in September 1958.