More Buses, Trolleys, and Trains

July 26, 2018March 20, 2025David Sadowski 18 Comments

This amazing photo is from a glass plate negative we recently purchased, and shows a Chicago Union Traction streetcar RPO (railway post office) unpowered trailer car. CUT existed between 1899 and 1908, which helps date the photo. This car may previously have been a cable car trailer, before being pressed into mail service.

Instead of trains, planes, and automobiles, today we have a generous helping of classic bus, trolley, and train images courtesy of noted transit historian William Shapotkin. We thank Bill very much for sharing these with our readers. Even if you are not a huge fan of buses per se, and some electric traction fans aren’t, you still may appreciate seeing some of these locations, which offer views that you typically don’t see here on this blog. Many are contemporary to other streetcar pictures we have run, and show what types of equipment the CTA was running along with the “L” cars and streetcars that we often feature.

On the other hand, if you do like rubber-tired vehicles, then “hop on the bus, Gus!” And even if you don’t, chances are there are still plenty of railed vehicles here to keep you happy.

-David Sadowski

Please note: All photos in this section are from the collections of William Shapotkin.

This photo shows an old wooden Met car on the CTA’s Kenwood shuttle in the 1950s. The view looks east from the Indiana Avenue station. The south side main line continues off to the right. Service on the Kenwood branch ended in 1957.

This image, showing CTA bus 3676 on Route 82A, was not identified, but it clearly shows the Logan Square “L” terminal with connecting bus transfer area in the early 1960s.

CTA buses at the Western and 79th loop.

The old South Shore Line station in Gary, Indiana in July 1984. (Paul Johnsen Photo)

CTA Route 59 bus 5610 is at 59th and State on April 26, 1972.

CTA trolley bus 9392 is at the Montrose and Narragansett loop in 1965. This loop has since been removed.

A Metra train stops at the Mont Clare station on the former Milwaukee Road West Line on April 13, 1999. The original station at this location was demolished in 1964, and my father and I sifted through the rubble. We found several tickets, some dating back to the 1880s, which we donated to a local historical society. As far as I know, these are still on display at the Elmwood Park Public Library.

Chicao, IL: looking south on Holden Court (under teh south side "L") toward grade-separated crossing with the St. Charles Air Line from 15th Street in March 2000. (William Shapotkin Photo)

Chicao, IL: looking south on Holden Court (under the south side “L”) toward grade-separated crossing with the St. Charles Air Line from 15th Street in March 2000. (William Shapotkin Photo)

The Roosevelt Road streetcar extension, crossing the Illinois Central on its way back from the Field Museum and Soldier Field. The date is unknown, but service ended in 1953.

CTA 518 at Halsted and 75th on February 22, 1954. Streetcar service on Halsted ended three months later. (James J. Buckley Photo)

CTA 652 and 678 pass each other at Halsted and 75th on February 22, 1954. (James J. Buckley Photo)

CTA 6148 at Halsted and 75th on February 22, 1954. (James J. Buckley Photo)

Chicago Aurora & Elgin 434 at the Seashore Trolley Museum in July 1963.

A Chicago Aurora & Elgin freight train at National Street in Elgin. The style of Kodachrome slide mount dates this picture to between 1955 and 1959. (Although passenger service ended in 1957, freight continued for nearly two more years.)

CSL 5130. Bill Shapotkin adds, “This is an E/B 31st car, having just crossing under the South Side ‘L’. View looks west (from Wabash).” We ran another picture of 5130 on the same route on our previous post Spring Forward (April 19, 2018).

CSL 5154. Bill Shapotkin adds, “This is a W/B 31st car at State St (South Side “L” in background). View looks east.” Again, we previously ran another picture of this same car on the same route in our post Spring Forward (April 19, 2018).

CTA bus 2566 is at 119th and Western, running on Route 49A.

CTA bus 5723 is at the Western and 79th loop, probably in the 1960s.

CTA bus 6541 is at the Western and 79th loop in 1953. Meanwhile, a postwar PCC (built by the St. Louis Car Co.) goes around the loop. Streetcar service on Western ended in June 1956. Jeff Wien writes, “The caption states that it is 1953 in this photo. I would guess 1948 not long after the loop opened. There is virtually no landscaping anywhere and the sidewalks look like they were recently laid. Later pictures of this loop showed green grass and bushes which was typical of CTA loops until they decided to asphalt over everything (ie: Clark-Arthur loop).” Andre Kristopans: “Bus 6541 at 79th/Western is definitely soon after loop opened. After 79th was converted, this spot is where 79th buses loaded, and 49A’s loaded about three bus lengths back, on the left side of the driveway (see 2578 shot following for new location).”

CTA bus 2578, running on Route 49A, is at the Western and 79th loop. When PCCs were introduced to Western Avenue in 1948, buses were substituted on the north and south ends of the line, which were spun off into extensions of Route 49. New loops were built, this being the one on the south end of the line.

CTA bus 5066 is turning north from Leland onto Western, running Route 49B in 1958. Here, riders could change to the Ravenswood “L”, today’s Brown Line. The station has since been rebuilt. Jeff Wien adds, “I believe that the photo of CTA 5066 at Western & Leland was taken in 1956 rather than 1958 as stated in the caption. Route 49 was converted to motor bus in June 1956. The photo shows the streetcar tracks still exposed as well as the overhead wires in place. I would imagine that the wires would have been removed by 1958, and I seem to recall that the City paved Western Avenue not long after the streetcars were removed. The City built the obnoxious overpass at Western and Belmont shortly after the streetcars were removed in 1956.”

Passengers board CTA bus 5470 at the Western and Berwyn loop on Chicago’s north side. Route 49B was the northern extension of the Western line.

CTA bus 3528 is on Route 54B (South Cicero) on Cicero at 26th, circa the late 1950s.

CTA bus 2543 is heading east on 103rd Street at Longwood Drive on Route 103 (103rd-106th Streets) in the late 1950s. The building directly behind the bus is now occupied by a Starbucks. Our resident south side expert M. E. writes, “Not showing in this picture (because of the trees) is Chicago’s only castle, on the northwest corner of 103rd and Longwood. (Longwood is at the bottom of the “hill”. Did you know: The land atop the “hill” is geologically called Blue Island? It begins north of 87th St. where the Dan Ryan’s Woods toboggan slide was.)” On the other hand, Stu Slaymaker says, “The shot of ACF-Brill bus that is labeled, 103rd and Longwood, was actually taken at 111th and Longwood. My old neighborhood. Out of the picture behind the photographer, is the R. I. Suburban Line Morgan Park-111th station. The used car lot on the right corner, was a Texaco station in the 1960s. The trees are so lush, you can’t see the Walker Branch Library, at the top of the hill.”

CTA 3449 is on Route 31 (31st Street). Not sure which cross street the streetcar is on.

CSL 3425 is on Route 31 (31st Street) at Pitney Court. However, the date provided (1946) must be wrong, since this line was not converted to bus until February 29, 1948. (Thanks to Daniel Joseph for pointing that out.)

CTA 5493 is heading south from the Western and Berwyn loop, on Route 49B (North Western). This picture was taken after streetcar service ended in 1956, as the tracks appear to already be paved over and overhead wires removed.

On August 9, 1953 CTA bus 5306 heads west on Route 6 – Van Buren Street at Racine, next to new temporary Garfield Park “L” trackage that went into service the following month. at right, you can see the existing “L” structure, which was torn down the following year.

CTA bus 5499 is at DesPlaines Avenue terminal in Forest Park, running on Route 17 – Westchester, which replaced the Westchester “L” in 1951.

CTA 2365 is operating on Route 58 – Ogden at 26th and Cicero Avenue in the late 1950s.

CTA 6814 is on 115th Street at Michigan Avenue on Route 115 in the 1960s. Bill Shapotkin adds, “This view (correctly identified as 115th/Michigan) looks east.”

CTA 2718 and 2734 at 74th and Damen.

CTA 3620 at 54th Avenue in
CTA 3620 at 54th Avenue in Cicero, the end of the line for the Douglas Park “L” (now the Pink Line).

CTA 2603 at 119th and Western, the south end of Route 49A.

CTA 6532 at the Western and 79th loop, running on Route 79.

Chicago & West Towns 848 at the DesPlaines Avenue CTA terminal on August 7, 1980. The second overpass, behind the bus, was for the Chicago Great Western freight line. That bridge and tracks have since been removed. (Ronald J. Sullivan Photo)

Westbound Rock Island train #113 at the 91st Street depot on April 5, 1970. Our resident south side epert M. E. adds, “The caption says this view is “at the 91st Street depot.” Not quite. The view faces north. The train is curving from west (along 89th St.) to south. Notice the railroad crossing signals and gates in the background. That trackage joined with the CRI&P traffic to the east. On that trackage ran the B&O Capitol Limited on its way to Washington DC, as captured in https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/proofs288.jpg , although in that photo the Capitol Limited is inbound to Chicago.”

The interlocking levers at the 91st Street Rock Island Tower on July 3, 1969.

The lineup board at the Rock Island 91st Street Tower on July 3, 1969.

The interlocking levers at the Rock Island’s 61st Street Tower on January 5, 1969.

Tower man Roy Bliss and Assistant Tower man Jack Poehron are flagging all trains by the burned-out Rock Island 61st Street Tower on April 20, 1967. The wooden tower had opened in 1898.

Rock Island train #11 (with engine #621) passes the burned-out 61st Street Tower on April 20, 1967, the day after the fire. 61st was the end of the four-track section running from LaSalle Street Station in downtown Chicago.

Rock Island train #19, as seen from the 61st Street Tower.

Rock Island 61st Street Tower on December 8, 1968. (Looking north at movable point crossing- RI “in” (L), NYC “out” (R).

The Rock Island 91st Street Tower on April 5, 1970.

The Rock Island’s 91st Street Tower, where the railroad crossed the PRR “Panhandle” route, as it looked on August 17, 1974. As you can see, the tower has received a new coat of paint since the last picture.

Baltimore & Ohio #5, the Capitol Limited, passing by the Beverly Junction Tower one hour and 50 minutes late, on April 5, 1970.

CTA bus 8829 is at Ashland and 95th in 1973. Daniel Joseph adds, “If the destination sign is reliable, I believe this bus is on the #45 Ashland Downtown and not on #9 Ashland.”

CTA 2528 is at Ogden and Cermak on Route 58 on April 29, 1961. Bill Shapotkin adds, “Yes, this is indeed Cermak/Ogden — the view looks west.”

CTA 5863 at the Ashland and 95th Street terminal, south end of Route 9, on June 20, 1973. (John Le Beau Photo)

Chicago & West Towns bus 777 at the CTA DesPlaines Avenue terminal on March 17, 1974. The terminal has since been redone. The two sets of stairs on DesPlaines Avenue appear to provide a way for pedestrians to cross a busy street where there are no stoplights. (John Le Beau Photo)

CTA “New Look” bus 9441, running on Route 17 – Westchester, is at the DesPlaines terminal on June 28, 1977. Since the previous picture was taken, the set of stairs on the west side of DesPlaines Avenue has been removed. Since the other stair still appears to be in use, it seems as though the CTA decided to extend the walkway to the platform area, so that commuters would not need to go up and down so many stairs.

CTA 9461 is at Catalpa and Broadway, operating on Route 84 – Peterson on September 1, 1980. (Ronald J. Sullivan Photo)

CTA 8417 is on Route 17 – Westchester in June 1971. (John Le Beau Photo)

PACE 6338 is heading south on Harlem Avenue on Route 305, having just gone under the CTA Green Line “L” in December 2012. (Mel Bernero Photo)

PACE 6225 heads west on Route 309 – Lake Street at Harlem Avenue. To the left, just out of view, is the former Marshall Field’s store in Oak Park, a local landmark. It later housed a Border’s bookstore, now also gone. This photo must have been taken a few years ago, as you would see some new tall buildings if you took the same picture today. Unable to move outward, Oak Park is moving “up.” (John Le Beau Photo)

CTA 2527 is at 25th and Laramie in Cicero, the west end of Route 58 – Ogden. The date appears to be the late 1950s.

Chicago & West Towns buses 839 and 804 are laying over in the middle of the street at Cermak and 47th Street in January 1979. This is near the border between Cicero and Chicago, and also adjacent to the old Western Electric plant.

RTA bus 8107 at the West Towns bus garage in oak Park on April 12, 1981. (John Le Beau Photo)

RTA 8049 at the West Towns garage in Oak Park on May 28, 1978. This is now the site of a Pete’s Fresh Market. (Ronald J. Sullivan Photo)

PACE bus 2092 is exiting from the CTA DesPlaines Avenue terminal in April 1992. Where the bus is, was once the approximate location of Chicago Great Western freight tracks, which spanned DesPlaines Avenue via a bridge and then connected with the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal tracks. That portion of the old CGW right-of-way between here and First Avenue has been paved, and provides a connection to the Prairie Path, which starts at First Avenue.

CTA 1806 is on Route 84 – Peterson at Western Avenue on April 21, 1957. (Michael N. Charnota Photo)

This slide was labeled “Oak Park,” but actually, it’s on the border between Elmwood Park and River Grove. PACE bus 22550 is heading east on Grand Avenue, going over the long crossing of the Metra Milwaukee District West Line on route 319 on May 8, 1993. There has een much talk over the years of grade-separating these tracks, where some accidents have occurred, but so far nothing has come of it. (Ronald J. Sullivan Photo)

RTA bus 496 is at the Brookfield Zoo on December 11, 1977. Andre Kristopans adds, “Bus 496 is on an OSA (Omnibus Society of America) charter. Note the “9” covered with tape.” (John Le Beau Photo)

RTA bus 8044 is at the old West Towns garage in Oak Park in March 1983.

CTA bus 4580 heads west on Harrison at Springfield on March 7, 1991.

CTA bus 1112 is at 115th and Perry in February 1983.

South Suburban Safeway Lines bus 702 is northbound at 119th and Western, probably around 1970. Our resident south side expert M. E. adds, “South Suburban Safeway Lines went north on Western to 63rd, then east to Halsted, the heart of Englewood. Actually, east to Union, south to 63rd Place, and west to the L station at Halsted and 63rd Place, where it ended its northbound run. Southbound, it first took Halsted north to 63rd, then west to Western, etc. The other thing to notice in this picture is that Western Ave. was not as wide south of 119th. This is because the Chicago city limit is 119th, and south of that is Blue Island.”

South Suburban Safeway Lines 714 on Western at 79th on October 4, 1975. (Michael N. Charnota Photo)

CTA 871, running on Route 49B North Western, is at the Western Avenue stop on the Ravenswood “L” in June 1973. (Michael N. Charnota Photo)

CTA 5567 is on Western near 63rd Street on April 20, 1972 (Route 49). Our resident south side expert M. E. adds, “Notice Cupid Candies on one corner and Fannie May Candies across the street.” Jeff Weiner adds, “CTA 5567 appears to be at Western and 62nd, as the City maintained a traffic signal there for the Sears store. Until a closed-loop system was installed, the 62nd signal operated fixed-time during store hours, and went on yellow-red flash when the store was closed. After it was modernized, the operation was semiactuated, with coordination to the other signals on Western. Until it was modernized, the median signals were on concrete “blockbuster” foundations, replaced with mast arm signals afterwards.”

CTA 5978 is at the Western and 79th loop on June 20, 1973. (Ronald J. Sullivan Photo)

CTA Pullman 312 on Kedzie. Bill Shapotkin adds, “Car is working #52 — Kedzie-California and is laying over in California at Roscoe. View looks north.”

CTA Pullman 444 at Armitage and California in January 1950.

CTA one-man car 6184 at Lawrence and Luna in 1949.

CTA 336, in June 1952, is on California Avenue at Logan Boulevard.

Chicago Surface Lines 474 is on Belmont at Clark in May 1947.

CSL 1644 is on Route 6 at Division and California in May 1942. The Divison and Van Buren car lines were through-routed starting in 1937.

CTA 5574 at an unknown location. Jon Habermaas writes, “Photo appears to be on the Halsted route where the line is on private right of way along Vincennes Ave., paralleling the Rock Island mainline… in the background you can see the Washington Heights Rock Island depot and a cross buck along the Pennsy’s Panhandle division, which crosses Vincennes Avenue and the Rock Island just south of 103rd Street. The car would be around 104th and Vincennes Ave.” Our resident south side expert M. E. adds, “Mr. Habermaas’s description is accurate. I will add that this private right of way started at 89th St., just south of the CRI&P Beverly branch viaduct, and ended around 107th St. where Vincennes veered farther west from the CRI&P main line. And more historically, this right-of-way originated for the Kankakee car, which had its barn at 88th and Vincennes and ran on Halsted as far north as Englewood.” Andre Kristopans: “Car 5574 SB at 105th or so. You can just make out the 104th RI station in the back, and PRR crossbuck to the right in the distance.” (Robert W. Gibson Photo)

CTA 1749, one of the few old streetcars repainted in green, is at Cermak and State in January 1954, running on Route 21. Note the steam engine in the background.

CTA prewar PCC 4038 is eastbound on 63rd Street. PCCs ran on this line between 1948 and 1952. If the address on the building is any guide, this is probably 122 East 63rd Street.

Illinois Central Electric bi-level car 1514 at the Blue Island Yards on April 23, 1978.

CTA trolley bus 9553 is on its last run, a fan trip held on April 1, 1973. Here it is on Fullerton Avenue near the Milwaukee Road freight line. This was one week after trolley buses were taken out of service.

CTA Marmon-Herrington trolley bus 535 at North and Cicero.

Recent Site Addition

This photo was added to our previous post More Mystery Photos (July 29, 2016):

BEDT 0-6-0 #16 in Brooklyn, NY on October 9, 1982.

Chicago Subway Lecture

Samuel D. Polonetzky makes a point during his presentation at the Chicago Maritime Museum on July 25, 2018. (David Sadowski Photo)

On July 25 2018, Samuel D. Polonetzky, P.E., B.Sc. gave a presentation before the Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago, of which he is a member. The topic was “Crossing of the Chicago River by the State Street Subway.” He showed actual motion pictures of the construction of the Subway in 1938-40.

Mr. Polonetzky is a Civil Engineer who served the City of Chicago, Department of Streets & Sanitation for thirty five years, rising from Engineer-In-Training to Acting Chief Engineer. During this tenure he acquired a deep knowledge of Chicago’s public rights-of-way and the underground infrastructure. He is also an active member of the Illinois Railway Museum at Union IL and a Life Member of the American Public Works Association.

The Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago meets in the Chicago Maritime Museum located in the Bridgeport Arts Center, 3400 S. Racine Av. Chicago Ill. 60609.

The film shown is called Streamlining Chicago (1940), and you can watch it here:

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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. (David Sadowski Photo)

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Recent Finds, 1-12-2018

January 12, 2018January 28, 2022David Sadowski 16 Comments

Lehigh Valley Transit express freight car C7. built by Jewett in 1913, is seen here at the Fairview car barn in the 1940s.

Here are some of our recent photographic finds, which include some very rare scenes. In addition, we have some interesting correspondence, and great Chicago Aurora & Elgin pictures courtesy of Jack Bejna.

Enjoy!

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Recent Finds

Lehigh Valley Transit cars 701 (left) and 812 (right) on a fantrip, some time prior to the 1951 abandonment of interurban service on the Liberty Bell route.

CSL 6268 is at the east end of the 43rd – Root line (approximately 1146 E. 43rd Street) in the 1940s. In the background, you can see a pedestrian bridge over the nearby Illinois Central Electric tracks. 6268 was known as a Multiple Unit caar. Don’s Rail Photos says, “6268 was built by Cummings Car Co in 1926. It was rebuilt as one man service in 1932.” (Joe L. Diaz Photo)

The same location today.

John Smatlak writes:

I really enjoyed seeing that photo of CSL 6268 is at the east end of the 43rd – Root line. This location was of course just a block away from the terminus of the Kenwood branch of the L. Here is a photo your readers may enjoy taken 11-12-28 of the L terminal and the Chicago Junction freight tracks that passed under the L at that location. Thanks!

“Though still carrying a faded passenger car paint scheme, and sporting a South Chicago – Sheffield route sign, CSL #2828 has long since entered work service to pull cars around the shops.” Don’s Rail Photos: “2828 was built by Kuhlman Car Co in July 1904, #242, as CERy 123. It became C&SC Ry 813 in 1908 and renumbered 2828 in 1913. It became CSL 2828 in 1914 and scrapped in 1946.” (Joe L. Diaz Photo)

CTA prewar PCC 7033 at 115th and Cottage Grove, the south end of Route 4, circa 1952-55. In the background, you can see the adjacent Illinois Central Electric embankment.

CTA prewar PCC 4034, presumably at 71st and Ashland.

The old Larrabee “L” station at North Avenue. This station was also called Larrabee and Ogden, after Ogden was extended north between 1926 and 1930. It was closed by the CTA in 1949 as part of a service revision.

These old wooden “L” cars may be in storage at Skokie Shops, before the facilities were expanded.

This view looks north towards the Wilson “L” yard and shops. You can see the interlocking tower, and at left, part of the ramp down to Buena Yard, which was used for freight. Dan Cluley writes, “Looking at the Wilson Shops photo, am I correct that those are some of the piggyback flat cars in between the grass and the L structure?” I asked an expert. Here’s what J. J. Sedelmaier says: “It’s absolutely the NSL Ferry-Truck equipment! That’s the old Wilson Shops building in the background and that’s the north end of Montrose Yards and transfer station.” Bill Shapotkin says this is Montrose Tower.

Wilson Yard and Shops. Note the North Shore Line freight station at lower left. (J. J. Sedelmaier Collection)

Although this is not the sharpest picture, it does show the Austin Boulevard station on the Garfield park “L”, probably circa 1954. We are looking east. To the left, you can see the southern edge of Columbus Park. At the far left, temporary tracks are already being built, which the “L” would shift to in this area on August 29, 1954. This is the present site of the Eisenhower Expressway.

Here, we are looking east along Van Buren, just west of Paulina. The tracks in the foreground are the temporary Garfield Park “L” right of way. The Congress (later Eisenhower) expressway is under construction to the right, with the Douglas Park “L” in the background. This photo was probably taken in early 1954. The Garfield Park “L” west of Paulina has already been demolished, but the Marshfield station still appears intact. This could not be removed until the Douglas line was re-reouted over the Lake Street “L”.

CTA 6123-6124 on the outer end of the Douglas Park line, probably in the early 1950s.

This is an unusual picture, as it shows the Calvary “L” station in Evanston, which was a flag stop in both directions. Located opposite the entrance to Calvary cemetery, this station closed in 1931 and was replaced by South Boulevard a few blocks north. This view looks north from the southern edge of the cemetery. As you can see, the platforms appear relatively short. They were removed in the 1930s, but the rest of the station was not demolished until 1995. This photo probably dates to around 1930.

A close-up of the Calvary station.

J.J. Sedelmaier writes:

Does ANYone have shots of the Calvary stop on the “L” while still in service, prior to the opening of South Boulevard in 1930?

I think we may have something (see above).

J.J. replies:

YES !! I saw this last week ! So exciting ! The best shot so far, and I’ve been searching for decades !! Thanks for the heads-up David !!

The funny thing is, the photographer, whoever it was, doesn’t seem to have been trying to take a picture of the Calvary station at all. Otherwise, they surely would have moved in a lot closer first. It is a picture of a largely empty street, that just happens to show the station in the distance, which at the time was probably considered fairly unimportant.

J.J. continues:

Here are the shots I have here. I took the 1970’s pics. Bruce Moffat took the 1994 pics. The 1931 shot is a company photo that I got from Malcolm D. MacCarter in the mid-90s.

This January 12, 1931 photo shows the South Boulevard station under construction. It was in a better location from the standpoint of patronage, and replaced the Calvary station a few blocks away (which you can see in the distance). (Chicago Rapid Transit Company Photo)

A close-up of the previous image, showing the Calvary station in the distance.

The entrance to the former Calvary station, as it appeared in 1970 when it was being used by a monument company. (J. J. Sedelmaier Photo)

A side view of the former Calvary station in 1970. The platforms were removed in the 1930s and hardly any photos exist showing them in service. (J. J. Sedelmaier Photo)

Bruce Moffat took this picture on February 15, 1994 just before the station entrance was demolished.

The interior of the former Calvary “L” station as it appeared on February 15, 1994. (Bruce Moffat Photo)

In addition, here is a classic shot that Mr. Sedelmaier shared with us:

On July 23, 1955, John D. Emery, then president of the Evanston Historical Society, purchased the last Shore Line ticket sold at the Church Street station from agent George Kennedy. The ticket window was closed the following day (Sunday), and the last Shore Line train ran in the early hours of July 25 (Monday). The ticket remains in the Historical Society collection. Emery was later (1962-1970) the mayor of Evanston, during which time he vetoed an anti-discrimination housing ordinance. (Evanston Photographic Service/J.J. Sedelmaier Collection Photo)

(J.J. Sedelmaier Collection)

Chicago & Calumet District Transit Company (aka Hammond, Whiting & East chicago) car 70 in Hammond. In our post More Hoosier Traction (September 2, 2015), we ran another photo that appears to have been taken at the same time as this. If so, the date is February 1939. There is some damage to this old print, in the area around car 70’s headlight. Trolley service here ended in 1940. (Richard J. Anderson Photo)

Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee wood car 300 on a fantrip on the streets of Waukegan circa 1940. From 1939 until 1942, the North Shore Line allowed Central Electric Railfans’ Association to use 300 as their “club car.” Here, we see it parked in front of Immaculate Conception school.

North Shore Line car 731 (and train) at the Wisconsin State Fair, possibly circa 1930. In order to access the fairgrounds, North Shore Line cars had to get there via the Milwaukee Electric. Incompatibilities between the two interurbans’ wheel profiles resulted in wheel damage to the NSL.

The North Shore Line in Highland Park, circa 1930. Here, we are looking north along the Shore Line Route, which quit in 1955. NSL tracks ran parallel to the nearby Chicago & North Western commuter line, which would be to the left of this view.

The information on the back of this picture says we are looking south from Central Avenue in Highland Park. At right, there are North Shore Line tracks on the old Shore Line Route. A small shelter is visible at right. This picture is circa 1930. The area the North Shore Line once occupied is now a parking lot.

The same location today.

These photos have been added to our post The Fairmount Park Trolley (November 7, 2017), which included several other photos of the Five Mile Beach Electric Railway in Wildwood, New Jersey:

Five Mile Beach electric Railway car 27 at Atlantic and Oak Avenues in Wildwood, on the Angelsea-Crest line, June 1945. A bus is also visible. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

Five Mile Beach electric Railway cars 22 and 27 at the Wildwood carhouse on May 30, 1945, shortly before abandonment. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

Five Mile Beach Electric Railway car 30 in the car barn, circa the mid-1940s. (Walter Broschart Photo)

Recent Correspondence

On June 26, 1960 a pair of CTA single-car units went out on a portion of the Lake Street “L”, but apparently did not go on the ground-level portion of the route. Here, we see the train heading westbound at Clinton and Lake. (Charles L. Tauscher Photo)

Miles Beitler writes:

I was doing some online research recently and followed a link to a photo on your blog. The photo was posted under “Chicago Rapid Transit Photos, Part 6” and included the following in the caption:

“Here’s an interesting streetscape that could not be duplicated today. According to the back of the picture, it shows the view looking east from South Boulevard and Austin, on the eastern edge of Oak Park. The Lake Street “L”, where it ran on the ground, had a very narrow right-of-way that the 6000s, with their bulging sides, could not fit in.”

I have read similar comments posted by others, i.e., that the reason no 6000s were used on the Lake Street “L” is that the cars were too wide. While it’s true that the curved body 6000s were wider than the 4000s and wood cars, the difference was slight — not more than a foot at their widest point. So I don’t think that would explain why they weren’t used. I think a more logical explanation is that the ground level portion of the Lake Street “L” used trolley wire, and none of the original 6000s had trolley poles. (I believe that the only exception was one experimental high performance trainset (6127-6130) that was used in Evanston Express service.) You will note that the original “baldy” 4000s also were not used in Lake Street service for the same reason. The steel roofs of those 4000s made it very difficult to retrofit them with trolley poles.

By the time the western portion of the line was elevated and converted to third rail in 1962, the high performance 2000s were already ordered. So the CTA probably decided to just keep using the older cars until the 2000s arrived. Cars 1-50 did have trolley poles, but those cars were not received until shortly before the elevation of the Lake Street “L” at which time they would not have been needed anyway, so they were used on the Evanston line instead, and later some were used on the Skokie Swift.

Does this make sense, or am I all wet?

Either way, keep up your fantastic blog!

Thanks for writing. You have made an interesting hypothesis, which deserves consideration.

First of all, I have heard enough stories regarding the tight clearances on the ground-level portion of Lake to believe there was some sort of clearance problem that prevented the use of curved-sided rapid transit cars there. The most logical explanation so far is that this involved the gatemen’s shantys.

Having ridden the Lake Street “L” numerous times prior to the October 28, 1962 relocation of the outer portion of the route onto the C&NW embankment, I can assure you that clearances were very tight, as two tracks and platforms were shoehorned into a side street, which continued to have two-way auto traffic.

There was a fantrip on Lake during 1960 using one of the single-car units in the 1-50 series, and while this train did venture down to the lower level of Hamlin Yard, it apparently made no effort to go west of Laramie. You would think they would have done so had this been possible. (See photo above.)

Similar clearance restrictions have existed on other parts of the system. Skokie Swift cars that had pan trolleys fitted were not allowed to go downtown, and cars with poles cannot go into the Kimball subway. (At the moment, this restriction would only apply to 4271-4272.)

That being said, let us take a step back and review how the Lake Street “L” fit in with the strategic thinking of various planners over the decades.

In 1937, the City of Chicago proposed building an aerial highway on the Lake Street “L” structure, and some other “L”s such as Humboldt Park. In theory this would have been something like the West Side Elevated Highway in New York City, which was built between 1929 and 1951 and which partially collapsed in 1973.

Express bus service would have replaced the rapid transit line, as would have a beefed-up Garfield Park “L” in this plan. We can be glad this was not built.

By 1939, this plan was abandoned in favor of the Congress Parkway Expressway that was built starting a decade later, and opened in stages between 1955 and 1960.

The City was proposing various subways all over town, in addition to the State Street and Dearborn-Milwaukee tubes that were built starting in 1938. One goal was to tear down the Loop “L”, starting with the Lake and Wabash legs.

The Lake Street “L” would have been diverted into a subway connection just west of the Loop that of course was never built. Neither was a connection built to divert the Lake “L” into the Congress line via an elevated connection near Kedzie, or Kostner, although the CTA was still intent on doing these things as of 1948.

There is some question whether the entire Lake Street “L” might have been abandoned early in the CTA era, if not for the innovation of A/B “skip stop” service that was begun in 1948. This was so successful that it was gradually used on other parts of the CTA system.

When and how were curved-side “L” cars developed? It seems likely this idea, like many others, came from New York, where some experimental 1930s BMT railcars such as the so-called “Green Hornet” had mildly curved sides.

In Chicago, curved sides appeared on ten interurbans, #451-460 for the Chicago Aurora & Elgin, designed in 1941 but not built by St. Louis Car Company until 1945, as well as the two North Shore Line Electroliners.

These were followed by four experimental sets of articulated rapid transit cars $5001-5004, delivered in 1947-48. Except for the curved sides, largely patterned after the BMT “Bluebirds: from 1939-40.

Chicago’s Initial System of Subways was designed to allow for longer and wider cars, closer to New York standards. The City may have hoped these standards could gradually be applied to the entire system, but it was not to be.

When the Chicago Transit Authority took over from the Chicago Rapid Transit Company in 1947, one primary goal was to purchase enough new steel railcars to allow the Dearborn-Milwaukee subway to open. Another goal was to get rid of the wooden “L” cars, which were getting very old and were not permitted in the subways.

When the first 6000s were delivered starting in 1950, they were first used on Douglas, but that was for test purposes. After another year or two, CTA switched things around, so the new 6000s were used in the State Street subway, and the 4000s on the more lightly used Dearborn-Milwaukee.

Meanwhile, the last wood cars were used on Lake around 1955. The last wooden :”L” cars were used in service in 1957, by which time there were enough new 6000s on hand to permit their retirements.

But else what was happening on Lake during the 1950s? By 1951-5, CTA appears to have figured out that the “problem” portion of Lake was the outer end, not the parts east of Laramie. The first suggestion was to truncate the line to Laramie, but this did not go over well in Oak Park, so the various parties got together, and the embankment plan was the result.

These plans were finalized around 1958. The relocation took place in 1962, at which time the CTA probably hoped to have taken delivery on what became the 2000-series. But there were so many changes and innovations in these cars that delivery did not occur until 1964.

So yes, it does not appear that it was ever a high priority for the CTA to use 6000s on the ground-level portion of Lake. Wood cars were replaced by 4000s around 1955, which was considered a service improvement, and within three years from that, plans were afoot to relocate service anyway.

However, if the CTA had really wanted to run 6000s on Lake, I expect changes could have been made in the locations of whatever obstacles prevented it, and additional cars could have been equipped with trolley poles, as was done for Evanston.

I doubt these would have been single-car units, though, since those were intended for “off peak” one-man operation on Evanston, something which I don’t think would have been suitable on Lake.

As it was, I don’t recall seeing 6000s on Lake much before 1979. In the wake of that year’s blizzard, which shut down the line west of Laramie for a week, so many of the newer cars had burned-out motors that it became necessary to use the older 6000s.

I hope this answers your questions.

-David Sadowski

Miles Beitler again:

Dave, you obviously know FAR more about Chicago transit than I do. You could probably give Graham Garfield some stiff competition.

I believe you recently wrote a book about trolleys. I grew up not far from the terminal of the Clark Street car line at Howard Street and I remember riding the Green Hornets to the local branch of the Chicago public library. I also remember visiting my cousins who lived a block away from the Devon car barn and seeing all of the streetcars stored there. However, I’m more interested in the “L” and interurban history. I spent my childhood watching the North Shore Line trains, and I was fortunate enough to ride an Electroliner to Racine, Wisconsin about a year before the NSL folded.

Have you given or considered giving presentations about Chicago transit at schools, libraries, etc.? WTTW channel 11 might also like to use you as a resource on Chicago transit history or for the production of programs on the subject, similar to the ones produced by Geoffrey Baer over the past 25 years.

There are a number of people, several in fact, who qualify as experts on Chicago transit. We all tend to know each other to some extent, as we’re interested in many of the same things.

I don’t feel like I am competing with any of the other “experts.” We have each found our own niche, and have different contributions to make. In fact, this blog is only successful because it is based on sharing and cooperation.

Actually, I have given a number of presentations to various groups over the years.

WTTW actually did feature the Chicago PCC book I co-authored once on Chicago Tonight. You can read about it in our post A Window to the World of Streetcars (June 2, 2016).

Our pictures do get around. Several photos that I posted to the Internet ended up being featured in an article called Displaced, which tried to determine what happened to the people who were living in the path of the Congress expressway when it was built. (See our post Some Thoughts on Displaced, August 30, 2016.)

Who knows when or where our stuff will show up in the future. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Thanks.

Ron Smolen adds:

In your last post this comment was posted in the sections about 6000s on Lake street:

“You will note that the original “baldy” 4000s also were not used in Lake Street service for the same reason. The steel roofs of those 4000s made it very difficult to retrofit them with trolley poles.”

TRUE… however, near the end of the Baldies operations, I do recall seeing LIVE and in photos
some single baldies that were placed in trains with 4000 pole equipped cars that DID operate in regular service to Harlem under wire.

Ron adds that, according to www.chicago-l.org, “baldy” 4000s ran on Lake from 1959 to 1964, paired with pole-equipped “plushies.”

Jack Bejna writes:

A Tale of Two Pictures

A short time ago there was a question raised by a reader about changing original photographs with Photoshop, thereby eliminating the original intent of the image. As an example of what I do, refer to the first image of CA&E 209. From my experience of working with CA&E images, I believe that the image was captured at the Laramie Freight House area, but of course that is only a guess. My goal is to try to improve the original image and enhance the background while preserving the original intent of the photographer when the image was captured. With this image I decided to place Car 209 in a typical situation, that is, on one of the storage tracks behind the freight house. Further, I like the look of the Niles wood cars so I added the front of sister car 207 to present an unblocked image of Car 209. I spent the rest of my efforts on improving the photograph itself with Photoshop. The final result is pretty much the way I think it looked at the time and represents a cleaner roster shot of a classic Niles interurban.

Moving right along with the CA&E roster, here are some images of the work cars and locomotives that kept the railroad running.
-Jack

CA&E Express Cars – Line Cars – Locomotives – Tool Cars

CA&E rostered a variety of Motors to fit the job at hand. First, the Newspaper Special, obviously a motor that probably spent time doing whatever job was needed in addition to delivering newspapers. I’ve never found a number for this car or any record of when or how it was retired.

Next, express cars 9, 11, & 15 illustrate the differences in length, configuration, etc., in the CA&E roster. Line cars 11 and 45 are next. Car 45 was purchased from the Chicago & Interurban Traction when the line quit in 1927. When Car 45 was retired it was replaced by car 11, rebuilt as a line car.

Locomotive 3 was built as a double ended plow and was used as a work motor by removing the plows.

Next up are the CA&E locomotives, including 2001-2002 built by GE in 1920, 3003-3004 built by BLW-WH in 1923-4, and 4005-4006 built by Oklahoma Railway in 1929.

Finally, Tool Cars 7 and B are shown. Tool Car B was rebuilt from a boxcar.

Here are a few more CA&E freight motors. First is an image of 5-15 in a winter scene. Before the railroad purchased 2001-2002 these two cars were commonly used as locomotives on the freight trains. Second is tool car in an unusual paint scheme. I’m glad they didn’t paint all the motors like this! Finally, here is a scene of Line Car 45 in action on a line relocation in Aurora.

Here’s a real gem that I came across searching the Internet. CA&E had a fire in the early days that destroyed many of their records, photographs, etc., so much of the early days is lost forever. Somehow this image survived somewhere, and we are able to see what express car 4 looked like, albeit with a lot of Photoshop help. I have no idea who built it or when, and how long it lasted.

Enjoy!

Jack

As always, we thank Jack for sharing these wonderful photos.

Fernandes writes:

Hello. I’m doing some reading about bus history. In 1921, Fageol launched Safety Coach and then, Model 20 and 40. Then the Twin Coach style.

I found it very interesting that they always adopted a design style similar to trains and not cars.

Well, we are the product of our time. Back in 1920 when the Fageols designed their first bus, what style reference did they have? Trains, of course.

But it’s interesting because their first “bus”, the Safety Coach, had a vehicle body. Not related to train. Some years later, they created the Twin Coach with a train looking style.

Would you provide me some info about bus/train design inspiration?

I forwarded this to Andre Kristopans, who knows much more than I ever could about bus history. Here is his reply:

At least part of the deal was that early intercity coaches often replaced branch line trains or directly competed with them. So, why not make something sort of train-like? As for the 40s, they sort of mimic what a “modern” streetcar looked like in the 1920s. Why not? Imitation can be a big compliment. By the 930s some elements of streetcar design such as rear door in very rear were replaced by designs more practical for a bus like a rear door 3/4 way back. But then new streetcars like PCCs started mimicking buses!

Kenneth Gear writes:

Another Railroad Record Club mystery solved!

Remember a year or so ago we saw RRC records for sale on eBay that were stamped “This is an audition set record and is the property of the Railroad Record Club?” We speculated that Steventon may have sent records to radio stations in an attempt to get them played on air. Well, that was not the case.

Along with the RRC catalog I received with the RRC #10 record I recently purchased was a two page notice of an “audition set program” the club was offering. The notice explains the whole program so I won’t go into detail about it since you can read it right from the notice. Interesting stuff and another RRC question answered!

The catalog was the same one that you posted in the Trolley Dodger.

This audition thing couldn’t have worked out very well. For every new order that it generated, there were likely problems with people not returning the records or paying for them.

I can see how Steventon wanted to bend over backwards to get people to hear these things, but this seems like a lot of extra work, with probably not enough reward.

Thanks very much for your detective work.

Frank Kennedy writes:

Thank you so much for the trolley book, David. Not only is it a great gift, it is a work of such devotional power. There looks to be years of searching for appropriate photographs in all of this. I really don’t know what to say except thank you for the hours future spent in great reading.

This is probably the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me. I didn’t respond right away, because it left me speechless.

Work on the book, from the initial proposal to the book being published, was actually less than a year. But if I think about it, I spent much of my life preparing to write such a book.

-David Sadowski

PS- Frank Kennedy is the founder of the Chicagotransit Yahoo discussion group.

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Reader Showcase, 11-30-17

November 30, 2017November 30, 2017David Sadowski 6 Comments

Indiana Railroad lightweight high-speed interurban car 71 was built by Pullman in 1931. After passenger service ended in 1941, there were no buyers for this car or the great majority of its brothers, so it was scrapped. Then the war broke out and electric railways were soon using every available car. Sister car 65 is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum, while 55 is saved at Seashore Trolley Museum as Lehigh Valley Transit car 1030.

Today we are featuring contributions recently sent in by our readers. These include some rare traction shots, plus valuable historical information. Due to the length of the latter, we are saving some for future posts.

Our thanks go out to Jack Bejna, Kenneth Gear, Andre Kristopans, and Larry Sakar for their great contributions.

Keep those cards and letters coming in, folks!

-David Sadowski

Author Appearance

Come join us this Saturday starting at 1 pm at Frugal Muse Books in Darien, Illinois. I will discuss my new book Chicago Trolleys (see below), appearing along with other Arcadia authors to discuss our books, give short presentations, and sign copies. The other authors who are also appearing wrote the books Chicago Rink Rats: The Roller Capital in its Heyday, Cycling in Chicago and The Great Chicago Fire. The event is free to all.

When: Saturday, December 2, 1-3pm

Where: Frugal Muse Books, Chestnut Court Shopping Center, 7511 Lemont Road, Darien, IL

Kenneth Gear writes:

I’ve scanned all the Steventon photos that I bought recently. I purchased about 30 photos, some of which were included with my Railroad Record Club Treasure Hunt story (see our post from July 30, 2017), here are the rest.

There are 17 photos of the Indiana Railroad. This was not on purpose, I didn’t realize that I picked so many photos of that one railroad. I must subconsciously be a big fan of that interurban line.

Some of the photos have index cards with caption information typewritten on them and some only have equipment number and location written on the back, some not even that. I scanned the photos and index cards together when I had both. Those without cards have all caption information included in the file name.

Thanks very much. I am sure our readers will enjoy seeing these.

Indiana Railroad 54 in Fort Wayne.

Indiana Railroad 713 in Fort Wayne.

Indiana Railroad 735 in Fort Wayne.

Indiana Railroad 754.

Indiana Railroad 792 in Fort Wayne.

Indiana Railroad 377.

Indiana Railroad 713 in Fort Wayne.

Indiana Railroad 722 in Indianapolis.

Indiana Railroad 726.

Indiana Railroad 763 in Muncie.

Indiana Railroad 785 at Anderson.

Indiana Railroad 787 and 786.

Indiana Railroad 787 as seen from 786.

Indiana Railroad 736 in Fort Wayne.

The view from Indy RR #786.

The view from the roof of Indy RR #787.

Larry Sakar writes:

The Historic Streetcar Festival Cars, San Francisco, September 1983

In 1983 San Francisco Municipal Railway shut down its entire cable car system for a complete rebuilding. To make up for the loss, MUNI started the Historic Market Street Streetcar Festival. Streetcars from around the world were sought, some borrowed from trolley museums across the U.S. The festival operated every summer from 1983 until 1987 when the cable cars returned. Historic streetcars operated between 17th & Castro Sts. and the original Transbay Transit Terminal at 1st and Mission Streets. Occasionally a few cars would operate on one of the 5 regular MUNI streetcar lines.

It was so successful and popular that in 1995 MUNI, in conjunction with the Market Street Railway Group, began the then new F-Market Line which was eventually extended along the Embarcadero all the way to Fisherman’s Wharf. The line has become so popular that cars are almost always completely full by the 7th and Market Street stop.

One of the most popular cars in the Historic Streetcar Festival was Blackpool Boat tram 226 from Blackpool, England. Built by the English Electric Car Co. in 1934, this car was leased for the first year of the festival in 1983. Since then, Market St. Railway has acquired two boat trams #s 228 and 233, which are a permanent part of the historic car fleet.

In this series of pictures, which I took in September of 1983, I start off with a view of boat tram 226 about one block west of the Civic Center stop at 7th and Market Street eastbound.

Next, the car is arriving at the Civic Center stop. These cars are two-man cars and require both a motorman and conductor. The entry/exit door is in the center of the car and must be opened or closed manually.

As we head east toward the Ferry Building and the Trans-Bay Terminal the car, as you can see, is relatively full. The conductor is seated at right (with the black coat and hat). The destination sign just beneath the trolley pole stand reads “F-MARKET”.

Continuing my eastward journey, MUNI car 1 passes us westbound on the left, as a fellow railfan stands to snap a picture.

A few blocks further east I snapped this picture of MUNI car 130 the “Iron Monster” coming west on Market St. This is the intersection of Market & Powel1. To the left of car 130, though not visible in the picture, is the turntable for the Powell/Mason cable car route to either Bay and Taylor or Hyde and Beach Streets, both in Fisherman’s Wharf. Cable car fare is now $7.00 per ride!

As I mentioned these cars are double-ended. These are the operating controls with the controller at left.

In the previous sequence with the boat tram we saw car 130, one of the MUNI cars dubbed “Iron Monsters.” Here it is at the Trans-Bay Terminal streetcar loop again in September 1983. Car l3O was built by the Jewett Car Co. in 1914 for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in the Marina district. It served in passenger service until 1958, at which time it had its seats removed and was completely reequipped as a “wrecker.” It was primarily used to tow MUNI PCCs which broke down in service. In 1983 it was repainted into the MINI blue and gold paint scheme specifically created for the second World’s Fair in San Francisco.

The 1939 World’s Fair was held on Treasure Island, which is not quite halfway between San Francisco and Oakland in San Francisco Bay. Passengers looking for a fast and inexpensive way to get to the fair could board brand new Key System articulated trains at the Trans-Bay Terminal and ride to the Treasure Island stop, where stairways led down to the fairgrounds. After the fair closed, Treasure Island was turned into a base for the U.S. Navy.

Market St. Railway acquired a number of these cars. This is Milan (Italy) Transit car 1895. The car was built in 1928 and is of the “Peter Witt design” popular among many U. S. streetcar companies including Chicago.

Melbourne Australia was another foreign contributor of streetcars to the historic fleet. This is car 648 headed east on Market St. passing the San Francisco Emporium. Car 1 appears to be about a block ahead of the Melbourne car, which is unusual as cars did not normally operate that close together.

San Francisco MUNI had several hundred PCCs. Here we see double-ended car 1006 at Market and Duboce. The first 15 of these St. Louis Car Co. streamliners were double-ended while all remaining PCCs were single ended. Cars 1001 through 1005 were dubbed the “Magic Carpet Cars” when introduced. Though resembling PCCs, they were not PCCs as they had a different control system than a PCC. Thus, car 1006 represented the first PCC in San Francisco MUNI’s fleet.

Following the shot of car 10O6 we see a view of the Market and Duboce car storage yard. A Milan car rests on the storage track at left. In the distance to its right is MUNI PCC 1128. In what would be a forerunner of things to come when the new F-Market St. line was opened by MUNI in 1995, 1128 was repainted to its original St. Louis Public Service Co. livery and given the number 7704. It was part of a group of 66 cars sold to MUNI by SLPSCO in 1957. Atop the hill at left is the original San Francisco U.S. Mint, now a museum.

San Francisco Municipal Railway Part 2: The F Line

In 1995, eight years after the final Market Street Historic Streetcar festival, MUNI opened the F-Market Streetcar line. Initially operating between 127th & Castro St. and the streetcar loop in front of the Trans-Bay Transit Terminal at 1st & Mission Sts. the line was an instant hit with both tourists and everyday commuters.

What is it they say about the “best laid plans”? San Francisco and MUNI had planned to eliminate streetcars on Market St. when the new Boeing-Vertol LRVs began running in the new Market Street subway. Unfortunately, the Boeing cars were a total disaster. Just about everything that could go wrong with them did.

Commuters frustrated by service delays on the five streetcar lines serving the subway shifted to the historic streetcars on the surface. The overwhelming popularity of the cars operating on Market St. taught MUNI a valuable lesson, and eventually lead to the creation of the F-Market St. line, ending all plans to remove streetcar tracks from Market St.

In 2000 the line was extended down the Embarcadero to Pier 39 and the Fisherman’s Wharf area, a major tourist attraction. The Trans-Bay Terminal streetcar loop was removed. The Trans-Bay Terminal was razed around 2003 and a new “temporary” terminal was constructed a few blocks away on Folsom St.

Construction of the new Trans-Bay Terminal was to have been completed this year (2017) but all construction was halted in 2016, when owners of a nearby high-end condo development (condos costing around $3 million!) sued the contractor for the terminal development, claiming improper construction and sinking of piles for the structure (which will include a 100-story condo development of its own) has caused the high-end condo building to start sinking. At this writing the lawsuit remains unresolved.

The F-Market & Wharves Line, as it is formally known, operates with PCC cars acquired from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA). All underwent extensive rebuilding at the Brookville Equipment Corp., which still performs all major work on the cars. Each car is painted in the color scheme of a U.S. company that operated PCCs. Thus, you will find a car painted in the Mercury Green, Croydon Cream and Swamp Holly Orange belt rail color scheme worn by CTA PCCs, but no car representing TMER&L in Milwaukee which turned its back on PCCs and streetcars in general in 1936.

The 1000-series articulated cars purchased from St. Louis Car Co. in 1930 were the last streetcars acquired by TM. These were the cars that ended their days in service on Speedrail between 1949 and 1951.

1-2. The Subway Terminal Building is seen on the right side of photo #1 looming up over McArthur Park in downtown Los Angeles. Although it retained the name, it had not been the terminal for the Pacific Electric Hollywood Blvd. and Glendale-Burbank lines since June 19, 1955 when new owner, Metropolitan Coach Lines (part of infamous National City Lines) abandoned all remaining service from the subway and substituted buses.

3-5. PCC 1061 is painted for Los Angeles’ Pacific Electric Railway. PCC’s operated on the western district lines out of the Subway Terminal Bldg. to Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Glendale and Burbank. In the first three pictures we see the car stopped for a red light westbound on Market St heading for the end of the line at 17th & Castro Sts. All PCCs operating on the F-Line were built by St. Louis Car Co. In 1948 and 1951. The real PE PCCs were built by Pullman-Standard Car. Co., and did not have standee windows. The color of 1061’s roof is also incorrect. PE’s PCCs had gold colored roofs and one trolley pole in the middle of the car.

The PCCs spent the next 3 years stored in the now abandoned Hollywood Subway before being sold to the General Urguiza electric railway in Argentina in 1959. The three years of sitting idle in the damp subway made them a poor buy and they were withdrawn from service and scrapped after just a few years of service. They were replaced by the ex-Key System bridge railway articulated units.

The Subway itself was never used again, and in 1967 a portion of the tunnel beneath Bunker Hill was dug up and filled in to accommodate the footings for the new Bonaventure Hotel. In recent years, the building was sold to a new developer who is converting all of the former office space into high-end (aka very, very expensive) condominiums. The developer has renamed it the “417 Building” after its address: 417 S. Hill St.

6-7. PCC 1007 is identical to #1006 seen at the end of part 1. It is painted to represent Red Arrow Lines the same Red Arrow that acquired the North Shore Electroliners in 1963. The color scheme is authentic but the cars operating out of 69th St. terminal in Philadelphia were suburban cars but not PCCs though they looked like them.

8. PCC 1056 is painted in the colors of Kansas City Public Service Co. The paint job is virtually identical to the real Kansas City cars but the standee windows are not. No KCPS PCC ever had standee windows, supposedly because the company president did not like them.

9. Car 1059 seen here at 17th & Castro Sts., is in the colors of the Boston Elevated Railway Co. All Muni streetcar stops have platforms as seen here to comply with ADA requirements. The car recently returned from a trip to Brookville Equipment Co. where the orange color was lightened to more closely conform to the real cars.

10. As the car leaves the 17th & Castro terminus it turns right onto Castro Street. It will turn right again at the next corner to begin its eastbound trip down Market Street to Fisherman’s Wharf.

Jack Bejna writes:

Hi Dave,

Congratulations on your 200th post on Thanksgiving weekend. I’m happy I discovered your site and look forward to many more interesting posts. I got back to work on my CA&E project and here are some shots of the second group of steel cars. In many cases I have more than one shot of individual cars so if you need any more images I may be able to help.

In 1927 CA&E ordered 15 new cars (420-434) from Cincinnati Car Company. This second purchase of steel cars was, like the first order of Pullman cars, equipped with Tomlinson couplers and was not capable of training with any of the wood cars in the fleet. The new cars were used for all types of service.

Cars 435 and 436 were rebuilt from older wooden cars for buffet/parlor car service, and were re-numbered 600-601. They were steel sheathed and had Tomlinson couplers installed in order to train with the Pullman and Cincinnati cars. In 1929 they were rebuilt again to straight coaches and were used until they were retired in 1954.

We are very appreciative of all the hard work done by Jack Bejna in making these old images look better than ever using his Photoshop skills. Thanks for sharing them.

420 on the Elgin Branch in Wheaton.

421 as delivered.

422.

423 on the Garfield Park “L”.

424.

425 at the Aurora Terminal.

426 at the Wheaton Shops.

427 at the Elgin Terminal.

428 eastbound at Laramie.

429 at Wheaton.

430 at the Aurora Terminal.

431 in Maywood.

432.

433 in Wheaton.

434.

435 at the company shops in 1929.

436 at the company shops in 1929.

Kenneth Gear writes:

I just made another eBay purchase of three RRC records. I only bought them because there is paperwork included. My efforts to collect RRC paperwork have sort of stalled. I’ve explored all avenues that I know of without any recent success. I know there may not be much out there to get. I have myself tossed away most of the RRC papers that came with my records back in the 1970s’ and ’80s, so I can’t fault others for doing likewise.

PS- By looking at the photos I took of Steventon’s tapes I was able to fill-in a few more blanks in the list of pre-1958 cut at home discs. I thought you might want to add them to your list:

12. Illinois Terminal

13. Illinois Central

19. Senate Subway

21. Rochester Subway

23. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy

25. Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto

26 Virginian

28. Queensboro Bridge

29. Wabash

30. Third Avenue Elevated

31. St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie

32. Louisville & Nashville

34. St Elizabeth’s Hospital (A hospital in Washington DC that used a 0-4-0T to move coal from the B&O to their property. I would really like to be able to hear this one.)

37. Independent Subway

Note that at present, we do not have copies of these recordings.

Ken and I are always on the lookout for Railroad Record Club items that we do not have. That includes newsletters, inserts, liner notes and any other paperwork that we do not already have. If you think you may have something new to contribute, please let us know, thanks.

-David Sadowski

A Sign of the Times

This Chicago rapid transit sign recently sold on eBay for $400 (and not to me, that’s way out of my league). We asked historian Andre Kristopans about it. He thinks it came from the northernmost exit in the State Street Subway at platform level, and dates to 1943-58. The later date is when the subway-to-“L” transfer point was moved to State/Van Buren.

The use of some sort of pressed material (not sure if you would call this Masonite) instead of metal may mean this sign is from World War II, and could have been original to the subway, which opened in 1943.

Andre Kristopans writes:

Don’t know if I ever sent you this one. 4000 L car retirements.

If you did, I neglected to post them. Here they are, thanks!

4001 07/21/64 8924 4023 03/20/64 8246 4044:2 07/03/64 8924
4002 07/03/64 8924 4024 07/03/64 8924 4045 01/22/64 8246
4003 06/13/58 10108R 4025 03/20/64 8246 4046 07/21/64 8924
4004 03/05/61 11162R 4026 07/27/62 8246 4047 07/03/64 8924
4005 10/12/55 17406 4456 4027 04/12/63 8246 4048 03/20/64 8246
4006 07/21/64 8924 4028 04/20/62 8147 4049 07/21/64 8924
4007 09/30/58 10108R 4029 04/20/62 8147 4050 01/10/64 8246
4008 07/21/64 8924 4030 03/20/64 8246 4051 11/15/63 8246
4009 01/22/64 8246 4031 03/20/64 8246 4052 01/10/64 8246
4010 01/22/64 8246 4032 03/03/61 11162R 4053 11/15/63 8246
4011 10/08/55 17387R 4033 03/03/61 11162R 4054 01/10/64 8246
4012 01/22/64 8246 4034 07/03/64 8924 4055 11/15/63 8246
4013 04/20/62 8246 4035 07/03/64 8924 4056 01/22/64 8246
4014 01/22/64 8246 4036 03/20/64 8246 4057 01/22/64 8246
4015 01/10/64 8246 4037 04/12/63 8246 4058 03/20/64 8246
4016 03/20/64 8246 4038 03/20/64 8246 4059 07/03/64 8924
4017 01/22/64 8246 4039 03/03/61 11162R 4060 01/10/64 8246
4018 03/20/64 8246 4040 05/11/62 8246 4061 11/15/63 8246
4019 03/20/64 8246 4041 03/20/64 8246 4062 11/15/63 8246
4020 07/21/64 8924 4042 07/21/64 8924 4063 05/19/64 8924
4021 07/21/64 8924 4043 09/29/62 8246 shed 4064 01/10/64 8246
4022 07/21/64 8924 4044 07/17/53 15298R 4065 06/13/58 10108R
4066 07/08/54 to 4044:2

4067 09/11/64 8924 4088 08/21/64 8924 4109 08/07/64 8924
4068 09/11/64 8924 4089 08/21/64 8924 4110 08/07/64 8924
4069 09/11/64 8924 4090 09/11/64 8924 4111 10/08/55 17387R
4070 08/21/64 8924 4091 08/07/64 8924 4112 04/05/63 8506
4071 03/19/65 8924 4092 08/07/64 8924 4113 06/16/65 8924
4072 05/07/65 8924 4093 09/11/64 8924 4114 07/20/64 8924
4073 07/31/64 8924 4094 09/11/64 8924 4115 08/07/64 8924
4074 07/31/64 8924 4095 03/20/64 8750 4116 05/07/65 8924
4075 07/31/64 8924 4096 08/07/64 8924 4117 04/20/62 8351
4076 08/07/64 8924 4097 08/07/64 8924 4118 08/21/64 8924
4077 07/31/64 8924 4098 09/11/64 8924 4119 09/11/64 8924
4078 08/07/64 8924 4099 09/11/64 8924 4120 04/05/63 8506
4079 08/07/64 8924 4100 07/20/64 8924 4121 09/11/64 8924
4080 05/07/65 8924 4101 05/07/65 8924 4122 09/11/64 8924
4081 07/03/64 8924 4102 08/07/64 8924 4123 09/11/64 8924
4082 05/07/65 8924 4103 06/16/65 8924 4124 05/19/64 8924
4083 10/30/64 8924 shed 4104 04/20/62 8351 4125 03/19/65 8924
4084 12/12/61 11262R S346 4105 08/07/64 8924 4126 03/19/65 8924
4085 08/07/64 8924 4106 06/16/65 8924 4127 08/07/64 8924
4086 06/16/65 8924 4107 06/27/58 10206R 4128 08/07/64 8924
4087 08/21/64 8924 4108 05/19/64 8924

4129 09/25/59 10624R 4137 08/07/64 8924 4145 04/30/72 8588E
4130 07/16/65 8924 4138 12/24/65 8695A S359 4146 03/31/72 8588E
4131 07/20/64 8924 4139 04/02/65 8924 4147 07/16/65 8924
4132 07/20/64 8924 4140 11/09/64 8924 4148 07/16/65 8924
4133 12/11/64 8924 4141 06/18/65 8924 4149 11/09/64 8924
4134 04/02/65 8924 4142 06/18/65 8924 4150 04/02/65 8924
4135 08/07/64 8924 4143 10/16/64 8924 4151 09/25/64 8924
4136 08/07/64 8924 4144 10/16/64 8924 4152 09/25/64 8924
Š
4153 05/30/72 8588E 4186 10/09/64 8924 4219 10/09/64 8924
4154 05/30/72 8588E 4187 04/30/72 8588E 4220 10/09/64 8924
4155 09/18/64 8924 4188 04/30/72 8588E 4221 05/07/65 8924
4156 09/18/64 8924 4189 04/30/65 8924 4222 05/07/65 8924
4157 06/16/65 8924 4190 05/07/65 8924 4223 10/09/64 8924
4158 06/16/65 8924 4191 10/02/64 8924 4224 10/09/64 8924
4159 06/22/65 8924 4192 10/02/64 8924 4225 05/07/65 8924
4160 05/30/72 8588E 4193 05/07/65 8924 4226 05/07/65 8924
4161 05/30/72 8588ER 4194 05/07/65 8924 4227 03/19/65 8924
4162 12/11/64 8924 4195 09/25/64 8924 4228 10/30/64 8924
4163 05/07/65 8924 4196 09/25/64 8924 4229 07/16/65 8924
4164 12/11/64 8924 4197 06/16/65 8924 4230 08/30/72 8588E
4165 10/02/64 8924 4198 05/19/64 8924 4231 06/16/65 8924
4166 10/02/64 8924 4199 07/16/65 8924 4232 06/16/65 8924
4167 06/18/65 8924 4200 07/16/65 8924 4233 07/16/65 8924
4168 06/18/65 8924 4201 07/16/65 8924 4234 07/16/65 8924
4169 10/16/64 8924 4202 07/16/65 8924 4235 06/22/65 8924
4170 10/16/64 8924 4203 10/16/64 8924 4236 06/22/65 8924
4171 04/30/65 8924 4204 06/22/65 8924 4237 11/09/64 8924
4172 04/30/65 8924 4205 10/09/64 8924 4238 11/09/64 8924
4173 06/16/65 8924 4206 10/09/64 8924 4239 07/03/64 8924
4174 06/16/65 8924 4207 05/30/72 8588E 4240 07/16/65 8924
4175 12/24/65 8695A S360 4208 05/30/72 8588E 4241 07/03/64 8924
4176 04/02/65 8924 4209 10/30/64 8924 4242 04/30/65 8924
4177 06/18/65 8924 4210 10/30/64 8924 4243 05/30/72 8588E
4178 06/18/65 8924 4211 09/18/64 8924 4244 07/16/65 8924
4179 11/09/64 8924 4212 09/18/64 8924 4245 10/30/64 8924
4180 11/09/64 8924 4213 09/25/64 8924 4246 10/30/64 8924
4181 10/30/64 8924 4214 09/25/64 8924 4247 12/11/64 8924
4182 10/30/64 8924 4215 03/31/72 8588E 4248 04/30/72 8588E
4183 09/18/64 8924 4216 03/31/72 8588E 4249 12/11/64 8924
4184 09/18/64 8924 4217 06/16/65 8924 4250 04/05/63 8506
4185 10/09/64 8924 4218 06/16/65 8924
4456 03/20/64 8750

4251 8254G 12/01/75 Pielet
4252 8254G 12/01/75 Pielet
4253 8630G 03/17/76 to work
4254 8254G 11/20/75 Pielet
4255 8780G 11/78 Ill Ry Mus
4256 8780G 06/79 IMOTAC
4257 8254G 04/01/75 MI Tran Mus
4258 8254G 02/11/75 E Troy Mus
4259 8453G 12/74 to shed
4260 8254G 04/07/76 Pielet
4261 8254G 01/23/76 Pielet
4262 8254G 01/23/76 Pielet
4263 8254G 08/18/76 Pielet
4264 8254G 06/04/76 Pielet
4265 8254G 06/14/76 Pielet
4266 8254G 06/14/76 Pielet
4267 8254G 08/25/75 Waterfrnt Elec
4268 8453G 12/06/74 to shed
4269 8453G 12/06/74 to shed
4270 8254G 08/16/76 Pielet
4271 relic
4272 relic
4273 8453G 12/74 to shed
4274 8254G 08/16/76 Pielet
4275 8453G 12/74 to shed
4276 8453G 12/74 to shed
4277 8254G 11/20/75 Pielet
4278 8254G 11/20/75 Pielet
4279 8728G 03/78 to work
4280 8254G 08/11/75 Branford Elec
4281 8254G 03/02/76 Pielet
4282 8254G 04/07/76 Pielet
4283 8254G 04/01/75 MI Trol Mus
4284 8254G 10/02/75 Whse Point
4285 8254G 01/23/76 Pielet
4286 8254G 01/23/76 Pielet
4287 8254G 12/01/75 Pielet
4288 8630G 03/17/76 to work
4289 8780G 12/78 Ill Ry Mus
4290 8780G 12/78 Ill Ry Mus
4291 8453G 12/74 to shed
4292 8453G 12/74 to shed
4293 8254G 08/16/76 IMOTAC
4294 8254G 06/14/76 Tol & IN His Soc
4295 8254G 08/16/76 OH Ry Mus
4296 8254G 06/14/76 Trolvlle USA
4297 8038G 03/31/72 scr
4298 8038G 08/01/72 scr
4299 8038G 11/30/71 scr
4300 8038G 11/30/71 scr
4301 8038G 03/31/72 scr
4302 8695A 12/02/65 to S351
4303 8583F 08/31/71 scr
4304 8583F 08/31/71 scr
4305 8038G 04/30/72 scr

4306 8038G 04/30/72 scr
4307 8583F 08/31/71 scr
4308 8583F 08/31/71 scr
4309 8038G 04/14/72 scr
4310 8173G 10/30/72 scr
4311 8583F 05/31/72 scr
4312 8583F 06/30/72 scr
4313 8173G 03/76 Pielet
4314 8695A 12/20/65 to S353
4315 8695A 12/02/65 to S355
4316 8695A 12/02/65 to S356
4317 8695A 12/24/65 to S349
4318 8695A 12/02/65 to S350
4319 8197G 08/73 KY Ry Mus
4320 8197G 04/14/75 Pielet
4321 8780G 10/79 IMOTAC
4322 8780G 10/79 NARHA
4323 8390A 02/26/65 to S347
4324 8390A 02/26/65 to S348
4325 8780G 05/78 MN Tranp Mus
4326 8780G 10/79 IMOTAC
4327 8695A 12/02/65 to S352
4328 8038G 03/21/72 scr
4329 8583F 10/29/71 scr
4330 8538F 10/29/71 scr
4331 8038G 02/29/72 scr
4332 8038G 02/29/72 scr
4333 8583F 08/31/71 scr
4334 8583F 08/31/71 scr
4335 8038G 06/30/72 scr
4336 8173G 10/30/72 scr
4337 8038G 02/01/72 scr
4338 8038G 02/01/72 scr
4339 8038G 04/14/72 scr
4340 8038G 04/14/72 scr
4341 8583F 08/31/71 scr (office Despl)
4342 8583F 08/31/71 scr (office Despl)
4343 8583F 04/30/72 scr
4344 8583F 04/30/72 scr
4345 8583F 07/31/71 scr
4346 8583F 07/31/71 scr
4347 8583F 04/30/72 scr
4348 8583F 06/30/72 scr
4349 8583F 03/17/72 scr
4350 8583F 09/30/71 scr (office Despl)
4351 8583F 09/30/71 scr
4352 8583F 09/30/71 scr
4353 8038G 08/04/72 scr
4354 8038G 08/04/72 scr
4355 8583F 08/31/71 scr (office Despl)
4356 8583F 08/04/72 scr
4357 8173G 06/30/74 to shed
4358 8173G 12/09/75 to S1
4359 8583F 02/29/72 scr
4360 8583F 02/29/72 scr

4361 8583F 02/29/72 scr
4362 8583F 02/29/72 scr
4363 10482 03/26/59 scr
4364 8583F 11/30/71 scr
4365 8583F 06/30/72 scr
4366 8583F 06/30/72 scr
4367 8583F 02/29/72 scr
4368 8583F 02/29/72 scr
4369 8583F 04/30/72 scr
4370 8583F 04/30/72 scr
4371 8658B 11/15/68 to S364
4372 8542A 12/13/66 scr (F8/27/65)
4373 8583F 08/31/71 scr (office Despl)
4374 8583F 02/29/72 scr
4375 8583F 03/21/72 scr
4376 8583F 03/21/72 scr
4377 8173G 08/30/72 scr
4378 8173G 08/30/72 scr
4379 8173G 08/30/72 scr
4380 8173G 08/30/72 scr
4381 8695A 12/20/65 to S354
4382 8173G 11/13/72 scr
4383 8583F 05/31/72 scr
4384 8583F 05/31/72 scr
4385 8173G 11/13/72 scr
4386 8101G 02/29/72 to S368
4387 8173G 12/09/75 to work
4388 8173G 12/09/75 to work
4389 8101G 03/31/72 to S372
4390 8101G 02/18/72 to S369
4391 8173G 11/13/72 scr
4392 8173G 11/13/72 scr
4393 8101G 02/18/72 to S370
4394 8173G 12/27/75 Pielet
4395 8173G 12/27/75 Pielet
4396 8173G 11/13/72 scr
4397 8101G 02/18/72 to S371
4398 8173G 11/20/75 Pielet
4399 8038G 09/29/72 scr
4400 8173G 11/13/72 scr
4401 8173G 09/30/72 scr
4402 8173G 09/30/72 scr
4403 8254G 03/02/76 Pielet
4404 8254G 04/07/76 Pielet
4405 8173G 12/01/75 Pielet
4406 8173G 04/07/76 Pielet
4407 8453G 12/74 to shed
4408 8453G 12/74 to shed
4409 8780G 05/79 Whse Point
4410 8254G 03/20/75 IL Ry Mus
4411 8038G 02/18/72 to S373
4412 8038G 03/31/72 IL Ry Mus
4413 8254G 08/18/76 Pielet
4414 8254G 08/18/76 Pielet
4415 8254G 06/14/76 Pielet

4416 8254G 06/14/76 Pielet
4417 8583F 07/31/71 scr
4418 8583F 07/31/71 scr
4419 8254G 12/01/75 Pielet
4420 8254G 02/11/75 E Troy Mus
4421 8038G 02/01/72 scr
4422 8038G 02/01/72 scr
4423 8038G 02/18/72 to S374
4424 8038G 02/29/72 scr
4425 8038G 03/28/72 scr
4426 8038G 03/28/72 scr
4427 8173G 08/30/72 scr
4428 8173G 08/30/7272 scr
4429 8695A 12/02/65 to S357
4430 8695A 12/24/65 to S358
4431 8038G 03/17/72 scr
4432 8038G 03/21/72 scr
4433 8038G 03/31/72 scr
4434 8038G 02/29/72 scr
4435 8583F 11/30/71 scr
4436 8254G 10/02/75 Whse Pt
4437 8727C 11/11/69 to S365
4438 8727C 11/11/69 to S366
4439 8254G 04/01/75 MI Trol Mus
4440 8453G 12/74 to shed
4441 8254G 02/11/75 OH Ry Mus
4442 8254G 04/01/75 MI Trol Mus
4443 8254G 04/29/76 Pielet
4444 8254G 04/01/75 Pielet
4445 8254G 04/29/76 Pielet
4446 8254G 04/07/76 Pielet
4447 8453G 12/74 to shed
4448 8254G 04/29/76 Pielet
4449 8254G 02/11/75 OH Ry Mus
4450 8254G 04/01/75 MI Trol Mus
4451 8254G 02/11/75 RELIC
4452 8453G 12/74 to shed
4453 8780G 06/79 IMOTAC
4454 8254G 11/74 IMOTAC
4455 8254G 03/02/76 Pielet

W4253 8780G 12/78 Ill Ry Mus
W4279 8780G 11/78 Pittsbgh Lndmarks
W4288 8780G 12/78 Ill Ry Mus
W4387 8780G /79 MN Transp Mus
W4388 8780G 06/79 IMOTAC

S347 8780G 06/79 IMOTAC
S348 8780G 06/79 IMOTAC
S349 8210G 11/75 Pielet
S350 8780G 11/78 IL Ry Mus
S351 8780G 11/78 IL Ry Mus
S352 8542G 06/76 scr
S353 8780G 11/78 NARHA
S354 8780G 11/78 IMOTAC

S355 8780G 11/78 IMOTAC
S356 8780G 11/78 NARHA
S357 8780G 10/79 IMOTAC
S358 8780G 11/78 NARHA

S364 8254G 04/76 Pielet
S365 8780G 11/78 NARHA
S366 8780G 11/78 IL Ry Mus

S368 8780G 11/78 IL Ry Mus
S369 8780G 06/79 IMOTAC
S370 8780G 10/79 NARHA
S371 8780G 07/79 NARHA
S372 8780G 07/79 NARHA
S373 8780G 12/78 IL Ry Mus
S374 8780G 07/79 NARHA

S1 scrapped

4000’s by AFR:

4363 10482 03/59 scr

4323 8390A 02/65 to S-347
4324 8390A 02/65 to S-348

4372 8542A 11/66 scr (F8/27/65)

4302 8695A 12/65 to S-351
4314 8695A 12/65 to S-353
4315 8695A 12/65 to S-355
4316 8695A 12/65 to S-356
4317 8695A 12/65 to S-349
4318 8695A 12/65 to S-350
4327 8695A 12/65 to S-352
4381 8695A 12/65 to S-354
4429 8695A 12/65 to S-357
4430 8695A 12/65 to S-358

4371 8658B 11/68 to S-364

4437 8727C 11/69 to S-365
4438 8727C 11/69 to S-366

4303 8583F 08/71 scr
4304 8583F 08/71 scr
4307 8583F 08/71 scr
4308 8583F 08/71 scr
4311 8583F 05/72 scr
4312 8583F 06/72 scr
4329 8583F 10/71 scr
4330 8583F 10/71 scr
4333 8583F 08/71 scr
4334 8583F 08/71 scr
4341 8583F 08/71 scr (office Despl)
4342 8583F 08/71 scr (office Despl)
4343 8583F 04/72 scr
4344 8583F 04/72 scr
4345 8583F 07/71 scr
4346 8583F 07/71 scr
4347 8583F 06/72 scr
4348 8583F 06/72 scr
4349 8583F 03/72 scr
4350 8583F 09/71 scr (office Despl)
4351 8583F 09/71 scr
4352 8583F 09/71 scr
4355 8583F 08/71 scr (office Despl)
4356 8583F 08/72 scr
4359 8583F 02/72 scr
4360 8583F 02/72 scr
4361 8583F 02/72 scr
4362 8583F 02/72 scr
4364 8583F 11/71 scr
4365 8583F 06/72 scr
4366 8583F 06/72 scr
4367 8583F 02/72 scr
4368 8583F 02/72 scr
4369 8583F 04/72 scr
4370 8583F 04/72 scr
4373 8583F 08/71 scr (office Despl)
4374 8583F 02/72 scr
4375 8583F 03/72 scr
4376 8583F 03/72 scr
4383 8583F 05/72 scr
4384 8583F 05/72 scr
4417 8583F 07/71 scr
4418 8583F 07/71 scr
4435 8583F 11/71 scr

4297 8038G 03/72 scr
4298 8038G 08/72 scr
4299 8038G 11/71 scr
4300 8038G 11/71 scr
4301 8038G 03/72 scr
4305 8038G 04/72 scr
4306 8038G 04/72 scr
4309 8038G 04/72 scr
4328 8038G 03/72 scr
4331 8038G 02/72 scr
4332 8038G 02/72 scr
4335 8038G 06/72 scr
4337 8038G 02/72 scr
4338 8038G 02/72 scr
4339 8038G 04/72 scr
4340 8038G 04/72 scr
4353 8038G 08/72 scr
4354 8038G 08/72 scr
4399 8038G 09/72 scr
4411 8038G 02/72 to S-373
4412 8038G 03/72 IL Ry Mus
4421 8038G 02/72 scr
4422 8038G 02/72 scr
4423 8038G 02/72 to S-374
4424 8038G 02/72 scr
4425 8038G 03/72 scr
4426 8038G 03/72 scr
4431 8038G 03/72 scr
4432 8038G 03/72 scr
4433 8038G 03/72 scr
4434 8038G 02/72 scr

4386 8101G 02/72 to S-368
4389 8101G 02/72 to S-372
4390 8101G 02/72 to S-369
4393 8101G 02/72 to S-370
4397 8101G 02/72 to S-371

4310 8173G 10/72 scr
4313 8173G 03/76 Pielet
4336 8173G 10/72 scr
4357 8173G 06/74 to shed
4358 8173G 05/72 to S-1
4377 8173G 08/72 scr
4378 8173G 08/72 scr
4379 8173G 08/72 scr
4380 8173G 08/72 scr
4382 8173G 11/72 scr
4385 8173G 11/72 scr
4387 8173G 12/75 to work
4388 8173G 12/75 to work
4391 8173G 11/72 scr
4392 8173G 11/72 scr
4394 8173G 03/76 Pielet
4395 8173G 03/76 Pielet
4396 8173G 11/72 scr
4398 8173G 11/75 Pielet
4400 8173G 11/72 scr
4401 8173G 09/72 scr
4402 8173G 09/72 scr
4405 8173G 12/75 Pielet
4406 8173G 04/76 Pielet
4427 8173G 08/72 scr
4428 8173G 08/72 scr

4319 8197G 08/73 KY Ry Mus
4320 8197G 04/76 Pielet

S349 8210G 11/75 Pielet

4251 8254G 12/75 Pielet
4252 8254G 12/75 Pielet
4254 8254G 11/75 Pielet
4257 8254G 04/75 MI Tran Mus
4258 8254G 02/75 E Troy Mus
4260 8254G 04/76 Pielet
4261 8254G 01/76 Pielet
4262 8254G 01/76 Pielet
4263 8254G 07/76 Pielet
4264 8254G 06/76 Pielet
4265 8254G 06/76 Pielet
4266 8254G 06/76 Pielet
4267 8254G 08/75 Waterfrnt Elec
4270 8254G 07/76 Pielet
4274 8254G 07/76 Pielet
4277 8254G 11/75 Pielet
4278 8254G 11/75 Pielet
4280 8254G 08/75 Branford Elec
4281 8254G 03/76 Pielet
4282 8254G 04/76 Pielet
4283 8254G 04/75 MI Trol Mus
4284 8254G 10/75 Whse Point
4285 8254G 01/76 Pielet
4286 8254G 01/76 Pielet
4287 8254G 12/75 Pielet
4293 8254G 08/76 IMOTAC
4294 8254G 06/76 Tol & IN His Soc
4295 8254G 10/76 OH Ry Mus
4296 8254G 06/76 Trolvlle USA
4403 8254G 03/76 Pielet
4404 8254G 04/76 Pielet
4410 8254G 03/75 IL Ry Mus
4413 8254G 07/76 Pielet
4414 8254G 07/76 Pielet
4415 8254G 06/76 Pielet
4416 8254G 06/76 Pielet
4419 8254G 12/75 Pielet
4420 8254G 02/75 E Troy Mus
4436 8254G 10/75 Whse Pt
4439 8254G 04/75 MI Trol Mus
4441 8254G 02/75 OH Ry Mus
4442 8254G 04/75 MI Trol Mus
4443 8254G 04/76 Pielet
4444 8254G 01/76 Pielet
4445 8254G 04/76 Pielet
4446 8254G 04/76 Pielet
4448 8254G 04/76 Pielet
4449 8254G 02/75 OH Ry Mus
4450 8254G 04/75 MI Trol Mus
4451 8254G 02/75 RELIC
4454 8254G 11/74 IMOTAC
4455 8254G 03/76 Pielet
S364 8254G 04/76 Pielet

4259 8453G 12/74 to shed
4268 8453G 12/74 to shed
4269 8453G 12/74 to shed
4273 8453G 12/74 to shed
4275 8453G 12/74 to shed
4276 8453G 12/74 to shed
4291 8453G 12/74 to shed
4292 8453G 12/74 to shed
4407 8453G 12/74 to shed
4408 8453G 12/74 to shed
4440 8453G 12/74 to shed
4447 8453G 12/74 to shed
4452 8453G 12/74 to shed

S352 8542G 06/76 scr

4253 8630G 03/76 to work
4288 8630G 03/76 to work

4279 8728G 03/78 to work

4255 8780G 11/78 Ill Ry Mus
4256 8780G 06/79 IMOTAC
4289 8780G 12/78 Ill Ry Mus
4290 8780G 12/78 Ill Ry Mus
4321 8780G 10/79 IMOTAC
4322 8780G 10/79 NARHA
4325 8780G 05/78 MN Tranp Mus
4326 8780G 10/79 IMOTAC
4409 8780G 05/79 Whse Point
4453 8780G 06/79 IMOTAC
W4253 8780G 12/78 Ill Ry Mus
W4279 8780G 11/78 Pittsbgh Lndmarks
W4288 8780G 12/78 Ill Ry Mus
W4387 8780G /79 MN Transp Mus
W4388 8780G 06/79 IMOTAC
S347 8780G 06/79 IMOTAC
S348 8780G 06/79 IMOTAC
S350 8780G 11/78 IL Ry Mus
S351 8780G 11/78 IL Ry Mus
S353 8780G 11/78 NARHA
S354 8780G 11/78 IMOTAC
S355 8780G 11/78 IMOTAC
S356 8780G 11/78 NARHA
S357 8780G 10/79 IMOTAC
S358 8780G 11/78 NARHA
S365 8780G 11/78 NARHA
S366 8780G 11/78 IL Ry Mus
S368 8780G 11/78 IL Ry Mus
S369 8780G 06/79 IMOTAC
S370 8780G 10/79 NARHA
S371 8780G 07/79 NARHA
S372 8780G 07/79 NARHA
S373 8780G 12/78 IL Ry Mus
S374 8780G 07/79 NARHA

4271 relic
4272 relic

S1 scrapped

CHICAGO & SOUTH SIDE RAPID TRANSIT RR CO
SOUTH SIDE ELEVATED RR CO

1-50 Jackson & Sharp 1892 steam trailer (1)
51-80 Gilbert 1892 steam trailer (1)
81-100 Jackson & Sharp 1892 steam trailer (1) (2)
101-150 Gilbert 1892 steam trailer (1)
151-180 Jackson & Sharp 1892 steam trailer (1)
181-210 Jewett 1900 MU motor (3)
211-230 Jewett 1902 MU motor
231-250 Jewett 1903 MU motor
251-320 Jewett 1905 MU motor (3)
321-400 ACF 1905 MU motor (3)

(1) – 1,2,4-6,8,9,11-13,15-18,20,22-28,30-33,36,39-46,48-52,54-63,65,66,69-73,
75-82,84,85,87,88,90,92-94,97,98,100,102-116,118-123,125-142,144-159,
161-179 (150 cars) rebuilt to MU motor cars, 120 at Wells & French in
1897-98, the other 30 at 61st Shop ca 1899. The remaining 30 cars
were converted to MU trailer cars also at 61st Shop ca 1899. These
30 trailers were further converted to single-end control trailers ca
1900

(2) – car 93 retired 1915 (fell from structure), cars 17,41,56,60,78
retired 1/8/24 by CRT?

(3) – cars 202,260,375 rebuilt 1914-15 with closed ends, air doors on 202,260,
manual doors on 375

all cars to CRT 1-400 1924 except as noted in note 2

CRT/CTA Wood Car Retirements

1 by CRT
2 by CRT
3 by CRT
4 by CRT
5 by CRT
6 by CRT
7 by CRT
8 by CRT
9 by CRT
10 by CRT
11 by CRT
12 by CRT
13 by CRT
14 by CRT
15 by CRT
16 by CRT
17 by CRT
18 by CRT
19 by CRT
20 by CRT
21 by CRT
22 by CRT
23 by CRT
24 by CRT
25 by CRT
26 by CRT
27 by CRT
28 by CRT
29 by CRT
30 by CRT
31 by CRT
32 by CRT
33 by CRT
34 by CRT
35 by CRT
36 by CRT
37 by CRT
38 by CRT
39 by CRT
40 by CRT
41 by CRT
42 by CRT
43 by CRT
44 by CRT
45 by CRT
46 by CRT
47 by CRT
48 by CRT
49 by CRT
50 by CRT
51 by CRT
52 by CRT
53 by CRT
54 by CRT
55 by CRT
Š56 by CRT
57 by CRT
58 by CRT
59 by CRT
60 by CRT
61 by CRT
62 by CRT
63 by CRT
64 by CRT
65 by CRT
66 by CRT
67 by CRT
68 by CRT
69 by CRT
70 by CRT
71 by CRT
72 by CRT
73 by CRT
74 by CRT
75 by CRT
76 by CRT
77 by CRT
78 by CRT
79 by CRT
80 by CRT
81 by CRT
82 by CRT
83 by CRT
84 by CRT
85 by CRT
86 by CRT
87 by CRT
88 by CRT
89 by CRT
90 by CRT
91 by CRT
92 by CRT
93 by CRT
94 by CRT
95 by CRT
96 by CRT
97 by CRT
98 by CRT
99 by CRT
100 by CRT
101 by CRT
102 by CRT
103 by CRT
104 by CRT
105 by CRT
106 by CRT
107 by CRT
108 by CRT
109 by CRT
110 by CRT

111 by CRT
112 by CRT
113 by CRT
114 by CRT
115 by CRT
116 by CRT
117 by CRT
118 by CRT
119 by CRT
120 by CRT
121 by CRT
122 by CRT
123 by CRT
124 by CRT
125 by CRT
126 by CRT
127 by CRT
128 by CRT
129 by CRT
130 by CRT
131 by CRT
132 by CRT
133 by CRT
134 by CRT
135 by CRT
136 by CRT
137 by CRT
138 by CRT
139 by CRT
140 by CRT
141 by CRT
142 by CRT
143 by CRT
144 by CRT
145 by CRT
146 by CRT
147 by CRT
148 by CRT
149 by CRT
150 by CRT
151 by CRT
152 by CRT
153 by CRT
154 by CRT
155 by CRT
156 by CRT
157 by CRT
158 by CRT
159 by CRT
160 by CRT
161 by CRT
162 by CRT
163 by CRT
164 by CRT
165 by CRT

166 by CRT
167 by CRT
168 by CRT
169 by CRT
170 by CRT
171 by CRT
172 by CRT
173 by CRT
174 by CRT
175 by CRT
176 by CRT
177 by CRT
178 by CRT
179 by CRT
181 / /48 10346R
182 12/11/50 12287R
183 01/12/51 12287R
184 12/11/50 12287R
185 by CRT
186 12/11/50 12287R
187 01/12/51 12287R
188 by CRT
189 12/11/50 12287R
190 01/12/51 12287R
191 08/25/50 12287R
192 01/12/51 12287R
193 01/12/51 12287R
194 01/12/51 12287R
195 12/11/50 12287R
196 12/11/50 12287R
197 01/12/51 12287R
198 08/25/50 12287R
199 12/11/50 12287R
200 12/11/50 12287R
201 12/11/50 12287R
202 12/11/50 12287R
203 by CRT
204 12/11/50 12287R
205 12/11/50 12287R
206 12/11/50 12287R
207 01/12/51 12287R
208 12/11/50 12287R
209 11/22/50 12287R
210 12/11/50 12287R

211 03/12/51 12287R
212 08/25/50 12287R
213 03/12/51 12287R
214 03/12/51 12287R
215 07/30/51 12287R
216 03/12/51 12287R
217 by CRT
218 12/11/50 12287R
219 07/30/51 12287R
220 04/09/51 12287R

221 01/12/51 12287R
222 by CRT
223 03/12/51 12287R
224 07/30/51 12287R
225 07/30/51 12287R
226 01/12/51 12287R
227 04/18/51 12287R
228 10/18/50 12287R
229 08/25/50 12287R
230 11/22/50 12287R

231 04/18/51 12287R
232 07/30/51 12287R
233 03/12/51 12287R
234 04/18/51 12287R
235 07/30/51 12287R
236 08/16/50 12287R
237 04/18/51 12287R
238 07/30/51 12287R
239 03/12/51 12287R
240 04/18/51 12287R
241 07/30/51 12287R
242 04/18/51 12287R
243 04/09/51 12287R
244 03/12/51 12287R
245 09/06/50 12287R
246 11/22/50 12287R
247 07/30/51 12287R
248 04/18/51 12287R
249 07/30/51 12287R
250 04/18/51 12287R

251 06/19/57 19071R
252 07/09/56 17386R
253 06/28/57 19071R
254 10/08/55 17128R
255 05/16/56 17386R
256 12/30/55 17386R
257 05/17/57 19071R
258 10/08/55 17128R
259 04/25/57 18307R
260 03/25/55 16584R
261 04/12/57 18307R
262 05/17/57 19071R
263 08/22/56 17386R
264 05/17/57 19071R
265 04/25/57 18307R
266 10/08/55 17128R
267 by CRT
268 10/03/55 17128R
269 06/28/57 19071R
270 05/17/57 19071R
271 04/25/57 18307R
272 10/08/55 17128R
273 05/25/55 17128R

274 06/07/57 19071R
275 06/28/57 19071R
276 06/28/57 19071R
277 07/09/56 17386R
278 06/19/57 19071R
279 07/09/56 17386R
280 05/17/57 19071R
281 06/18/54 13226R
282 04/25/57 18307R
283 05/16/56 17386R
284 11/15/55 17128R
285 04/12/57 18307R
286 06/28/57 19071R
287 04/03/57 18307R
288 05/17/57 19071R
289 06/07/57 19071R
290 06/28/57 19071R
291 05/17/57 19071R
292 08/22/56 17386R
293 06/07/57 19071R
294 04/25/57 18307R
295 05/17/57 19071R
296 05/17/57 19071R
297 09/04/51 13359R
298 09/16/55 17128R
299 10/08/55 17128R
300 by CRT
301 04/03/57 18307R
302 05/17/57 19071R
303 04/23/56 17386R
304 11/11/55 17128R
305 08/22/56 17386R
306 04/12/57 18307R
307 04/12/57 18307R
308 05/16/56 17386R
309 06/21/50 12355R
310 07/24/56 17386R
311 09/16/55 17128R
312 05/16/56 17386R
313 11/11/55 17128R
314 05/17/57 19071R
315 03/04/57 18307R
316 09/16/55 17128R
317 12/30/55 17386R
318 06/28/57 19071R
319 07/09/56 17386R
320 05/17/57 19071R

321 07/24/56 17386R
322 10/15/51 13359R
323 06/28/57 18307R
324 03/28/57 18307R
325 06/07/57 18307R
326 04/12/57 18307R
327 08/22/56 17386R

328 by CRT
329 07/09/56 17386R
330 05/17/57 18307R
331 09/16/55 17128R
332 by CRT
333 03/04/57 18307R
334 07/09/56 17386R
335 05/17/57 18307R
336 04/12/57 18307R
337 04/12/57 18307R
338 09/04/51 13359R
339 03/04/57 18307R
340 05/17/57 18307R
341 03/28/57 18307R
342 03/04/57 18307R
343 04/25/57 18307R
344 11/11/55 17128R
345 06/20/57 18307R
346 07/09/56 17386R
347 07/24/56 17386R
348 07/24/56 17386R
349 11/11/55 17128R
350 07/09/56 17386R
351 07/24/56 17386R
352 04/25/57 18307R
353 11/11/55 17128R
354 05/16/56 17386R
355 03/04/57 18307R
356 12/30/55 17386R
357 07/09/56 17386R
358 09/16/55 17128R
359 07/24/56 17386R
360 03/22/57 18307R
361 07/30/51 13508R
362 by CRT
363 06/28/57 18307R
364 03/04/57 18307R
365 by CRT
366 07/09/56 17386R
367 05/02/57 18307R
368 11/11/55 17128R
369 06/07/57 18307R
370 05/02/57 18307R
371 03/04/57 18307R
372 04/23/56 17386R
373 04/03/57 18307R
374 08/22/56 17386R
375 11/11/55 17128R
376 by CRT
377 11/11/55 17386R
378 04/23/56 17386R
379 03/28/57 18307R
380 04/23/56 17386R
381 05/02/57 18307R
382 05/17/57 18307R

383 by CRT
384 09/16/55 17128R
385 11/11/55 17386R
386 by CRT
387 06/07/57 18307R
388 06/30/50 12287R
389 04/12/57 18307R
390 06/20/57 18307R
391 11/11/55 17386R
392 04/25/57 18307R
393 07/09/56 17386R
394 by CRT
395 06/28/57 18307R
396 04/23/56 17386R
397 04/12/57 18307R
398 06/18/54 13226R
399 11/11/55 17386R
400 03/28/57 18307R

1001 12/14/54 16319R
1002 12/14/54 16319R
1003 12/14/54 16319R
1004 by CRT
1005 04/28/55 17128R
1006 12/27/54 16319R
1007 09/24/54 16449R S322
1008 06/07/55 17128R
1009 / /48 10576
1010 05/28/53 15233R S310
1011 05/28/53 15233R S311
1012 by CRT
1013 12/20/54 16319R
1014 01/03/55 16319R
1015 08/13/54 16319R
1016 12/20/54 16319R
1017 02/04/55 16319R
1018 03/10/55 16584R
1019 12/14/54 16319R
1020 09/24/54 16449R S323
1021 12/27/54 16319R
1022 01/03/55 16319R
1023 12/14/53 13226R
1024 03/16/55 16584R
1025 09/15/52 13508R
1026 12/14/54 16319R
1027 02/28/55 17073R S325
1028 02/18/55 16584R
1029 02/04/55 16319R
1030 12/27/54 16319R
1031 12/11/50 12287R S111
1032 04/15/55 16584R
1033 12/14/54 16319R
1034 06/07/55 17128R
1035 03/28/55 17073R S326
1036 04/28/55 17128R

1037 12/14/54 16319R

1038 02/28/55 17073R S327
1039 01/03/55 16319R
1040 01/03/55 16319R
1041 01/06/55 16319R
1042 12/14/54 16319R
1043 01/03/55 16319R
1044 02/04/55 16319R
1045 06/07/55 17128R
1046 02/04/55 16319R
1047 04/15/55 16584R

1048 04/28/55 17128R
1049 06/07/55 17128R
1050 04/09/54 13226R
1051 04/15/55 16584R
1052 04/15/55 16584R

1053 04/28/55 17128R
1054 12/27/54 16319R
1055 01/03/55 16319R
1056 05/07/54 13226R
1057 04/28/55 17128R
1058 06/07/55 17128R
1059 08/13/54 16319R

1100 12/14/54 16180R
1101 12/14/54 16180R
1102 02/04/55 16281R
1103 12/14/54 16180R
1104 02/04/55 16281R
1105 12/14/54 16180R
1106 02/18/55 16281R
1107 02/04/55 16281R
1108 02/04/55 16281R
1109 12/14/54 16180R
1110 02/04/55 16281R
1111 03/01/55 16281R
1112 03/01/55 16281R
1113 02/28/55 16281R
1114 03/01/55 16281R
1115 03/01/55 16281R
1116 02/28/55 16281R
1117 06/18/54 16180R
1118 06/18/54 16180R
1119 12/20/54 16281R
1120 03/01/55 16582R
1121 04/23/54 15299R
1122 02/28/55 16281R
1123 05/07/54 16180R
1124 12/20/54 16281R
1125 02/28/55 16281R
1126 02/28/55 16281R
1127 06/18/54 16180R

1128 02/28/55 16281R
1129 03/01/55 16582R
1130 04/23/54 15299R
1131 05/12/54 16180R
1132 05/07/54 16180R
1133 02/28/55 16281R
1134 05/07/54 16180R
1135 04/23/54 15299R
1136 12/20/54 16281R
1137 06/18/54 16180R
1138 06/18/54 16180R
1139 03/01/55 16582R
1140 02/28/55 16281R
1141 03/01/55 16582R
1142 05/12/54 16180R
1143 03/01/55 16582R
1144 04/23/54 15299R
1145 05/12/54 16180R
1146 09/16/53 15259R
1147 10/14/53 15259R
1148 12/14/53 15299R
1149 04/30/53 14387R
1150 10/14/53 15259R
1151 12/14/53 15299R
1152 05/12/54 16180R
1153 04/30/53 14387R
1154 05/12/54 16180R
1155 09/16/53 15259R
1156 11/25/53 15259R
1157 12/14/53 15299R
1158 05/12/54 16180R
1159 by CRT
1160 09/16/53 15259R
1161 11/25/53 15259R
1162 04/30/53 14387R
1163 11/25/53 15259R
1164 by CRT
1165 12/14/53 15299R
1166 09/16/53 15259R
1167 10/14/53 15259R
1168 04/30/53 14387R
1169 10/14/53 15259R
1170 12/14/53 15299R
1171 10/14/53 15259R
1172 10/14/53 15259R
1173 11/25/53 15259R
1174 09/16/53 15259R
1175 10/14/53 15259R
1176 12/14/53 15299R
1177 / /48 10346R
1178 12/14/53 15299R
1179 11/25/53 15259R
1180 06/18/54 16180R
1181 12/14/53 15299R
1182 04/30/53 14387R

1183 11/25/53 15259R
1184 11/25/53 15259R
1185 10/01/52 13508R
1186 08/10/53 14387R
1187 12/14/53 15299R
1188 10/14/53 15259R
1189 02/28/55 16281R
1190 05/07/54 16180R
1191 05/07/54 16180R
1192 05/07/54 16180R
1193 08/10/53 14387R
1194 05/07/54 16180R
1195 05/07/54 16180R
1196 05/07/51 12516R
1197 10/01/52 13508R
1198 05/07/54 16180R
1199 05/07/54 16180R

1200 02/04/55 16281R
1201 / /48 10714R
1202 / /48 10714R
1203 11/22/50 12288R
1204 07/18/50 12288R
1205 / /48 10714R
1206 11/22/50 12288R
1207 / /48 10714R
1208 11/22/50 12288R
1209 / /48 10714R

1210 11/25/53 15259R
1211 / /48 10714R
1212 11/22/50 12288R
1213 01/05/51 12516R
1214 / /48 10714R
1215 / /48 10714R
1216 / /48 10714R
1217 / /48 10714R
1218 / /48 10714R
1219 / /49 10714R
1220 01/06/55 16281R
1221 02/18/55 16281R
1222 / /48 10714R
1223 11/22/50 12288R
1224 11/22/50 12288R
1225 / /48 10714R
1226 / /48 10714R
1227 / /48 10714R
1228 / /48 10714R
1229 by CRT
1230 / /48 10714R
1231 / /48 10714R
1232 / /48 10714R
1233 / /48 10714R
1234 / /48 10714R

1235 04/16/51 12516R
1236 01/05/51 12516R
1237 / /48 10714R
1238 / /48 10714R
1239 / /48 10714R
1240 by CRT
1241 / /48 10714R
1242 / /48 10714R
1243 / /48 10714R
1244 / /48 10714R
1245 / /48 10714R
1246 / /48 10714R
1247 / /48 10714R
1248 / /48 10714R
1249 / /48 10714R
1250 / /48 10714R
1251 / /48 10714R
1252 / /48 10714R
1253 / /48 10714R
1254 / /48 10714R
1255 / /48 10714R
1256 11/22/50 12288R
1257 11/22/50 12288R
1258 / /48 10714R
1259 11/22/50 12288R

1260 02/18/55 16281R
1261 02/18/55 16281R
1262 02/18/55 16281R
1263 01/06/55 16281R
1264 02/18/55 16281R
1265 02/18/55 16281R
1266 12/07/51 12516R
1267 02/04/55 16281R
1268 02/18/55 16281R
1269 02/18/55 16281R

1270 / /51 11146 1809
1271 / /51 11146 1810
1272 / /51 11146 1811
1273 / /51 11146 1812
1274 / /51 11146 1813
1275 / /51 11146 1815
1276 / /51 11146 1814
1277 11/25/53 15259R
1278 02/18/55 16281R
1279 11/25/53 15259R

1700 08/13/54 13226R
1701 11/19/54 16319R
1702 08/13/54 13226R
1703 08/13/54 13226R
1704 09/16/53 13226R
1705 11/19/54 16319R
1706 11/19/54 16319R

1707 08/13/54 13226R
1708 08/13/54 13226R
1709 08/13/54 13226R
1710 06/09/55 17128R
1711 12/14/53 13226R
1712 02/04/55 16319R
1713 06/09/55 17128R
1714 11/19/54 16319R
1715 11/19/54 16319R
1716 08/13/54 13226R
1717 08/13/54 13226R
1718 06/18/54 13226R
1719 06/09/55 17128R
1720 11/19/54 16319R
1721 11/19/54 16319R
1722 06/09/55 17128R
1723 05/01/54 13226R
1724 11/19/54 16319R
1725 11/19/54 16319R
1726 05/17/54 16231R S315
1727 04/09/54 13226R
1728 05/12/54 13226R
1729 11/19/54 16319R
1730 08/13/54 13226R
1731 12/20/54 16319R
1732 by CRT
1733 05/17/54 16231R S316
1734 01/03/55 16319R

1735 03/12/58 19098R
1736 03/27/58 19098R
1737 02/20/58 19098R
1738 10/31/57 19098R
1739 03/27/58 19098R
1740 03/06/58 19098R
1741 03/27/58 19098R
1742 11/02/56 18347R
1743 03/27/58 19098R
1744 03/04/58 19098R
1745 03/12/58 19098R
1746 01/23/58 19098R
1747 03/12/58 19098R
1748 04/09/58 19098R
1749 04/09/58 19098R
1750 07/25/58 10229R S341
1751 04/09/58 19098R
1752 03/12/58 19098R
1753 01/21/58 19238R S332
1754 12/31/57 19238R S333
1755 04/06/56 18032R S330
1756 03/27/58 19098R
1757 04/09/58 19098R
1758 03/27/58 19098R
1759 02/13/57 17307R
1760 03/27/58 19098R

1761 07/05/57 19098R
1762 04/09/58 19231R
1763 06/12/59 10364R S342
1764 11/28/58 19231R
1765 10/31/57 19098R
1766 03/27/58 19098R
1767 10/31/57 19098R
1768 10/31/57 19098R

1769 01/03/55 16319R
1770 06/20/58 19231R
1771 11/28/58 19231R
1772 06/20/58 19231R
1773 11/28/58 19231R
1774 06/27/58 19231R
1775 06/20/58 19231R
1776 06/27/58 19231R
1777 03/15/57 18307R
1778 06/27/58 19231R
1779 07/30/51 13235R
1780 11/28/58 19231R
1781 06/20/58 19231R
1782 06/27/58 19231R
1783 03/02/59 10187R
1784 06/20/58 19231R
1785 06/27/58 19231R
1786 01/13/59 19231R
1787 10/31/57 19098R
1788 11/28/58 19231R

1789 01/13/59 19231R
1790 12/26/58 19231R S345
1791 01/13/59 19231R
1792 12/05/58 19231R S328
1793 01/13/59 10187R
1794 01/13/59 10187R
1795 11/02/56 18347R
1796 07/11/58 19231R sold
1797 07/11/58 19231R sold
1798 06/20/58 19231R
1799 01/13/59 10187R
1800 11/28/58 19231R
1801 11/02/56 18347R
1802 01/13/59 10187R
1803 01/13/59 10187R

1804 11/02/56 18347R
1805 06/20/58 19231R
1806 01/13/59 10187R
1807 05/01/59 10187R
1808 05/16/59 10187R sold

1809 01/21/58 19238R S334
1810 01/15/58 19238R S335
1811 01/16/58 19238R S336

1812 01/15/58 19238R S337
1813 12/26/57 19238R S338
1814 01/06/58 19238R S339
1815 01/09/58 19238R S340

2100 03/05/54 15299R
2101 by CRT
2102 12/14/53 15299R
2103 by CRT
2104 05/07/54 16180R
2105 09/16/53 15259R
2106 12/14/53 15299R
2107 05/07/54 16180R
2108 by CRT
2109 12/14/53 15299R
2110 05/07/54 16180R
2111 09/16/53 15259R
2112 05/07/54 16180R
2113 05/07/54 16180R
2114 05/07/54 16180R
2115 09/16/53 15259R
2116 05/07/54 15299R
2117 09/16/53 15259R
2118 09/16/53 15259R
2119 05/07/54 15299R
2120 09/16/53 15259R
2121 12/14/53 15299R
2122 12/14/53 15299R
2123 09/16/53 15259R
2124 by CRT
2125 03/06/52 12516R
2126 12/14/53 15299R
2127 04/06/53 13508R
2128 04/06/53 13508R
2129 11/22/50 12288R
2130 / /48 10714R
2131 / /48 10714R
2132 10/05/51 12516R
2133 10/05/51 12516R
2134 10/05/51 12516R
2135 07/10/50 12288R
2136 05/09/51 12516R
2137 10/05/51 12516R
2138 04/06/53 13508R
2139 07/18/50 12288R
2140 09/01/50 12288R
2141 10/05/51 12516R
2142 09/01/50 12288R
2143 04/06/53 13508R
2144 / /48 10714R
2145 03/06/52 12516R
2146 09/01/50 12288R
2147 / /48 10714R
2148 / /48 10714R
2149 / /48 10714R

2150 01/07/52 12516R
2151 09/01/50 12288R
2152 10/15/51 12516R
2153 04/06/53 14387R
2154 03/12/51 12516R
2155 by CRT
2156 03/12/51 12516R
2157 09/16/53 15259R
2158 04/24/53 14387R
2159 09/01/50 12288R
2160 01/07/52 12516R
2161 by CRT
2162 04/24/53 14387R
2163 03/06/52 12516R
2164 / /48 10714R
2165 11/22/50 12288R
2166 / /48 10714R
2167 09/16/53 15259R
2168 05/09/51 12516R
2169 / /48 10714R
2170 09/01/50 12288R
2171 04/06/53 14387R
2172 08/10/53 14387R
2173 08/10/53 14387R
2174 07/18/50 12288R
2175 05/09/51 12516R
2176 09/01/50 12288R
2177 11/22/50 12288R
2178 07/07/50 12288R
2179 by CRT
2180 09/16/53 15259R
2181 04/24/53 14387R
2182 10/05/51 12516R
2183 07/07/50 12288R
2184 by CRT
2185 / /48 10714R
2186 09/01/50 12288R
2187 07/10/50 12288R
2188 10/15/51 12516R
2189 / /48 10714R
2190 08/10/53 14387R
2191 10/15/51 12516R
2192 07/10/50 12288R
2193 11/22/50 12288R
2194 by CRT
2195 by CRT
2196 by CRT
2197 07/07/50 12288R
2198 05/09/51 12516R
2199 05/09/51 12516R
2200 07/07/50 12288R
2201 10/05/51 12516R
2202 05/12/54 16180R
2203 05/14/53 14387R
2204 / /48 10714R

2205 10/01/52 13508R
2206 / /48 10714R
2207 / /48 10714R
2208 / /48 10714R
2209 by CRT
2210 05/09/51 12516R
2211 11/22/50 12288R
2212 by CRT
2213 09/01/50 12288R
2214 / /48 10714R
2215 03/06/52 12516R
2216 01/07/52 12516R
2217 10/15/51 12516R
2218 01/07/52 12516R
2219 05/09/51 12516R
2220 by CRT
2221 03/06/52 12516R
2222 11/15/51 12516R
2223 09/01/50 12288R
2224 / /48 10714R
2225 / /48 10714R
2226 09/01/50 12288R
2227 by CRT
2228 10/05/51 12516R
2229 01/07/52 12516R
2230 11/22/50 12288R
2231 09/01/50 12288R
2232 / /48 10714R
2233 09/01/50 12288R
2234 / /48 10714R
2235 11/22/50 12288R
2236 by CRT
2237 10/01/52 13508R
2238 by CRT
2239 03/06/52 12516R
2240 / /48 10714R
2241 07/07/50 12288R
2242 03/06/52 12516R
2243 10/15/51 12516R
2244 10/18/50 12288R
2245 / /48 10714R
2246 05/09/51 12516R
2247 / /48 10714R
2248 05/14/53 14387R
2249 01/07/52 12516R
2250 / /48 10714R
2251 03/06/52 12516R
2252 03/06/52 12516R
2253 / /48 10714R
2254 10/01/52 13508R
2255 by CRT
2256 09/01/50 12288R
2257 08/10/53 14387R
2258 11/22/50 12288R
2259 08/10/53 14387R

2260 / /48 10714R
2261 05/14/53 14387R
2262 12/14/53 15299R
2263 10/05/51 12516R
2264 / /48 10714R
2265 09/01/50 12288R
2266 12/11/50 12516R
2267 09/01/50 12288R
2268 03/06/52 12516R
2269 11/22/50 12288R
2270 03/06/52 12516R
2271 by CRT
2272 09/01/50 12288R
2273 by CRT
2274 / /48 10714R
2275 08/10/53 14387R
2276 05/28/53 15233R S312
2277 by CRT
2278 / /48 10714R
2279 by CRT
2280 05/14/53 14387R
2281 12/14/53 15299R
2282 by CRT
2283 10/15/51 12516R
2284 07/07/50 12288R
2285 by CRT
2286 / /48 10714R
2287 by CRT
2288 by CRT
2289 09/16/53 15259R
2290 03/12/51 12516R
2291 05/12/54 16180R
2292 05/01/54 15299R
2293 / /48 10346R
2294 01/03/55 16281R
2295 12/27/54 16281R
2296 09/16/53 15259R
2297 05/12/54 16180R
2298 01/06/55 16281R
2299 05/07/54 15299R
2300 09/16/53 15259R
2301 / /48 10346R
2302 05/12/54 16180R
2303 04/30/53 14387R
2304 by CRT
2305 12/14/53 15299R
2306 11/15/51 12516R
2307 09/16/53 15259R
2308 08/26/54 16180R
2309 03/06/52 12516R
2310 08/10/53 14387R
2311 05/01/54 15299R
2312 10/14/53 15259R
2313 05/01/54 15299R
2314 10/14/53 15259R

2315 12/27/54 16281R
2316 05/01/54 15299R
2317 07/07/54 16180R
2318 05/07/54 15299R
2319 05/07/54 15299R
2320 08/26/54 16180R
2321 01/06/55 16281R
2322 05/12/54 16180R
2323 04/09/51 12516R
2324 05/07/54 15299R
2325 05/07/54 15299R
2326 12/27/54 16281R
2327 12/14/53 15299R
2328 05/07/54 15299R
2329 01/06/55 16281R
2330 01/06/55 16281R
2331 05/07/54 15299R
2332 12/27/54 16281R
2333 05/07/54 15299R
2334 04/30/53 14387R
2335 07/07/54 16180R
2336 07/07/54 16180R
2337 01/06/55 16281R
2338 10/14/53 15259R
2339 09/16/53 15259R
2340 05/01/54 15299R

2500 07/07/54 16180R
2501 09/16/53 15259R
2502 07/07/54 16180R
2503 07/07/54 16180R
2504 04/30/53 14387R
2505 09/16/53 15259R
2506 07/07/54 16180R
2507 12/27/54 16281R
2508 07/07/54 16180R
2509 01/03/55 16281R
2510 01/03/55 16281R
2511 01/03/55 16281R
2512 04/16/54 15299R
2513 09/16/53 15259R
2514 04/30/53 14387R
2515 12/14/53 15299R
2516 07/07/54 16180R
2517 04/30/53 14387R
2518 07/07/54 16180R
2519 12/14/53 15299R
2520 12/14/53 15299R

2701 by CRT
2702 12/11/50 12287R
2703 05/17/55 17128R
2704 03/10/55 16584R
2705 03/12/51 12287R
2706 04/28/55 17128R

2707 03/16/55 16584R
2708 07/30/51 13508R
2709 03/25/55 16584R
2710 by CRT
2711 02/13/57 17386R
2712 04/08/55 16584R
2713 03/16/55 16584R
2714 03/10/55 16584R
2715 03/16/55 16584R
2716 03/10/55 16584R
2717 12/03/52 14478R S308
2718 05/25/55 17128R
2719 12/14/54 16319R
2720 04/08/55 16584R
2721 by CRT
2722 04/08/55 16584R
2723 by CRT
2724 05/17/55 17128R
2725 03/25/55 16584R
2726 by CRT
2727 04/08/55 16584R
2728 03/10/55 16584R
2729 07/18/50 12287R
2730 04/15/55 16584R
2731 03/25/55 16584R
2732 by CRT
2733 04/08/55 16584R
2734 04/15/55 16584R
2735 03/25/55 16584R
2736 by CRT
2737 05/25/55 17128R
2738 by CRT
2739 04/15/55 16584R
2740 by CRT
2741 05/17/55 17128R
2742 by CRT
2743 06/13/55 17128R
2744 09/07/50 12287R
2745 04/15/55 16584R
2746 03/25/55
2747 03/15/55 16584R
2748 07/30/51 13508R
2749 04/08/55 16584R
2750 by CRT
2751 04/08/55 16584R
2752 by CRT
2753 05/17/55 17128R
2754 03/16/55 16584R
2755 03/25/55 16584R
2756 by CRT
2757 03/10/55 16584R
2758 03/15/55 16584R
2759 04/28/55 17128R
2760 by CRT
2761 by CRT

2762 03/25/55 16584R
2763 04/08/55 16584R
2764 12/14/54 16319R
2765 02/26/54 13226R
2766 06/13/55
2767 by CRT
2768 04/08/55 16584R
2769 05/17/55 17128R
2770 03/25/55 16584R
2771 05/25/55 17128R
2772 11/13/52 13226R
2773 12/14/54 16319R
2774 by CRT
2775 04/08/55 16584R
2776 by CRT
2777 02/19/54 13226R
2778 03/25/55 16584R
2779 04/08/55 16584R
2780 03/25/55 16584R
2781 03/25/55 16584R
2782 05/25/55 17128R
2783 by CRT
2784 03/10/55 16584R
2785 04/08/55 16584R
2786 05/17/55 17128R
2787 04/08/55 16584R
2788 05/25/55 17128R
2789 04/08/55 16584R
2790 11/18/57 19098R
2791 08/16/57 19098R
2792 by CRT
2793 06/28/57 19071R
2794 11/08/57 19098R
2795 12/06/57 19098R
2796 10/31/57 19098R
2797 03/12/58 19098R
2798 03/04/57 18307R
2799 08/16/57 19098R
2800 11/22/57 19098R S331
2801 11/18/57 19098R
2802 11/08/57 19098R
2803 12/06/57 19098R
2804 10/31/57 19098R
2805 03/22/57 18307R
2806 12/06/57 19098R
2807 05/17/57 19071R
2808 03/27/58 19098R
2809 03/22/57 18307R
2810 11/08/57 19098R
2811 11/18/57 19098R
2812 / /49 10650R
2813 11/18/57 19098R
2814 10/31/57 19098R
2815 05/07/58 19231R
2816 06/16/55 17264R S329

2817 10/31/57 19098R
2818 06/19/57 19071R
2819 08/16/57 19098R
2820 03/12/58 19098R
2821 03/04/57 18307R
2822 11/08/57 19098R
2823 09/27/51 13226R
2824 03/12/58 19098R
2825 03/22/57 18307R
2826 06/19/57 19071R
2827 03/15/57 18307R
2828 / /49 10650R
2829 03/27/58 19098R
2830 12/06/57 19098R
2831 06/19/57 19071R
2832 08/16/57 19098R
2833 03/22/57 18307R
2834 03/04/57 18307R
2835 01/06/55 16319R S324
2836 11/18/57 19098R
2837 03/28/57 18307R
2838 03/04/57 18307R
2839 03/15/57 18307R
2840 08/16/57 19098R
2841 11/18/57 19098R
2842 03/06/58 19098R
2843 03/12/58 19098R
2844 03/04/57 18307R
2845 03/27/58 19098R
2846 10/31/57 19098R
2847 06/19/57 19071R
2848 03/12/58 19098R
2849 11/08/57 19098R
2850 03/12/58 19098R
2851 08/16/57 19098R
2852 03/12/58 19098R
2853 10/31/57 19098R
2854 03/12/58 19098R
2855 03/15/57 18307R
2856 11/08/57 19098R
2857 03/28/57 18307R
2858 10/15/58 19231R
2859 11/08/57 19098R
2860 12/31/57 19098R
2861 10/18/57 19098R
2862 12/31/57 19098R
2863 12/31/57 19098R
2864 10/18/57 19098R
2865 12/31/57 19098R
2866 06/20/58 19231R
2867 by CRT
2868 06/20/57 19071R
2869 09/29/58 19231R
2870 09/29/58 19231R
2871 08/23/57 19098R

2872 08/02/57 19098R
2873 02/04/55 16319R
2874 10/15/58 19231R
2875 08/23/57 19098R
2876 06/19/57 19071R
2877 08/02/57 19098R
2878 06/28/57 19071R
2879 08/23/57 19098R
2880 06/20/58 19231R
2881 10/15/58 19231R
2882 08/16/57 19098R
2883 12/31/57 19098R
2884 12/31/57 19098R
2885 06/28/57 19071R
2886 09/29/58 19231R
2887 01/10/58 19098R
2888 04/25/57 18307R
2889 06/28/57 19071R
2890 08/23/57 19098R
2891 09/29/58 19231R
2892 12/06/57 19098R
2893 01/10/58 19098R
2894 06/28/57 19098R
2895 01/10/58 19098R
2896 08/23/57 19098R
2897 08/23/57 19098R
2898 05/09/58 19231R
2899 05/28/58 19231R
2900 06/28/57 19098R
2901 05/09/58 19231R
2902 08/16/57 19098R
2903 05/28/58 19231R
2904 05/28/58 19231R
2905 05/09/58 19231R
2906 06/20/58 19231R
2907 06/20/58 19231R
2908 05/01/59 10187R
2909 05/28/58 19231R
2910 05/09/58 19231R
2911 06/20/58 19291R
2912 11/28/58 19291R
2913 08/01/58 19291R
2914 08/16/57 19098R
2915 08/01/58 19291R
2916 05/28/58 19291R
2917 06/20/58 19291R
2918 09/29/58 19291R
2919 05/01/59 10187R
2920 05/09/58 19291R
2921 06/20/58 19291R
2922 05/09/58 19291R
2923 08/01/58 19291R
2924 05/28/58 19291R
2925 05/09/58 19291R
2926 05/28/58 19291R

2927 / /48 10329R

3001 04/23/54 15299R
3002 04/18/51 12516R
3003 10/01/51 13508R
3004 09/07/50 12288R
3005 by CRT
3006 04/18/51 12516R
3007 09/08/50 12288R
3008 07/02/52 12516R
3009 09/07/50 12288R
3010 12/07/51 12516R
3011 02/28/55 16281R
3012 by CRT
3013 / /48 17014R
3014 by CRT
3015 09/07/50 12288R
3016 09/07/50 12288R
3017 07/02/52 12516R
3018 by CRT
3019 04/18/51 12516R
3020 / /48 17014R
3021 09/07/50 12288R
3022 08/10/53 14387R
3023 07/30/51 12516R
3024 10/15/51 12516R
3025 / /48 17014R
3026 09/07/50 12288R
3027 / /48 17014R
3028 by CRT
3029 07/02/52 12516R
3030 07/02/52 13508R
3031 04/23/54 15299R
3032 10/01/52 13508R
3033 by CRT
3034 09/07/50 12288R
3035 09/07/50 12288R
3036 / /48 17014R
3037 07/02/52 13508R
3038 / /48 10714R
3039 by CRT
3040 04/16/51 12516R
3041 04/16/51 12516R
3042 07/02/52 13508R
3043 12/07/51 12516R
3044 07/02/52 13508R
3045 09/07/50 12288R
3046 07/02/52 13508R
3047 04/18/51 12516R
3048 07/01/52 13508R
3049 10/01/52 13508R
3050 10/01/52 13508R
3051 05/04/54 16258R S320
3052 / /48 17014R
3053 04/16/51 12516R

3054 / /48 17014R
3055 by CRT
3056 by CRT
3057 12/07/51 12516R
3058 08/10/53 14387R
3059 07/02/52 13508R
3060 10/01/52 13508R
3061 07/02/52 13508R
3062 07/02/52 13508R
3063 by CRT
3064 04/16/51 12516R
3065 04/18/51 12516R
3066 07/02/52 13508R
3067 04/23/54 15299R
3068 09/07/50 12288R
3069 09/08/50 12288R
3070 07/10/52 13508R
3071 by CRT
3072 by CRT
3073 09/07/50 12288R
3074 by CRT
3075 by CRT
3076 03/20/50 12140R
3077 09/07/50 12288R
3078 09/07/50 12288R
3079 / /48 17014R
3080 10/01/52 13508R
3081 09/07/50 12288R
3082 03/20/50 12140R
3083 / /48 17014R
3084 by CRT
3085 by CRT
3086 / /48 10714R
3087 04/23/54 15299R
3088 09/07/50 12288R
3089 08/10/53 15259R
3090 07/02/52 13508R
3091 by CRT
3092 / /48 17014R
3093 04/18/51 12516R
3094 07/02/52 13508R
3095 by CRT
3096 / /48 17014R
3097 07/30/51 12516R
3098 / /48 17014R
3099 by CRT
3100 07/02/52 13508R
3101 07/07/54 16332R S321
3102 12/27/54 16319R
3103 12/07/51 13226R
3104 12/07/51 13226R
3105 12/07/51 13226R
3106 by CRT
3107 05/15/52 14192R S307
3108 12/07/51 13226R

3109 by CRT
3110 10/05/51 13226R
3111 04/09/51 12287R
3112 11/22/50 12287R
3113 03/12/51 12287R
3114 12/07/51 13226R
3115 12/07/51 13226R
3116 12/07/51 13226R
3117 by CRT
3118 12/07/51 13226R
3119 02/18/55 16584R
3120 03/03/52 14047R
3121 07/02/52 13226R
3122 12/07/51 13226R
3123 12/07/51 13226R
3124 by CRT
3125 / /48 10346R
3126 07/02/52 13226R
3127 11/22/50 12287R
3128 08/15/50 12287R
3129 12/07/51 13226R
3130 07/30/51 13226R
3131 12/07/51 13226R
3132 07/02/52 13226R
3133 07/02/52 13226R
3134 02/01/52 14021R S306
3135 08/03/51 13337R S304
3136 08/03/51 13337R S305
3137 02/26/52 13226R
3138 07/02/52 13226R
3139 06/18/54 13226R
3140 08/13/54 16319R
3141 01/03/55 16319R
3142 02/07/55 16319R
3143 06/18/54 13226R
3144 02/25/54 16089R S318
3145 07/24/53 15312R S313
3146 02/25/54 16089R S319
3147 01/23/58 19098R
3148 02/13/57 17386R
3149 02/13/57 17386R
3150 03/04/57 18307R
3151 03/02/59 10187R
3152 01/23/58 19098R
3153 10/10/56 17386R
3154 10/10/56 17386R
3155 10/10/56 17386R
3156 03/04/58 19098R
3157 07/05/57 19098R
3158 by CRT
3159 10/10/56 17386R
3160 03/04/58 19098R
3161 02/13/57 17386R
3162 10/10/56 17386R
3163 02/13/57 17386R

3164 07/05/57 19098R
3165 10/10/56 17386R
3166 06/28/57 19098R

3201 04/18/51 12516R
3202 11/22/50 12288R
3203 10/14/53 15259R
3204 10/14/53 15259R
3205 11/22/50 12288R
3206 / /48 10714R
3207 11/22/50 12288R
3208 / /48 10714R
3209 / /48 10714R
3210 / /48 10714R
3211 08/10/53 15259R
3212 11/22/50 12288R
3213 05/07/51 12516R
3214 08/10/53 15259R
3215 11/22/50 12288R
3216 / /48 10714R
3217 / /48 10714R
3218 / /48 10714R
3219 / /48 10714R
3220 11/22/50 12288R
3221 / /48 10714R
3222 09/16/53 15259R
3223 04/23/54 15299R
3224 11/22/50 12288R
3225 11/22/50 12288R
3226 07/02/52 13508R
3227 11/22/50 12288R
3228 / /48 10714R
3229 11/22/50 12288R
3230 / /48 10714R
3231 / /48 10714R
3232 / /48 10714R
3233 by CRT
3234 01/05/51 12516R
3235 / /48 10346R
3236 04/23/54 15299R
3237 / /48 10714R
3238 12/14/53 15299R

Group numbers:

1 – 4210-4250
2 – 4109-4128
3 – 2790, 2908-2927
4 – 2858-2907
5 – 2711, 2813-2857
6 – 2791, 2793-2812
7 – 2725, 2753, 2757, 2768, 2780-2782, 2784-2789
8 – 2764-2765, 2769-2773, 2775, 2777-2779
9 – 2758-2759, 2763
Š10 – 2755, 2762
11 – vacant
12 – 2702-2709, 2712-2716, 2718-2720, 2722, 2724, 2727-2731,
2733-2735¬ 2737¬ 2739¬ 2741¬ 2743-2745¬ 2747-2749¬ 2751¬
2754
13 – 2717
14 – 2746, 2766
15 – 4045-4066
16 – 2100-2102, 2104-2124, 2167
17 – 2125-2139, 2141-2149, 2151-2153, 2155-2156, 2158-2166,
2168-2199
18 – 2150
19 – 2154
20 – 2157, 2262
21 – 2200-2201, 2203-2206, 2208-2224
22 – 2202
23 – 2207
24 – 2225-2249
25 – 2250-2261, 2263-2267
26 – 2140, 2268-2278, 2280, 2282-2287
27 – 2281
28 – 2289-2293, 2297-2304, 2306-2308, 2500, 2503-2506, 2508-2511
29 – 2279, 2312-2340, 2294-2295, 2501-2502, 2505, 2507, 2512-2520
30 – 4311-4330
31 – 4376-4395

101 – 4129-4169
102 – 4067-4087
103 – 1789-1808
104 – 1769-1788
105 – 1735-1768
106 – 1700-1734
107 – 1053-1059
108 – 1048-1052
109 – 1038-1047
110 – 1001-1011, 1013-1037
111 – 1270-1279
112 – 1260-1269
113 – 1235-1259
114 – 1211-1220, 1222-1234
115 – 1210
116 – 1221
117 – 1201-1209
118 – 1200
119 – 1100-1199
120 – 4001-4022
121 – 4251-4280
122 – 4396-4425

201 – 4170-4209
202 – 4088-4108
203 – 321-327, 329-375, 377-385, 387-393, 395-400
204 – 251-266, 268-320
205 – 231-250
206 – 211-230
Š207 – 181-184, 186-187, 189-202-204-210
208 – 1-16, 18-29, 31-32, 35-40, 42-50, 81-100, 151-180

CHICAGO RAPID TRANSIT CO cars by groups

1 4210-4250 1915 Cincinnati to CTA
2 4109-4128 1913 Cincinnati to CTA
3 2908-2927 1907 Pullman to CTA
3 2790:2 1907 Pullman to CTA
4 2858-2866 1906 Pullman to CTA
4 2868-2907 1906 Pullman to CTA
5 2813-2857 1904 AC&F to CTA
5 2711:2 1904 AC&F to CTA
— 2790 1904 Jewett ret by 1907 (see group 3)
6 2791 1904 Jewett to CTA
6 2792 1904 Jewett retired 1926
6 2793-2812 1904 Jewett to CTA
7 2782 1901 Jewett to CTA
— 2783 1901 Jewett retired 1908, to S-200
7 2784-2789 1901 Jewett to CTA
7 2725:2 1901 Jewett to CTA
7 2753:2 1901 Jewett to CTA
7 2757:2 1901 Jewett to CTA
7 2768:2 1901 Jewett to CTA
7 2780-2781:2 1901 Jewett to CTA
8 2764-2765 1899 B&S to CTA
— 2766 1899 B&S ret by 1909 (see group 14)
8 2767 1899 B&S burn 1930
— 2768 1899 B&S ret by 1901 (see group 7)
8 2769-2773 1899 B&S to CTA
8 2774 1899 B&S burn 1930
8 2775 1899 B&S to CTA
8 2776 1899 B&S burn 1930
8 2777-2779 1899 B&S to CTA
— 2780-2781 1899 B&S ret by 1901 (see group 7)
9 2756 189¸ B&Ó to medical car 1932
— 2757 1898 B&S ret by 1901 (see group 7)
9 2758-2759 1898 B&S to CTA
9 2760 1898 B&S burn 1930
— 2761 1898 B&S retired 1902, to S-201
— 2762 1898 B&S ret by 1900 (see group 10)
9 2763 1898 B&S to CTA
10 2755:2 1900 AC&F to CTA
10 2762:2 1900 AC&F to CTA
11 not used
12 2701 1894 B&S burn 1930
12 2702-2709 1894 B&S to CTA
12 2710 1894 B&S burn 1930
— 2711 1894 B&S ret by 1904 (see group 5)
12 2712-2716 1894 B&S to CTA
— 2717 1894 B&S ret by 1912 (see group 13)
12 2718-2720 1894 B&S to CTA
12 2721 1894 B&S to work motor 1918
12 2722 1894 B&S to CTA
12 2723 1894 B&S burn 1930
12 2724 1894 B&S to CTA
— 2725 1894 B&S ret by 1901 (see group 7)
12 2726 1894 B&S burn 1930

12 2727-2731 1894 B&S to CTA
12 2732 1894 B&S burn 1930
12 2733-2735 1894 B&S to CTA
12 2736 1894 B&S burn 1930
12 2737 1894 B&S to CTA
12 2738 1894 B&S burn 1930
12 2739 1894 B&S to CTA
12 2740 1894 B&S burn 1930
12 2741 1894 B&S to CTA
12 2742 1894 B&S burn 1930
12 2743-2745 1894 B&S to CTA
— 2746 1894 B&S ret by 1909 (see group 14)
12 2747-2749 1894 B&S to CTA
12 2750 1894 B&S to work motor 1918
12 2751 1894 B&S to CTA
12 2752 1894 B&S burn 1930
— 2753 1894 B&S ret by 1901 (see group 7)
12 2754 1894 B&S to CTA
— 2755 1894 B&S ret by 1900 (see group 10)
13 2717:2 1912 AC&F to CTA
14 2746:2 1909 MWSE to CTA
14 2766:2 1909 MWSE to CTA
15 4045-4066 1913 Cincinnati to CTA
16A 2100 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control)
16A 2101 1894 Pullman retired 1945 (Control)
16A 2102 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control)
16A 2103 1894 Pullman retired 1916 (Control)
16B 2104 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control, Reinf)
16A 2105-2106 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control)
16C 2107 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control)
16A 2108 1894 Pullman retired 1945 (Control)
16A 2109 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control)
16B 2110 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control, Reinf)
16A 2111 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control)
16B 2112 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control, Reinf)
16C 2113 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control)
16B 2114 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control, Reinf)
16A 2115 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control)
16B 2116 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control, Reinf)
16A 2117-2118 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control)
16C 2119 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control)
16A 2120-2123 1894 Pullman to CTA (Control)
16A 2124 1894 Pullman retired 1929 (Control)
17B 2125 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17C 2126-2129 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2130-2132 1894 Pullman to CTA
17B 2133 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2134 1894 Pullman to CTA
17C 2135 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17B 2136 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2137 1894 Pullman to CTA
17C 2138 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2139 1894 Pullman to CTA
— 2140 1894 Pullman ret by 1900 (see group 26)
17A 2141-2142 1894 Pullman to CTA

17C 2143 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2144 1894 Pullman to CTA
17B 2145 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2146-2149 1894 Pullman to CTA
— 2150 1894 Pullman ret by 1900 (see group 18)
17A 2151-2152 1894 Pullman to CTA
17C 2153 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
— 2154 1894 Pullman ret by 1912 (see group 19)
17A 2155 1894 Pullman burn 1930
17B 2156 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
— 2157 1894 Pullman ret by 1907 (see group 20)
17C 2158 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2159 1894 Pullman to CTA
17B 2160 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2161 1894 Pullman burn 1930
17C 2162 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17B 2163 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2164 1894 Pullman to CTA
17B 2165 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2166 1894 Pullman to CTA
16A 2167 1894 Pullman to CTA
17B 2168 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2169-2170 1894 Pullman to CTA
17C 2171-2173 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2174 1894 Pullman to CTA
17B 2175-2176 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17C 2177 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17B 2178 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2179 1894 Pullman burn 1930
17C 2180-2181 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2182 1894 Pullman to CTA
17B 2183 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2184 1894 Pullman burn 1930
17A 2185-2186 1894 Pullman to CTA
17B 2187-2188 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2189 1894 Pullman to CTA
17C 2190 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17B 2191-2193 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
17A 2194-2196 1894 Pullman burn 1930
17B 2197-2199 1894 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
18 2150:2 1900 AC&F to CTA (Reinf)
19 2154:2 1912 MWSE to CTA (Control)
20 2157:2 1907 Pullman to CTA (Control)
20 2262:2 1907 Pullman to CTA (Control)
21B 2200 1895 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
21A 2201 1895 Pullman to CTA
21C 2203 1895 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
21A 2204 1895 Pullman to CTA
21B 2205 1895 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
21A 2206 1895 Pullman to CTA
— 2207 1895 Pullman ret by 1901 (see group 23)
21A 2208 1895 Pullman to CTA
21A 2209 1895 Pullman burn 1930
21B 2210-2211 1895 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
21A 2212 1895 Pullman burn 1930

21A 2213 1895 Pullman to CTA
21B 2214-2219 1895 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
21A 2220 1895 Pullman burn 1930
21B 2221 1895 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
21A 2222-2224 1895 Pullman to CTA
22 2202 1895 Pullman to CTA (Control, Reinf)
23 2207:2 1901 AC&F to CTA
24A 2225-2226 1897 Pullman to CTA
24A 2227 1897 Pullman burn 1930
24A 2228 1897 Pullman to CTA
24B 2229-2230 1897 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
24A 2231-2232 1897 Pullman to CTA
24B 2233 1897 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
24A 2234 1897 Pullman to CTA
24B 2235 1897 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
24A 2236 1897 Pullman burn 1930
24B 2237 1897 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
24A 2238 1897 Pullman burn 1930
24B 2239 1897 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
24A 2240 1897 Pullman to CTA
24B 2241-2243 1897 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
24C 2244 1897 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
24A 2245 1897 Pullman to CTA
24B 2246 1897 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
24A 2247 1897 Pullman to CTA
24C 2248 1897 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
24B 2249 1897 Pullman to CTA (Reinf)
25A 2250 1899 H&H to CTA
25B 2251-2252 1899 H&H to CTA (Reinf)
25A 2253 1899 H&H to CTA
25B 2254 1899 H&H to CTA (Reinf)
25A 2255 1899 H&H burn 1930
25A 2256 1899 H&H to CTA
25C 2257 1899 H&H to CTA (Reinf)
25B 2258 1899 H&H to CTA (Reinf)
25C 2259 1899 H&H to CTA (Reinf)
25A 2260 1899 H&H to CTA
25C 2261 1899 H&H to CTA (Reinf)
— 2262 1899 H&H ret by 1907 (see group 20)
25A 2263-2265 1899 H&H to CTA
25B 2266 1899 H&H to CTA (Reinf)
25A 2267 1899 H&H to CTA
26B 2268-2270 1900 AC&F to CTA (Reinf)
26A 2271 1900 AC&F burn 1930
26A 2272 1900 AC&F to CTA
26A 2273 1900 AC&F burn 1930
26A 2274 1900 AC&F to CTA
26C 2275-2276 1900 AC&F to CTA (Reinf)
26A 2277 1900 AC&F burn 1930
26A 2278 1900 AC&F to CTA
26A 2279 1900 AC&F retired 1942
26C 2280 1900 AC&F to CTA (Reinf)
— 2281 1900 AC&F ret by 1912 (see group 27)
26A 2282 1900 AC&F burn 1930
26A 2283 1900 AC&F to CTA

26B 2284 1900 AC&F to CTA (Reinf)
26A 2285 1900 AC&F burn 1930
26A 2286 1900 AC&F to CTA
26A 2287 1900 AC&F burn 1930
26A 2140:2 1900 AC&F to CTA
27 2281 1912 MWSE to CTA (Control)
28A 2288 1900 AC&F retired 1924 (Control)
28A 2289 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control)
28B 2290-2292 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
28C 2293 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
— 2294-2296 1900 AC&F ret by 1901 (see group 29)
28B 2297-2299 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
28A 2300 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control)
28C 2301 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
28B 2302 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
28A 2303 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control)
28A 2304 1900 AC&F retired 1940
28A 2305-2307 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control)
28C 2308 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
28B 2309 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
28A 2310 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control)
28B 2311 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
28C 2500 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
— 2501-2502 1900 AC&F ret by 1901 (see group 29)
28C 2503 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
28A 2504 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control)
— 2505 1900 AC&F ret by 1901 (see group 29)
28C 2506 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
— 2507 1900 AC&F ret by 1901 (see group 29)
28C 2508 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
28B 2509-2511 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29A 2312 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control)
29C 2313 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29A 2314 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control)
29B 2315 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29C 2316 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29B 2317-2319 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29C 2320-2324 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29B 2325 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29C 2326 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29A 2327 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control)
29C 2328 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29B 2329-2330 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29C 2331 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29B 2332 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29C 2333 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29A 2334 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control)
29B 2335-2337 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29A 2338-2339 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control)
29C 2340 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29B 2512 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29A 2513-2515 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control)
29C 2516 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29A 2517 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control)
29B 2518 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)

29A 2519-2520 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control)
29B 2294-2295:2 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
29A 2296:2 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control)
29A 2501-2502:2 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control)
29A 2505:2 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control)
29B 2507:2 1901 AC&F to CTA (Control, Reinf)
30 4311-4330 1922 Cincinnati to CTA
31 4376-4395 1924 Cincinnati to CTA

101 4129-4169 1915 Cincinnati to CTA
102 4067-4087 1913 Cincinnati to CTA
103 1789-1808 1907 AC&F to CTA
104 1769-1788 1908 Pullman to CTA
105 1735-1768 1906 Jewett to CTA
106 1700-1731 1903 St Louis to CTA
106 1732 1903 St Louis retired 1944
106 1733-1734 1903 St Louis to CTA
107 1053-1059 1901 St Louis to CTA
108 1048-1052 1900 AC&F to CTA
109 1038-1047 1900 AC&F to CTA
110 1001-1003 1898 Pullman to CTA
110 1004 1898 Pullman retired 1945
110 1005-1011 1898 Pullman to CTA
110 1012 1898 Pullman retired 1924, to S-106
110 1013-1037 1898 Pullman to CTA
111A 1270-1279 1907 AC&F to CTA
111B 1278 1907 AC&F to CTA (Control)
111A 1279 1907 AC&F to CTA
— 1280-1299 1907 AC&F rb to 1789-1808 1913
112 1260-1269 1907 AC&F to CTA (Control)
113 1235-1239 1901 St Louis to CTA
113 1240 1901 St Louis burn 1930
113 1241-1259 1901 St Louis to CTA
114A 1211-1219 1900 AC&F to CTA
114B 1220 1900 AC&F to CTA (Reinf)
114A 1221 1900 AC&F ret by 1915 (see group 116)
114A 1222-1228 1900 AC&F to CTA
114A 1229 1900 AC&F burn 1930
114A 1230-1234 1900 AC&F to CTA
115 1210 1900 AC&F to CTA (Control)
116 1221 1915 NWER to CTA (Control)
117 1200 1898 Pullman ret by 1916 (see group 118)
117 1201-1209 1898 Pullman to CTA
118 1200 1916 NWER to CTA (Control, Reinf)
119D 1100-1144 1898 Pullman to CTA (Control, Reinf)
119A 1145-1158 1898 Pullman to CTA (Control)
119A 1159 1898 Pullman retired 1936
119A 1160-1163 1898 Pullman to CTA (Control)
119A 1164 1898 Pullman retired 1936
119A 1165-1179 1898 Pullman to CTA (Control)
119D 1180 1898 Pullman to CTA (Control, Reinf)
119C 1181 1898 Pullman to CTA (Control, Reinf)
119A 1182-1188 1898 Pullman to CTA (Control)
119D 1189 1898 Pullman to CTA (Control, Reinf)
119A 1190-1199 1898 Pullman to CTA (Control)

119B not used
120 4001-4022 1914 Cincinnati to CTA
121 4251-4280 1922 Cincinnati to CTA
122 4396-4425 1924 Cincinnati to CTA

201 4170-4209 1915 Cincinnati to CTA
202 4088-4108 1913 Cincinnati to CTA
203 321-327 1905 AC&F to CTA
203 328 1905 AC&F retired 1937
203 329-331 1905 AC&F to CTA
203 332 1905 AC&F retired 1940
203 333-361 1905 AC&F to CTA
203 362 1905 AC&F retired 1940
203 363-364 1905 AC&F to CTA
203 365 1905 AC&F retired 1943
203 366-375 1905 AC&F to CTA
203 376 1905 AC&F retired 1926
203 377-382 1905 AC&F to CTA
203 383 1905 AC&F retired 1940
203 384-385 1905 AC&F to CTA
203 386 1905 AC&F retired 1926
203 387-393 1905 AC&F to CTA
203 394 1905 AC&F retired 1935
203 395-400 1905 AC&F to CTA
204 251-266 1905 Jewett to CTA
204 267 1905 Jewett retired 1926
204 268-299 1905 Jewett to CTA
204 300 1905 Jewett retired 1940
204 301-320 1905 Jewett to CTA
205 231-250 1903 Jewett to CTA
206 211-216 1902 Jewett to CTA
206 217 1902 Jewett retired 1934
206 218-221 1902 Jewett to CTA
206 222 1902 Jewett retired 1929
206 223-230 1902 Jewett to CTA
207 181-184 1900 Jewett to CTA
207 185 1900 Jewett retired 1929
207 186-187 1900 Jewett to CTA
207 188 1900 Jewett retired 1929
207 189-202 1900 Jewett to CTA
207 203 1900 Jewett retired 1934
207 204-210 1900 Jewett to CTA
208 1-2 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 4-6 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 8-9 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 11-13 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 15-16 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 17 1892 J&S retired 1924
208 18 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 20 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 22-28 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 30-33 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 36 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 39-40 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 41 1892 J&S retired 1924

208 42-44 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 45 1892 J&S retired 1929
208 46 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 48-50 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 81-82 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 84-85 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 87 1892 J&S retired 1934
208 88 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 90 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 92 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 93 1892 J&S retired 1915
208 94 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 97-98 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 100 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 151-153 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 154 1892 J&S retired 1934
208 155-159 1892 J&S retired 1937
208 161-179 1892 J&S retired 1937
209 51-52 1892 Gilbert retired 1937
209 54-55 1892 Gilbert retired 1937
209 56 1892 Gilbert retired 1924
209 57-59 1892 Gilbert retired 1937
209 60 1892 Gilbert retired 1924
209 61 1892 Gilbert retired 1934
209 62-63 1892 Gilbert retired 1937
209 65 1892 Gilbert retired 1926
209 66 1892 Gilbert retired 1937
209 69-73 1892 Gilbert retired 1937
209 75-77 1892 Gilbert retired 1937
209 78 1892 Gilbert retired 1924
209 79-80 1892 Gilbert retired 1937
209 101-116 1892 Gilbert retired 1937
209 118-123 1892 Gilbert retired 1937
209 125-142 1892 Gilbert retired 1937
209 144-150 1892 Gilbert retired 1937
210 4023-4044 1913 Cincinnati to CTA
211 3 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 7 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 10 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 14 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 19 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 21 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 29 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 34-35 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 37-38 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 47 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 83 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 86 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 89 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 91 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 95-96 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 99 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 160 1892 J&S retired 1927
211 180 1892 J&S retired 1927
212 53 1892 Gilbert retired 1927

212 64 1892 Gilbert retired 1927
212 67-67 1892 Gilbert retired 1927
212 74 1892 Gilbert retired 1927
212 101 1892 Gilbert retired 1927
212 117 1892 Gilbert retired 1927
212 124 1892 Gilbert retired 1927
212 143 1892 Gilbert retired 1927
213 4281-4310 1922 Cincinnati to CTA
214 4426-4455 1924 Cincinnati to CTA

301 3147-3157 1909 Brill to CTA
301 3158 1909 Brill burn 1944, to flat S-16
301 3159-3166 1909 Brill to CTA
302 3139-3146 1901 St Louis to CTA
— 3101-3102 1894 Pullman ret by 1902 (see group 304)
303 3103-3105 1894 Pullman to CTA
— 3106 1894 Pullman ret by 1924
303 3107-3108 1894 Pullman to CTA
— 3109 1894 Pullman ret by 1924
303 3110-3116 1894 Pullman to CTA
303 3117 1894 Pullman retired 1944
303 3118 1894 Pullman to CTA
— 3119 1894 Pullman ret by 1902 (see group 304)
303 3120-3123 1894 Pullman to CTA
303 3124 1894 Pullman retired 1946
303 3125 1894 Pullman to CTA
303 3126-3138 1893 Gilbert to CTA (see note)
304 3101-3102:2 1902 St Louis to CTA
304 3119:2 1902 St Louis to CTA
305C 3001 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Control,Reinf)
305E 3002-3004 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
— 3005 1893 Gilbert retired 1913
305E 3006 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305B 3007 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305E 3008-3010 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305D 3011 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Pneu doors)
— 3012 1893 Gilbert retired by 1913 (see note)
305B 3013 1893 Gilbert to CTA
— 3014 1893 Gilbert retired by 1913 (see note)
305E 3015 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305B 3016-3017 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305E 3018 1893 Gilbert retired 1944 (Reinf)
305B 3019-3021 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305A 3022 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Control)
305B 3023 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305E 3024 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305B 3025-3027 1893 Gilbert to CTA
— 3028 1893 Gilbert retired by 1913 (see note)
305E 3029-3030 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305C 3031 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Control,Reinf)
305E 3032 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
— 3033 1893 Gilbert retired by 1913 (see note)
305E 3034 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305B 3035-3036 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305E 3037-3038 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)

— 3039 1893 Gilbert retired by 1913 (see note)
305E 3040-3046 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305B 3047 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305E 3048-3050 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305C 3051 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Control,Reinf)
305B 3052 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305E 3053 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305B 3054 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305B 3055 1893 Gilbert retired 1929
— 3056 1893 Gilbert retired by 1913 (see note)
305E 3057 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305C 3058 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Control,Reinf)
305E 3059-3062 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
— 3063 1893 Gilbert retired by 1913 (see note)
305B 3064 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305E 3065-3066 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305C 3067 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Control,Reinf)
305E 3068-3070 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
— 3071-3072 1893 Gilbert retired by 1913 (see note)
305B 3073 1893 Gilbert to CTA
— 3074-3075 1893 Gilbert retired by 1913 (see note)
305E 3076 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305B 3077-3079 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305E 3080 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305B 3081 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305E 3082 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305B 3083 1893 Gilbert to CTA
— 3084-3085 1893 Gilbert retired by 1913 (see note)
305E 3086 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305C 3087 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Control,Reinf)
305E 3088 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
305A 3089 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Control)
305E 3090 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
— 3091 1893 Gilbert retired by 1913 (see note)
305B 3092 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305E 3093-3094 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
— 3095 1893 Gilbert retired by 1913 (see note)
305B 3096-3098 1893 Gilbert to CTA
305B 3099 1893 Gilbert retited 1944
305E 3100 1893 Gilbert to CTA (Reinf)
306D 3201 1900 Pullman to CTA (Control, Reinf)
306B 3202 1900 Pullman to CTA
306A 3203-3204 1900 Pullman to CTA (Control)
306B 3205-3209 1900 Pullman to CTA
306A 3210 1900 Pullman to CTA (Control)
306C 3211 1900 Pullman to CTA (Control, Reinf)
306B 3212 1900 Pullman to CTA
306A 3213-3214 1900 Pullman to CTA (Control)
306B 3215 1900 Pullman to CTA
307A 3216-3221 1901 St Louis to CTA
307B 3222 1901 St Louis to CTA (Control)
307C 3223 1901 St Louis to CTA (Control, Reinf)
307A 3224-3225 1901 St Louis to CTA
307C 3226 1901 St Louis to CTA (Control, Reinf)
307A 3227-3232 1901 St Louis to CTA

307A 3233 1901 St Louis retired 1940
307A 3234 1901 St Louis to CTA
307B 3235 1901 St Louis to CTA (Control)
308B 3236 1902 C&OP to CTA (Control, Reinf)
308A 3237 1902 C&OP to CTA
308B 3238 1902 C&OP to CTA (Control, Reinf)
309 4331-4355 1922 Cincinnati to CTA
310 4356-4375 1924 Cincinnati to CTA

note – 12 of 3001-3100 series rebuilt 1896, renumbered 3126-3137.
One additional 3000 rebuilt to motor 3138 1897. One of
3101-3138 series retired 1900, one retired 1904, both
replaced by motorizing two additional 3000’s by 1908.

Andre Kristopans writes:

I am sending you in a series of emails the list of CTA AFE/AFR’s from 1947 thru 1978. They are a fascinating look into what the CTA did over the years. First number is the authorization number, the second is the completion report number. R numbers are rapid transit, S surface, G general office, and the few B numbers are Boulevard Division (1952-53 ex CMC). I trust you will find this of interest.

Yes, very much of interest. I would guess AFE means authorization for expense, while AFR is authorization for reimbursement.

CTA AFE/AFR 1948 series

S10000 canx 10 snow plow trucks
S10001 S677 Shop equipment
S10002 S32 Road equipment
S10003 canx Alterations Burnside CH
S10004 S1 Road equipment
S10005 S2 Auto #99
R10006 R89 Truck #712
R10007 R63 Fence – Wilson Av
R10008 canx Renew messenger wire
R10009 Office equipment
R10010 G8 Office equipment
R10011 G1 Office equipment
S10012 S414 Renew spec wk Halsted/Madison, rem W-S curve
S10013 S88 Renew track Pulaski Grand to Division
S10014 canx Electrical work Burnside CH
S10015 S188 Shop equipment
S10016 S8 Road equipment
S10017 S76 Road equipment
S10018 S183 Buses #6531-6630
S10019 S184 Buses #1700-1799, 3598-3697
S10020 G9 Office equipment
S10021 G10 Office equipment
S10022 G11 Office equipment
S10023 S270 Install E-S curve 119th/Michigan
R10024 G12 Office equipment
S10025 G13 Office equipment
S10026 canx Electrical equipment
S10027 S902 Paving – North Ave
S10028 S1797 Convert Blue Island CH for buses
S10029 S1737 Convert Archer CH for buses
S10030 S415 TB line 38th via Rockwell-Arcker-Kedzie to 51
S10031 S276 Paving – South Shops
S10032 S418 Electrical Work – 77th CH
S10033 S1089 Renew track for PCC’s 63rd Stony to Narragan
S10034 S231 Heater grid – Ardmore CH
S10035 S84 Renew track Milwaukee California to Maplewood
S10036 S309 Renew track Pulaski 26th to Ogden
S10037 S158 Renew track Grand Central Pk to Homan
S10038 canx Convert Archer CH for bus
S10039 canx Automobile
S10040 S1080 Remove line 21st Racine to Halsted
R10041 R22 Renew crossover deck Ashland LK
R10042 R110 Renew SB track Chicago to Grand NSM
R10043 R92 Renew NB track Grand to Chicago NSM
R10044 R25 Renew deck WB Southport to Paulina RV
R10045 R29 Renew deck EB Paulina to Southport RV
R10046 R28 Renew deck Madison LSQ
R10047 R23 Renew NB tracks N of Wilson NSM
R10048 R24 Renew SB tracks N of Wilson NSM
R10049 G39 Office furniture
R10050 R152 Replace wiring Jackson Park Tower
S10051 S79 Shop equipment
S10052 canx Addtl TB lines – North Av Gar yard

S10053 S272 Conv line for PCC’s 63rd Stony to Narragan
S10054 S343 Toilet – 63rd/Narragansett
S10055 S648 Electrical work – 69th CH
S10056 S698 Electrical work – Blue Island CH
S10057 S716 Conv bays 5 to 9,11 for buses – Archer CH
S10058 S616 Additions – North Ave TB bldg
S10059 S617 Locker & Lunch room – North Ave TB
S10060 S424 Inst N-E,W-S curves Racine/79, x-over S of 79
R10061 R112 Replace electrical cable
S10062 G14 Office equipment
S10063 Remove special work Pulaski/Division
S10064 S155 Renew special work Chicago/State
S10065 G17 Office equipment
S10066 S86 Renew track 47th Leavitt to Western
S10067 S232 Renew track Ashland 78 to 79
S10068 S85 Renew track 35th Emerald to Wallace
S10069 S553 Renew paving Kedzie CH
S10070 S106 Remove track Wells Viaduct n of Roosevelt
R10071 R26 Renew EB track California to Western HPK
R10072 R32 Renew deck Lake Transfer LSQ
R10073 R68 Windbreaks N plat – Lake Transfer LSQ
R10074 R91 Road machinery
R10075 R81 Telephone cable messenger & Hangers – Loop
R10076 R153 Install TIM Clark/Van Buren Inner
R10077 R27 Renew deck Grand Crossover LSQ
R10078 R77 Remove crossing gate equip – Gunderson DP
S10079 G15 Office equipment
S10080 S302 Install N-NE curve Pulaski/Ogden
S10081 S371 Renew track Milwaukee Cicero to Kilpatrick
R10082 R50 Renew deck EB & WB Grand to Chicago LSQ
R10083 R30 Renew deck Tk 3 42nd to Prairie SSM
S10084 G16 Office equipment
S10085 S511 Shop equipment
S10086 S612 Shop equipment
S10087 S1102 Alterations to 69th CH for PCC’s
S10088 S35 Shop equipment
S10089 S1486 Track alterations for PCC’s 69th CH
S10090 S243 Inst MOEC N-E,W-S curves Racine/79th
S10091 S150 Inst elec switch N-NE curve Pulaski/Ogden
S10092 canx Shop equipment
S10093 canx Bus storage bays – Archer CH
R10094 R31 Relay EB & WB Western HPK
R10095 R33 Relay NB Chicago NSM
R10096 R35 Relay SB Chicago NSM
R10097 R36 Replace switch safety stub SB Chicago NSM
R10098 R38 Relay EB & WB Leavitt RV
R10099 R129 Renew deck NB & SB Addison to Irving Pk RV
R10100 R131 Renew EB &WB Addison RV
S10101 S130 Renew track State 43 to 46
S10102 S599 Alterations to 69th CH for PCC’s
S10103 S336 Renew track Milwaukee Belmont to Pulaski
S10104 S239 Renew track Lincoln Armitage to Belden
S10105 S370 Shop Equipment
S10106 S31 Auto #550A, retire auto #76
S10107 S101 Fluorescent light fixtures

S10108 G27 Office furniture
S10109 S71 Steam boiler – Division/Elm
S10110 S138 Oil burner – Limits
S10111 canx Road equipment
S10112 S186 Lift truck – S Shops
S10113 S99 Scrap fare registers
R10114 R71 RT cars #5003-5004
R10115 R72 Inspection #5003-5004
R10116 R370 Engineering #6001-6130
R10117 R56 Office equipment
R10118 R136 Cable for ABS Howard to Morse NSM
R10119 R135 Signal cable – 61st Interlocking
R10120 R37 Renew deck 49th SSM
R10121 R48 Renew deck 61st SSM
R10122 R47 Renew deck 61st SSM
S10123 S36 Shop equipment
S10124 S80 Toilet – 79th/Halsted
S10125 S178 Shop equipment
S10126 S123 Shop equipment
S10127 S134 Shop equipment
S10128 S75 Shop equipment
S10129 S259 Shop equipment
S10130 S388 Shop equipment
S10131 S141 Shop equipment
S10132 S100 Tractor
S10133 canx Office equipment
S10134 G22 Office furniture
S10135 S208 Conv line for PCC State Division to Grand
S10136 S208 Conv line for PCC State Lake to 95
S10137 S208 Conv line for PCC Wabash Grand to Lake
S10138 S208 Conv line for PCC Lake Wabash to State
S10139 S208 Conv line for PCC Michigan 95 to 119
S10140 S208 Conv line for PCC Devon Western to Broadway
S10141 S208 Conv line for PCC Broadway Devon to Clark
S10142 S29 Shop equipment
S10143 S214 Tfr 89 trailers, 82 salt, 2 PCC to service
S10144 S144 Renew rail Milwaukee Viaduct S of Kinzie
S10145 S87 Rem MOEC N-SW curve Western/Archer
S10146 S95 Rem elec sw NE-S curve Archer/Western
S10147 S98 Autos #544A-545A
S10148 S273 Motor operated doors CH’s
R10149 S252 Fire extinguishers
S10150 S34 Trucks #165-167
S10151 S30 Autos #91-92
S10152 S133 Autos #82,84
S10153 S152 Shop equipment
S10154 S37 Scrap 100 streetcars
S10155 S689 Retire 77 gas buses
S10156 S368 Remove ine Taylor Western to Jefferson
S10157 S212 Storage tanks – Limits CH
S10158 S195 Transmitter – Madison/Austin
S10159 G34 Office equipment
S10160 S154 Shop equipment
R10161 R84 3rd Rail inclines
R10162 R54 Road machinery

R10163 R120 Renew deck Leavitt to Irving Park NB
R10164 R83 Replace 3rd rail NSM
R10165 R80 Renew deck Lincoln to end of structure RV
S10166 Conv to TB Montrose Narragnsett to Broadway
S10167 S299 Renew elec sw SE-S curve Milw/California
S10168 G45 Office furniture
S10169 S149 Renew line Roosevelt Austin to Kenton
S10170 S765 Renew TB line Belmont Pacific to Central
S10171 S876 Conv to TB Belmont Central to Halsted
S10172 S548 Rearrange feeders Limits CH
S10173 S658 Lighting – Roosevelt/Grant Pk term
S10174 S241 Lighting – State/63rd, State/84th terms
S10175 S197 Renew line PROW E of W Shops Wash to Lake
S10176 S1119 Beverly Garage
S10177 S941 Remove line Wells Harrison to Roosevelt
S10178 S557 Remove line Racine Fullerton to Armitage
S10179 Conv to TB 51st Central Pk to Cottage Grove
S10180 Conv to TB Harper 55th to 56th
S10181 S325 Office furniture
S10182 S208 Conv line for PCC Grand State to Wabash
S10183 S83 Renew track Milwaukee Armitage to Maplewood
S10184 G29 Office furniture
S10185 S227 Renew TB trough Cicero/Harrison
S10186 S96 Remove MOEC N-W curve Ashland/59
S10187 S366 Remove line Webster Lincoln to Racine
S10188 canx Renew line Lake Laramie to Austin
S10189 canx Renew MH’s Randolph River Bridge to Lake
S10190 canx Remove line Canal Canalport to Halsted
S10191 S228 Renew trough Western/Kinzie
S10192 S118 Shop equipment
S10193 S1206 Remove line Polk Canal to Wells
S10194 S408 Remove line Hubbard Orleans to Wells
S10195 S471 Remove line Kinzie Orleans to Wells
S10196 S472 Remove line Kingsbury Chicago to Erie
S10197 S473 Remove line Erie Kingsbury to Franklin
S10198 S768 Remove line Fulton Western to Morgan
S10199 S333 Remove line Morgan Fulton to Monroe
S10200 S334 Remove line Monroe Morgan to Clinton
S10201 S208 Conv line for PCC 119 Mich to Morgan Loop
S10202 S208 Conv line for PCC 95th State to Michigan
S10203 S208 Conv line for PCC Division Clark to State
S10204 S475 Remove line Orleans Division to Kinzie
S10205 S476 Remove line Franklin Chicago to Kinzie
S10206 S886 Remove line 21st Throop to Marshall
S10207 S477 Remove line Sedgwick Lincoln to Chicago
R10208 R55 Road machinery
S10209 S132 Shop equipment
S10210 S160 Storage tank – 77th CH
S10211 S409 Renew x-over Milwaukee N of Belmont
S10212 S105 Remove x-over Clybourn S of Belmont
S10213 S135 Shop furniture
S10214 canx Renew TB line Narragansett Cuyler to North
S10215 S104 Lighting – Cottage Grove CH
S10216 G18 Office furniture
S10217 G28 Office furniture

S10218 S94 Rem elec sw S-E curve State/61st
S10219 S93 Rem elec sw N-W curve State/59th
S10220 Conv to TB 55th Cottage Grove to Lake Park
S10221 Conv to TB Cottage Grove 51 to 55
S10222 S157 Remove special work Cottage Grove/31st
S10223 S767 Remove line Southport Irving Pk to Cortland
S10224 G19 Office furniture
S10225 Conv to TB Lake Park 56 to 55
S10226 Conv to TB 56th Harper to Lake Park
S10227 S3 Truck chassis #162-163
S10228 S357 Renew RR xings Grand/Kingsbury (MILW)
S10229 S109 Shop equipment
S10230 S33 Shop equipment
S10231 S1151 Rem feeder Clybourn Belmont to Fullerton,
Webster to Division
S10232 S394 Conv line for PCC 79/Western,Oakley,Ashland
S10233 S156 Remove special work State/31st
R10234 R44 Renew deck Western X-overs RV
R10235 R60 Renew deck Leavitt RV
R10236 R49 Renew deck Elm Tk 1 NSM
R10237 R51 Renew deck Leavitt RV
R10238 R52 Renew deck Hudson Tk 1 NSM
R10239 R145 Renew deck Merchandise Mart SB NSM
R10240 R53 Renew deck Logan Sqare LSQ
S10241 S131 Office furniture
S10242 S446 Renew line Halsted 23rd to Pershing
S10243 S559 Concrete floor W Shops
S10244 S193 Shop equipment
R10245 R57 Office equipment
R10246 R87 Renew canopy over sidewalk Montrose RV
R10247 R42 Renew deck Logan Sq LSQ
R10248 R43 Renew deck Dayton Tk 1 NSM
R10249 R46 Relay Tk 2 Wells/VAn Buren
R10250 R69 Renew deck Washtenaw to Francisco WB GPK
R10251 R58 Renew deck Halsted Tk 1 NSM
R10252 R45 Renew guard rail Wells/Van Buren, Lake/Wabash
S10253 S97 Shop equipment
S10254 S529 Renew line Kedzie CH west side
S10255 S406 Renew line Grand Kingsbury to Wabash
S10256 S752 Shop equipment
S10257 S457 Renew track Western Granville to Devon
S10258 S433 Renew track Western Catalpa to Peterson
S10259 S110 Pave Torrence/112 loop
S10260 S151 Remove tracks Torrence/112 loop
S10261 G66 Office equipment
S10262 canx Power & Lights – Limits CH
S10263 G30 Office equipment
S10264 S77 Trucks #573-575
S10265 S606 Inst sw lever N-E Clinton/Van Buren,W-N Harr/
Wells,NE-S & N-SW Western/Archer,W-S Adams/
Clinton,E-N Adams/Franklin.S-E Ashland/Erie,
N-W Ashland/59,N-W State/59,S-E State/61
S10266 S42 Retire truck #125
S10267 S40 Retire truck #120
S10268 S41 Retire truck #138

S10269 S43 Retire truck #143
S10270 S44 Retire truck #544
S10271 canx Relocate feeders Wentworth Pershing to Garfield
S10272 G20 Office furniture
S10273 G21 Office equipment
S10274 S1082 Renew line North Av CH yard
R10275 R74 Install TVM State/Van Buren
R10276 R76 Wiring for TVM Lake Transfer WB, start lites
Marion LK
R10277 R59 Relay Kilbourn GPK
R10278 R61 Relay T3 63rd/Calumet SSM
R10279 R64 Relay NB 40/Prairie SSM
R10280 R334 RT CArs #6001-6130
R10281 R121 Balcony Logan Sq Shop
R10282 R82 Office furniture
R10283 R62 Relay T1 63rd/Calumet SSM
S89284 S892 Remove line Harrison Central to Halsted
R10285 R104 Remove Menard, Lombard platforms LK
S10286 canx Regulators
R10287 R70 Remove Market St Stub LK
S10288 G46 Office equipment
S10289 S253 Move poles 79/Ashland
S10290 S179 Move poles 79/Western
S10291 S140 Storage tank – Ardmore
S10292 canx Lighting – W Shops
S10293 S224 Radiator shutters
S10294 S590 Lighting – W Shops
S10295 S649 Rehab Power – W Shops
S10296 S650 Yard lighting – S Shops
S10297 S615 Shop equipment
S10298 S161 Shop equipment
R10299 R115 Aux entrance at Mayfield to Austin LK
S10300 S421 Ad sign card frames – 645 buses
S10301 S230 Renew track Western Belmont to River Bridge
S10302 G2 Office equipment
S10303 S268 Shop equipment
S10304 S107 Scrap shop equipment
S10305 G31 Legal books
S10306 G55 Office furniture
S10307 S137 Truck chassis #173, 577
S10308 S120 Trucks #170, 174, retire truck #146
S10309 S111 Storage tank Lawndale CH
S10310 G24 Office equipment
S10311 S242 Shop equipment
S10312 S127 Shop equipment
S10313 S277 Shop furniture
S10314 S103 Shop furniture
S10315 S121 Shop equipment
S10316 S102 Shop equipment
S10317 S218 Shop equipment
S10318 S108 Heating units – W Shops
S10319 S136 Bus stop signs Division Central Pk to Austin
S10320 S166 Twin Coach parts
S10321 S798 Power & light – W Shops
S10322 S145 Shop equipment
ŠS10323 S247 Shop equipment
S10324 S162 Remove track 63 Pl Oak Park to Archer
S10325 G23 Office equipment
S10326 S226 Rem NW-W,E-SE curves Lincoln/Webster
S10327 S359 Install levers S-W Wabash/Harr, N-W Stony/63
S10328 S147 Ventilation – 77th CH
R10329 R79 Retire RT car #2927
S10330 G47 Office equipment
S10331 G52 Office equipment
S10332 S458 Building alterations – W Shops
S10333 S335 16th/47th Ct terminal
S10334 S365 Devon/Kedzie terminal
S10335 S445 Remove special work Wells/Illinois
S10336 S177 Retire 100 streetcars
S10337 S426 Renew RR xings Cermak/Peoria (CB&Q)
S10338 S176 Retire 100 streetcars
S10339 S164 Remove elec sw S-W Wabash/Harrison
S10340 G26 Office equipment
S10341 S89 Install elec sw E-S Madison/LaSalle
S10342 G60 Office furniture
S10343 S425 Renew RR xings Cermak/Union (CB&Q)
S10344 S356 Renew track N-W curve Indiana/18th
S10345 S173 Retire work cars #J1, J205, A202
S10346 R114 Retire RT cars #181, 3125, 1177, 2293, 3235
S10347 S898 Line in Western/Berwyn, Western/79 terminals
S10348 G65 Office furniture
S10349 S558 Office equipment
S10350 S1055 6 tower bodies for #162-164, 567-569
S10351 S1326 Truck #578
S10352 S770 Truck #583
S10353 canx Truck #582
S10354 canx Truck #581
S10355 S119 Retire trucks #122, 542
S10356 S432 Renew deck Milwaukee Viaduct S of Kinzie
S10357 S347 Remove MOEC N-W Stony Island/63
S10358 S777 Remove line Devon Kedzie to Western
S10359 S459 Remove elec sw W-S 79/Exchange
S10360 S346 Remove elec sw W-S 63/Dorchester
S10361 S92 Remove elec sw N-E Commercial/92
S10362 S91 Remove elec sw S-SE Commercial/S Chicago
S10363 S90 Remove elec sw W-S 92/Commercial
S10364 S225 Remove line 63 Pl Archer to Narragansett
S10365 S420 New doors S Shops
S10366 canx Lighting W Shops
R10367 R138 Conv stations for PFOT LSQ, HPK
S10368 S233 Move pole Clark/Congress
S10369 S618 Western/79th terminal
S10370 S600 Western/Birchwood terminal
S10371 G53 Office furniture
S10372 S171 Sell property 76th/Wentworth
S10373 S165 Buy property 79th/Claremont
S10374 G33 Office equipment
S10375 S547 Renew track Clark LaSalle to Wells
S10376 canx Line truck chassis
S10377 S112 Retire truck #547

S10378 S651 Electrical equip W Shops
S10379 S311 Fare register stands for PCC’s
S10380 S675 Spare parts for PCC’s
S10381 S732 Spare parts for PCC’s
S10382 S349 Spare parts for buses
S10383 S199 Spare parts for buses
S10384 S200 Radiator shutters
S10385 S244 Scrap shop equipment
S10386 S142 Shop equipment
S10387 S223 Lighting for Torrence/112 loop
S10388 S611 Addl TB lines Central/Avondale Yard
R10389 R157 600V switches Kimball Yd
R10390 R238 Lights Armitage Jct NSM
R10391 R130 Lights 17 Jct SSM
R10392 R66 Renew deck Wells Terminal
R10393 R206 Renew footwalk Western to Fullerton LSQ
R10394 R65 Renew deck Wells Terminal
R10395 R123 Replace x-over Laramie Yd
R10396 R126 Renew cable box SSM
R10397 R119 Renew deck Western WB GPK
R10398 R67 Renew guard rail SB T2 40th/Prairie NSM
R10399 R117 Renew footwalk NSM
R10400 R222 Renew footwalk, cable box RV
S10401 S894 6 line truck bodies for #159-161,173,566,577
R10402 R122 Relay EB & WB Market LK
S10403 G35 Office equipment
S10404 S1606 Rearrange leads 77th CH bays 4-5 west end
S10405 S613 Renew track Armitage/Clark
S10406 S292 Renew track Western/Lincoln
S10407 S1387 North Park Garage
S10408 S236 Trolley buses #203-412
S10409 S185 Buses #2420,2500-2545,3573-3597
S10410 S131 Shop equipment
S10411 canx Scrap shop equipment
S10412 S258 Retire 200 streetcars
S10413 S113 Retire truck #556
S10414 S198 Automatic electric drain switch North Av Sub
S10415 S626 Replace line State Kinzie to Wacker
S10416 G25 Shop equipment
S10417 G41 Office equipment
R10418 R161 Shop equipment
R10420 R93 Road equipment
R10421 R75 Shop equipment
R10422 R163 Shop equipment
R10423 R181 Add and scrap shop equipment
S10424 G36 Office equipment
S10425 S246 Move x-over S of Irving Pk to N of Waveland
on Cicero
S10426 S275 Remove RR xings 73/Exchange, Exchange/74, 75/
Exchange (ICRR)
S10427 S360 Shop equipment
S10428 S266 Shop equipment
S10429 S126 Shop equipment
S10430 S519 Shop equipment
S10431 S125 Shop equipment
ŠS10432 S222 Shop equipment
S10433 S146 Shop equipment
S10434 S462 Shop equipment
S10435 S377 Shop equipment
S10436 S168 Shop equipment
S10437 S323 Shop equipment
S10438 S280 Shop equipment
S10439 S279 Shop equipment
S10440 S122 Shop equipment
S10441 S303 Lighting & Power W Shops
S10442 S614 Material Bins – S Shops
S10443 S340 Renew track Grand Homan to Kedzie
S10444 S450 Remove special work Wells/Kinzie, exc S-E
S10445 S319 Remove x-over Lincoln S of Belmont
S10446 S1893 Car & bus washers 69th, Archer, 77th Gars
R10447 R141 Run number plate brackets on RT cars – Met,LK
S10448 S167 Inst lever N-E Commercial/92
S10449 S372 Ren line Western Archer to 79, inst elec sw
N-W Western/Berwyn Loop
S10450 S304 Renew feeder Cottage Grove 55 to 60
S10451 S153 Shop equipment
S10452 S159 Shop equipment
S10453 canx Office furniture
S10454 S278 Office furniture
S10455 G54 Office furniture
S10456 G43 Office furniture
S10457 canx Office furniture
S10458 canx Office furniture
S10459 S124 Tractor crane
S10460 S994 Conv to TB North Av Narragansett to Clark
S10461 S367 Shop equipment
S10462 S219 Shop equipment
S10463 S187 Shop equipment
S10464 S286 Shop equipment
S10465 S128 Shop equipment
S10466 G37 Office equipment
S10467 S1205 Remove line Western 79 to 111,Howard to Arthur,
Howard Western to Clark
S10468 G42 Office furniture
S10469 G62 Office furniture
S10470 S245 Remove RR xings 92/Baltimore (B&OCT)
S10471 S307 Replace trolley wire 79th Western to Ashland
S10472 S350 Trolley bus parts for #368-412
S10473 S512 Shop equipment
S10474 S143 Shop equipment
S10475 S194 Shop equipment
S10476 S584 Road equipment
S10477 canx Office equipment
S10478 G38 Office equipment
S10479 S191 Fire extinguishers
S10480 S399 Remove MOEC W-S Devon/Western
S10481 S358 Remove MOEC, inst lever W-S 79/Emerald
S10482 canx Scrap shop equipment
S10483 S172 Scrap 8 work cars
S10484 S520 Shop equipment

R10485 R339 Engineering – Dearborn Subway
R10486 R118 Renew deck EB Market St Tk 3 – Met Main
R10487 R133 Renew deck NB & SB Belmont NSM
R10488 R98 Renew deck switch 51A Upper Wilson NSM
R10489 R99 Relay switch 42 Montrose NSM
R10490 R96 Renew deck Upper Wilson Yard NSM
S10491 G48 Office equipment
S10492 S795 Remove line Archer via Pitney-31 to Lake Park
S10493 S595 Remove elec sw S-W Ashland/70
S10494 S345 Remove elec sw SW-S Archer/Kedzie,NE-N Archer/
Rockwell, SW-S Archer/Ashland
S10495 S413 Remove special work Western/Harrison
S10496 S401 Trolley bus parts for #323-412
S10497 S652 Electrical work – 77th CH doors
S10498 G52 Office equipment
S10499 G40 Office equipment
S10500 S238 Real estate – Western/Berwyn loop
S10501 G50 Office furniture
R10502 R111 Adapt GPK stations for PFOT Ogden to Cicero
S10503 S624 Install track State/wacker
S10504 S170 Remove RR xings Archer/Kenton (BRC)
S10505 S521 Remove track 71st Vincennes to Cottage Grove
S10506 S628 Remove special work Chicago/Orleans
S10507 S625 Repair fire damage Limits Gar 12/29/47 fire
S10508 S308 Renew line Chicago Kedzie to California
S10509 S395 Renew line Damen/Lincoln, Lawrence
S10510 S753 Time recorders
S10511 S201 Shop equipment
S10512 S522 Remove special work Cottage Grove/68
S10513 S654 Remove x-overs 63 E of Central, W of St Louis
S10514 S287 Shop equipment
S10515 S205 Phone stub pole Michigan/119th
S10516 S627 Lights & power North Av Gar TB & bus bldgs
S10517 S281 Shop equipment
S10518 S454 Remove elec sw E-NE Harrison/Fifth, W-SW Harr/
Blue Island, E-N Harr/Racine, N-W Harr/Wells
R10519 R85 Renew deck EB & WB Pulaski to Keeler LK
R10520 R156 Platform & canopy extension State/Van Buren
R10521 R189 Add 2nd booth Grand/State subway
S10522 S204 Phone stub pole State/84th
S10523 S814 Remove track Archer via Pitney-31 to Wentworth
S10524 S453 Renew special work Clark/Wells
S10525 S630 Renew special work Lamon/LeMoyne
S10526 S635 Remove special work Lincoln/Southport
S10527 R229 Crane #S-223
R10528 R147 Renew deck Wood to 18 EB & WB DPK
S10529 S392 Remove special work Chicago/Kingsbury
S10530 S532 Remove line Rosehill via Ravenswood-Balmoral-
Damen to Irving Park
S10531 S355 Move poles 31/Loomis,Lituanica,Wallace,C Grove
S10532 S523 Remove line 59 Ashland to State
S10533 S907 Remove track 59 Ashland to Halsted
S10534 S452 Remove track Damen Lawrence to Irving Park
S10535 S344 Move poles Pitney Archer to 31
S10536 S636 Remove special work Damen/69

S10537 S139 Retire truck #140
S10538 S215 Retire auto #67
S10539 S535 Scrap shop machinery
S10540 S216 Retire auto #520A
S10541 S254 Move pole Fifth/Homan
S10542 S217 Truck #576, retire truck #557
R10543 R155 Lights on platform ext – State/Van Buren
S10544 S587 445 “No Parking-Bus Stop” signs
S10545 S799 Remove track 31st Wentworth to Lake Park
R10546 R103 Replace DSS 34 Tk 2 Indiana SSM
R10547 R144 Cable Met Main
S10548 S306 Remove feeder Lake/Austin
S10549 canx Gas pump
S10550 S163 Real estate 79th/Western loop
S10551 S373 Real estate Pulaski/Archer garage
S10552 S397 Remove elec sw NE-N Archer/Western, N-E Clint/
Van Buren,W-B Adams/Clinton¬E-B Adams/Frankln
S10553 S376 Scrap shop machinery
S10554 S282 Shop equipment
S10555 S351 Shop equipment
S10556 S265 Shop equipment
S10557 S378 Shop equipment
S10558 S2049 Wheel lathes for 4 carhouses
S10559 S524 Scrap shop equipment
S10560 S310 Fire walls West Shops
S10561 S249 Shop equipment
S10562 canx Office equipment
S10563 G57 Office furniture
R10564 R113 Remove cable SSM
S10565 S240 Remove track 119 Vincennes to Ashland
S10566 S655 Inst levers W-S,N-E Roosevelt/Kedzie, N-W
Damen/Roosevelt
S10567 S528 Renew track Cottage Grove/Oakwood
S10568 S292 Remove x-over Western N of Lincoln
S10569 S1070 Conv to TB Irving Park Neenah to Broadway
S10570 S256 Bus parts – TDH4507
S10571 canx Brill trolley bus parts
S10572 S189 White bus parts
S10573 S585 Shop equipment
S10574 S1244 Shop equipment
S10575 S819 Electrical work – South Shops
R10576 R78 Scrap RT car #1009
R10577 R142 Equip 993 N&S Side cars with run sign brkts
S10578 S704 Remove part of spec wk Irving Pk/Southport
S10579 S174 Phone stub pole Devon/Western
S10580 S257 Retire 200 streetcars
R10581 R86 Relay switches 72-73 Lawndale DPK
R10582 R116 Conn to Goldblatt’s State/Van Buren
S10583 S374 Scrap shop equipment
S10584 S229 Replace pole
S10585 G49 Legal books
S10586 S341 Remove x-over Lawrence W of Keating
S10587 S1161 Remove track Polk Canal to River Bridge
R10588 R158 Replace wood poles
S10589 S449 Renew track Clark/Lincoln, remove S-W switch

S10590 S631 Renew line State/River Bridge
R10591 R165 Rewire 58th SSM
R10592 R137 Move agent booth to other side 58th SSM
R10593 G58 Office equipment
R10594 R300 Rail lubricators
S10595 G61 Office equipment
S10596 Renew track Cottage Grove/31
S10597 S203 Stub phone pole
S10598 canx Buses #2359-2419,2421-2433,3553-3572
S10599 S289 Shop equipment
S10600 S288 Shop equipment
S10601 S271 Shop equipment
S10602 S1583 Rem line 59 Central Pk to Ashland, 61 State to
Blackstone, Blackstone 61 to 60
S10603 G100 Office equipment
S10604 S560 Remove elec switch NW-N Lincoln/Damen
S10605 S391 Remove elec switch S-E,N-W Halsted/18
S10606 S398 Remove elec switch S-W Kedzie/16
S10607 S400 Remove elec sw N-E,W-S Roosevelt/Kedzie,S-W
Damen/14, N-W Damen/Roosevelt
S10608 S776 Remove special work Monroe/LaSalle
S10609 S410 Remove special work Clark/North
R10610 R101 Remove X-over, tower E of Austin – LK
R10611 R162 Replace air pipes 61st Interlocking SSM
S10612 S291 Renew feeder
S10613 S1103 Replace TB line North Av Gar yard
S10614 S210 Exhaust fan wiring 77th CH
S10615 S264 Road equipment
S20216 S202 Phone conduit
S10617 S169 Scrap shop machinery
R10618 R109 Renew deck Harrison SSM
R10619 R134 Relay Central to Pine LK
R10620 R100 Relay Tks 1-2 Racine Met Main
R10621 R201 Ornamental lighting Broadway/Wilson
R10622 R154 Rebuild Forest Park overhead LK
S10623 G81 Office furniture
S10624 S513 Cab for forklift
S10625 S536 Shop equipment
R10626 G59 Office furniture
R10627 G56 Office furniture
R10628 G63 Office furniture
R10629 G64 Office furniture
R10630 G67 Office furniture
R10631 R159 Office furniture
S10632 S942 Remove line 73rd Stony Island to Exchange
S10633 S943 Remove line Exchange 73 to 75
S10634 G97 Office equipment
R10635 R160 Replace yard lite poles 61st Yard
R10636 R271 Train Room & Disp Bldg – Marion St LK
S10637 S909 Remove special work Wells/Washington
S10638 S1482 Renew track State Kinzie to River Bridge
R10639 R188 Scr Morgan,Racine,Damen,Oakley,Campbell,
Sacramento,Kostner stations LK
S10640 S211 Gasoline tank Avondale Yd
S10641 S1016 Remove feeder

S10642 S301 Guard Rails on Pit – North Ave Bay 2
R10643 R107 Addl bottle gas heat for N&S Portal towers NS
S10644 S206 Scrap shop equipment
S10645 S448 Crane – 39th/Halsted Yard
S10646 G96 Office equipment
S10647 G71 Office equipment
S10648 G80 Office equipment
S10649 G73 Office equipment
S10650 R94 Scrap RT cars 2812,2828 (burned)
S10651 G82 Office equipment
S10652 G116 Office furniture
S10653 S190 PCC Cars 339 of 4172-4411,7115-7274
S10654 G78 Office furniture
S10655 G77 Office furniture
S10656 G68 Office furniture
R10657 R90 Changers for conductors
S10658 S801 Renew feeder Lawndale CH
S10659 S326 Replace feeder
S10660 S632 Replace wood poles
S10661 S290 Replace wood pole
S10662 canx Stub phone pole 16/Homan
S10663 G51 Office furniture
S10664 S260 Replace feeder
S10665 S694 1000 Johnson K Fareboxes
S10666 S375 10,000,000 tokens
S10667 S237 Real estate for Forest Glen garage
S10668 S1094 Real estate Lincoln/Leland
S10669 S603 Ad sign card frames
S10670 S411 Renew track Madison Canal to Clinton
S10671 G69 Office equipment
S10672 S533 Remove N-W curve Stony Island/67
S10673 S696 Western/Leland terminal
S10674 S213 Install pole
S10675 S192 Replace pole
S10676 S676 Retire 200 street cars
S10677 R428 Real estate Western/Leland terminal
S10678 S537 Real estate Belmont/Halsted terminal
S10679 S438 Real estate Belmont/Octavia terminal
S10680 S439 Real estate Belmont/Hlasted terminal
S10681 S362 Shop equipment
S10682 S269 Parts for TDH4507 buses
S10683 S1638 Remove switches Randolph/LaSalle
S10684 S342 Renew trough Kedzie/Lake
S10685 canx Remove line 71st/Cottage Grove pocket
S10686 G72 Office furniture
S10687 R168 Permanent light & heater – Mayfield ent LK
S10688 R167 Lights Western/Leland terminal
R10689 R177 Renew deck Wells/Lake, Wells/Van Buren
R10690 R150 Renew deck Wells/Lake
S10691 S1069 Remove line Commercial 83 to 91
S10692 S1879 Remove line Throop-PROW 21 to 31
S10693 S1156 Remove line Exchange 79 to 83
S10694 S1009 Remove line Torrence 104 to 112
S10695 S1010 Remove line Commercial 93 to 104
S10696 S1188 Remove line Coles 75 to 79

S10697 S793 Remove line 75 Colfax to South Shore
S10698 S1290 Remove line Leavitt 18 to N of 24
S10699 S802 Remove line Morgan Pershing to 31
S10700 S958 Remove line Racine 21 to Van Buren
S10701 S986 Remove line 18 Leavitt to State
S10702 S792 Remove line 26 Halsted to Cottage Grove
S10703 S329 Remove line Sangamon Hubbard to Adams
S10704 S474 Remove line Anthony 93 to Commercial
S10705 S330 Remove line Hubbard Racine to Sangamon
S10706 S331 Remove line Racine Erie to Hubbard
S10707 S332 Remove line Erie Ashland to Racine
S10708 S1017 Remove line 38 Central Park to Kedzie
S10709 S1573 Remove line 14 Damen to Canal
S10710 S659 Install TB line Belmont Pacific to Cumberland,
install loop Belmont/Octavia
S10711 S1155 Remove line 104 Torrence to Commercial
S10712 S220 Retire truck #136
S10713 S221 Retire auto #69
R10714 R124 Retire 99 RT trailer cars
R10715 G74 Office furniture
S10716 S294 Angle guards Bay 11 North Ave
S10717 S300 Move electric switch box Adams/Wabash
S10718 S877 Remove special work Western/21
S10719 S534 Remove x-over Kedzie N of Taylor
S10720 S255 Auto #100
R10721 R139 Office equipment
S10722 S526 Shop equipment
S10723 G79 Office furniture
R10724 R169 Add signs at Loop stations, A-B signs LK
S10725 S660 Bus terminal Belmont/Cumberland
S10726 S1558 Bus terminal Belmont/Halsted
S10727 S274 Remove RR xings 104/Torrence (CRI&P)
S10728 S690 Retire 49 buses
S10729 S744 Bus terminal Belmont/Octavia
S10730 S509 Renew deck Chicago River Bridge
S10731 S248 Auto #552A
S10732 S554 Renew track Roosevelt Ogden to Western
S10733 S858 Overnite heaters Avondale Yard
S10734 S283 Shop equipment
S10735 S976 Shop equipment
S10736 S352 Office equipment
R10737 R108 Relay Forest Park terminal LK
R10738 R143 2 manual sidewalk gates, Central LK
R10739 R105 Replace 2 x-overs with diamond Forest Pk LK
R10740 R192 Install 3rd rail Forest Pk LK
S10741 G76 Office furniture
S10742 S263 Shop equipment
S10743 S1095 5 new tower bodies for #176,177,563,579,580
R10744 R88 Shop equipment
S10745 S918 Remove S-SW curve Madison/Ogden
S10746 S749 Remove line Brandon 79 to 83
S10747 S910 Remove tracks Carpenter Shop W Shops midd bay
S10748 S348 Remove elec switch NW-W Elston/Irving Pk,
W-S Irving Pk/Ashland, E-N Irving Pk/Southpt,
E-S Irving Pk/Clark

S10749 S549 Rem line 83 Brandon to Burley
S10750 S911 Retire tracks 3,4,5 Carp Shop W Shops
S10751 S481 Retire truck #132
R10752 R95 Scrap shop equipment
S10753 S912 Locker & Wash rooms – West Shops
G10754 canx Print bonds
S10755 S463 5 sand spreaders for #166,167,169,170,574
S10756 S1096 35 snow plows, retire 20 old plows
S10757 S723 Remove special work Blue Island/21
S10758 S293 Shop equipment
S10759 S250 Replace wood pole
S10760 S791 Replace poles PROW s of Wentworth/79
S10761 S284 Office equipment
R10762 R132 Relay switches 84 and LM1 Racine EN
R10763 R97 Relay curve Lincoln/Paulina RV
R10764 R193 Remodel Wells St Terminal 1st flr for Barber
S10765 S556 Reinforce bumpers ACF/Brill gas & troll buses
S10766 S419 Remove special work Halsted/Monroe
S10767 S416 Remove special work Cortland/Southport
S10768 S405 Replace feeder
S10769 S530 Remove x-over trolley 63 E of Central
S10770 S261 Shop equipment
S10771 S296 Stub phone pole 16/Central Pk
S10772 S320 Shop equipment
G10773 G92 Office furniture
G10774 G75 Office furniture
S10775 S441 Real estate Ardmore/Broadway
G10776 G70 Office furniture
S10777 S387 Road machinery
S10778 S389 Timestarter for S Shops Power House
S10779 S822 Real estate North/Narragansett
S10780 S1194 Move x-over Ashland N of 70 to 69 W of
Marshfield

CTA AFR/AFE 1949 SERIES

G11000 G103 Office furniture
G11001 G83 Office furniture
G11002 G89 Office furniture
S11003 S422 Road equipment
S11004 S678 Shop equipment
S11005 S679 Shop equipment
S11006 S754 Shop equipment
S11007 S353 Shop equipment
S11008 S637 Shop equipment
S11009 S324 Shop equipment
S11010 S638 Shop equipment
S11011 S823 Shop equipment
S11012 S705 Shop equipment
S11013 S586 Shop equipment
S11014 S755 Shop equipment
S11015 S379 Shop equipment
S11016 S427 Shop equipment
S11017 S315 Office furniture
S11018 S354 Shop equipment
S11019 S338 Shop equipment
S11020 S314 Shop equipment
S11021 S538 Shop equipment
S11022 S337 Shop equipment
S11023 S339 Shop equipment
S11024 S285 Shop equipment
S11025 S639 Shop equipment
S11026 S313 Shop equipment
S11027 S539 Shop equipment
S11028 S771 Shop equipment
S11029 S514 Shop equipment
S11030 S429 Books
S11031 S312 Office equipment
R11032 canx Relay x-over NSM
R11033 R127 Office furniture
R11034 R140 Office equipment
G11035 G110 Office equipment
G11036 G91 Office equipment
G11037 G93 Office equipment
S11038 S251 Office equipment
G11039 G114 Office equipment
R11040 R202 Relay Tk3 NB Pershing NSM
S11041 G84 Office furniture
S11042 S396 Remove x-over trolley Kedzie N of Taylor
S11043 S363 Office equipment
S11044 S700 Remove switch 59/Ashland
R11045 R106 Remove old coal track 40th NSM
S11046 S447 Lighting & power Limits CH
S11047 S515 Remove elec sw NW-W Lincoln/Belmont
S11048 S516 Remove elec sw E-SE Belmont/Lincoln
S11049 G85 Office equipment
S11050 S764 Office furniture
R11051 R245 Renew footwalk – Loop
R11052 R128 Relay Tk1 Grace St – NSM

R11053 R228 Renew cable box NSM
R11054 R223 Renew footwalk RV
S11055 S403 Renew feeder Ashland Erie to walton
S11056 S724 Shop equipment
S11057 S561 Shop equipment
S11058 S464 Shop equipment
S11059 canx Shop equipment
S11060 S640 Shop equipment
S11061 S295 Phone stub pole Racine/59
S11062 S297 Replace wood pole 77th CH
S11063 S305 Gasoline storage tanks – Lawndale CH
R11064 R125 Relay NB 58th – SSM
R11065 R185 Renew deck Lowe – EN
R11066 R186 Renew deck Parnell to Halsted – EN
R11067 R172 Renew deck 59th to State WB – EN
R11068 R173 Renew deck State to 59th EB – EN
S11069 R1849 Scrap 583 R7 Registers
R11070 R240 Replace telephone hangers SSM
R11071 R195 Replace telephone hangers EV
R11072 R164 Replace telephone hangers
R11073 R194 Replace wiring – 4430 N Broadway
R11074 R256 Replace telephone cable – DPK
S11075 S725 Remove switch Division/Orleans
S11076 S1128 Remove special work, install “Y” 63/Damen
R11077 R254 Telephone cable – Loop
R11078 R255 Telephone cable – Loop
G11079 G101 Office furniture
G11080 G94 Office furniture
G11081 G102 Office furniture
S11082 S1215 Renew feeder 77th CH
S11083 S393 Trolley for 63/Damen “Y”
S11084 S783 Remove special work Vincennes/75
S11085 S460 Move poles 26 Halsted to Cottage Grove
S11086 S672 Move poles 51st Wood to Halsted
S11087 S407 Move poles Central Park Roosevelt to 26th
S11088 S402 Auto #101, retire auto #55
R11089 canx Relay T2 Wendell St – NSM
S11090 S527 Remove track 114 via Ewing-118-Burley to 122
S11091 S262 Replace pole 87/Constance
R11092 R178 Generators for trucks #703,709
S11093 S269 Trolley on snow sweeper track Devon CH
G11094 G87 Office equipment
G11095 G117 Office furniture
S11098 S832 Shop equipment
S11096 S328 Remove line Roscoe Western to Damen
S11097 S327 Remove line Damen Roscoe to Belmont
R11099 R179 Real estate Linden Av – Wilmette
R11100 G103 Real estate Linden Av – Wilmette
S11101 canx Real estate North/Narragansett
S11102 S824 Real estate Narragansett/North
S11103 S465 Shop equipment
S11104 S316 Fire extinguishers
S11105 S317 Fire extinguishers
S11106 S318 Fire extinguishers
S11107 S567 Shop equipment

S11108 S380 Trolley bus parts for #368-412
S11109 S706 Trolley bus parts for #203-322
S11110 S466 Scrap shop equipment
S11111 S889 Gasoline storage tanks – Limits CH
S11112 S440 Real estate Western/Eastwood
S11113 S442 Real estate Western/Leland
S11114 S669 Paving – Central/Harrison terminal
G11115 G86 Office furniture
R11116 R241 Connect W Shops to Hamlin Yd – LK
G11117 G95 Office equipment
G11118 G113 Office equipment
S11119 S596 Lighting – Devon/Kedzie terminal
S11120 S298 Replace pole 120/Morgan
R11121 R260 Replace switch 56 61st SSM
S11122 S337 Shop equipment
S11123 S381 Shop equipment
S11124 S322 Shop equipment
S11125 S364 Shop equipment
S11126 S680 Shop equipment
S11127 S384 Shop equipment
S11128 S467 Office furniture
S11129 S591 Rem MOEC, inst lever S-E Kedzie/47
S11130 S1441 Snow sweeper track Devon CH
S11131 S1235 Widen transfer table W Shops for RT cars
S11132 S412 Fire extinguishers
S11133 G98 Office equipment
S11134 R394 Experimental electronic signal system
S11135 S382 ACF C36 parts
R11136 R242 Rearrange 3rd rail Hamlin Yd – LK
S11137 S455 Trolley Hamlin Yd to W Shops track
S11138 S699 Remove track 26 Halsted to Cottage Grove
S11139 S908 Remove track 59 Halsted to Wentworth
S11140 S875 Move poles Belmont Halsted to Western, Kimball
to Central
S11141 S1012 Remove track 51 Halsted to Wood
S11142 S404 Replace pole Ashland/Wabansia
S11143 S436 Remove RR xings 18/Sangamon,21/Sangamon (CB&Q)
G11144 G141 Office furniture
S11145 S568 Office equipment
R11146 R326 Motorize 7 RT trailers, r# 1810-1816
S11147 S733 Office equipment
G11148 G88 Office furniture
G11149 G124 Office equipment
S11150 S790 Lighting SR53 S Shops
S11151 S569 Shop equipment
S11152 S965 Renew special work Cermak/Halsted
S11153 S468 Shop equipment
S11154 S383 Shop equipment
S11155 S865 Shop equipment
R11156 R190 Relay S Ladder track – Howard Yd NSM
S11157 S857 Remove line Damen 47 to 74
S11158 S430 Shop equipment
S11159 R235 Loop track – Howard Yd NSM
S11160 S423 5 hand trucks for transfers
S11161 S437 Remove RR xings Burley/86 (EJ&E)

S11162 S361 Shop equipment
S11163 S619 Repave track 59 State to Wentworth
S11164 S661 North/Narragansett terminal
S11165 S482 Retire truck #128
S11166 S555 Remove line 16 Kenton to Kedzie
S11167 S1551 Remove line Wacker Washington to Monroe-
Madison River Bridge to Franklin
S11168 S1172 Remove line Wacker Randolph to Washington,
Randolph River Bridge to Franklin
S11169 S435 Remove track 16/Central Pk, 25/Central Pk
S11170 S1435 Install Western/Leland loop track
S11171 S722 Remove special work Irving Pk/Southport
S11172 S1169 Remove line Archer Cicero to Ashland
S11173 S806 Pole account 1949
R11174 R391 MUDC on RT cars #4001-4455,1789-1808
S11175 S601 Touhy/Lehigh terminal
R11176 R227 Extend structure N track Loomis St – EN
S11177 S1033 Scrap shop equipment
R11178 R148 Relay curves Lake/Wabash
R11179 R149 Relay curves State/Van Buren
R11180 R170 Relay curves Lake/Wells
S11181 S592 Phone stub pole Chicago/State
S11182 S854 Remove feeder 26th
S11183 S593 Remove line Milwaukee/Noble pocket
R11184 R146 Relay curve Wabash/Van Buren
S11185 S820 Remove track Noble Blackhawk to Milwaukee,
inst x-over Milwaukee/Noble
G11186 G99 Office furniture
S11187 S1059 Shop equipment
S11188 S766 Remove special work Kedzie/irving Park
S11189 S641 Shop equipment
S11190 S570 Shop equipment
S11191 S734 Trolley bus parts for #323-367
S11192 S469 Shop equipment
S11193 S321 Scrap shop equipment
S11194 S531 Remove x-over trolley 63 W of St Louis
G11195 G70 Office equipment
S11196 G163 Office equipment
S11197 S642 Shop equipment
S11198 S461 Reinf feeder Wentworth 59 to 71
S11199 S478 Renew feeder Wallace 31 to 36
S11200 S895 Renew trolley Roosevelt Kenton to Grant Pk
S11201 S759 Lighting 79th/Western loop
S11202 S385 Auto #555A, retire auto #535A
S11203 S772 Shop equipment
R11204 canx Road machinery
G11205 G104 Office furniture
S11206 S991 North/Kenton TB “U” trolley
R11207 R174 Renew deck – Drake Av Middle Tk – DPK
R11208 R151 Renew deck – Tks 8,9,10 Pulaski Yd DPK
R11209 R184 Renew deck NB main Roosevelt SSM
G11210 G123 General & Admin Costs 1949
G11211 G111 Scrap office equipment
S11212 S1223 Real estate Forest Glen Garage
G11213 canx Office equipment

G11214 G118 Office equipment
S11215 G112 Office equipment
G11216 G107 Office equipment
S11217 S928 Shop equipment
S11218 S1001 Shop equipment
S11219 G105 Office equipment
S11220 S760 AC Wiring Kedzie CH
S11221 S761 Wiring Kedzie CH
S11222 S794 Remove TB line Wabansia-Mobile loop
S11223 S1171 Remove line Orleans Hubbard to Lake
S11224 S540 Shop equipment
S11225 canx Remove line 71/Cottage Grove pocket
S11226 S434 Remove 2 west tracks Riverview Loop
S11227 S697 Lighting 63rd Pl/Narragansett loop
S11228 S561 Feeders North Av Gar TB yard
S11229 S620 Shop equipment
S11230 S541 Shop equipment
S11231 S605 Inst elec TB sw’s N-E Central/Diversey,Belmont
R11232 R175 Shop equipment
S11233 S571 Scrap mail car H7
S11234 S903 Renew special work Clark/Monroe
S11235 S866 Office equipment
S11236 S1448 Landscaping
S11237 S451 Remove track Damen Lawrence to Balmoral
S11238 S621 Inst TB line Lake Park Cable Ct to 56
S11239 S622 Inst TB line Harper 56 to Cable Ct
S11240 S623 Inst TB line Cable Ct Harper to Lake Park
S11241 S456 Steam heaters Limits CH
G11242 G132 Office equipment
S11243 S369 Bus #3475 to #BS1 (burned 09/20/47)
S11244 S386 Scrap Trolley bus #103 (burned 06/24/47)
S11245 S681 Fork lift
S11246 S929 Shop equipment
R11247 R197 Walkway & lighting 33rd to 35th SSM
R11248 R231 Exit from NB platform Fullerton NSM
G11249 G125 Office furniture
R11250 R225 Platform exts Addison to Armitage NSM, 35th
to 51st SSM
R11251 R196 150 hang signs, side sign inserts for N-S A-B
S11252 S1174 Remove track Randolph Franklin to River
S11253 S562 Install lever S-E State/Lake
R11254 R212 Renew street crossings LK
S11255 S563 Install lever N-W State/Lake
S11256 S825 Real estate Central/Milwaukee
S11257 S867 Real estate Milwaukee/Central
S11258 S868 Real estate Clark/Schreiber
S11259 S483 Sell real estate 43rd/Lake Park
S11260 S756 Pit lighting & heating Limits CH
S11261 S745 Lighting North/Narragansett terminal
S11262 S550 Renew feeder Taylor Oakley to Western
S11263 S479 Renew feeder Halsted Maxwell to 16
S11264 canx Addl feeder North Av Gar TB yard
S11265 S1109 Addl TB trolley N Ave Gar bay 3
S11266 S803 Addl TB neg trolley Cicero North to Belmont NB
R11267 R182 Road machinery

S11268 S787 Inst MOEC N-E Western/Leland
S11269 S444 Rail puller
S11270 S1032 Renew x-over Chicago/Austin
S11271 S925 Remove x-over State/S of 79
S11272 S924 Renew bridge approches Western/N Branch River
S11273 S594 Remove track 23/Lake Shore to Burnham Pk term
S11274 S588 Remove track 106th Bridge
R11275 R211 Purchase feeders to State Subway from ComEd
S11276 S959 Remove line Cermak/Calumet to Burnham Pk term
S11277 S607 Inst elec sw E-S Lake/Frankln,N-E Clinton/Lake
S11278 S522 Auto #553A, retire auto #521A
S11279 S573 Auto #554A, retire auto #518A
S11280 S574 Auto #102, retire auto #56
R11281 R251 Track & platform changes Indiana SSM,
platform ext Sedgwick NSM for new N-S
S11282 S656 Remove elec sw, inst lever E-S Lake/Wabash
S11283 S674 Renew special work Clark/Lake
S11284 S662 Remove x-over Western S of Lake
S11285 S916 Renew special work Lake/Cicero
S11286 S1002 Remove special work Chicago/Sedgwick
S11287 S797 Remove x-over trolley State S of 79
S11288 S564 Remove elec sw S-E Wells/Division
S11289 S1192 Remove line Navy Pier lower level
S11290 S480 Install x-over trolley Milwaukee/Noble
S11291 S606 Phone stub pole 51/Ashland
R11292 R210 Remove interlocking and install 2 spring and
3 rigid switches 42nd Pl – Kenwood
R11293 R217 Remove interlocking and install 2 spring and
2 rigid switches 69th – Normal Pk
R11294 G129 Office equipment
R11295 R216 Replace trolley rail NSM, SSM
R11296 R205 Office equipment
S11297 S1692 Boiler 78th/Vincennes PH
S11298 S653 Fuel storage tank North Ave Gar
S11299 S796 Pit lighting 77th CH
G11300 G108 Office equipment
G11301 G107 Office furniture
S11302 S575 Shop equipment
S11303 S576 Shop equipment
S11304 S643 Shop equipment
S11305 S470 Shop equipment
S11306 S577 Shop equipment
S11307 S542 Shop equipment
S11308 S707 Shop equipment
S11309 S543 Shop equipennt
S11310 S431 Shop equipment
S11311 S1143 Retire shop equipment
S11312 S644 Retire 7 work cars
R11313 R187 Renew deck Kedzie to St Louis WB GPK
R11314 R191 Renew deck 61st Yard SSM
S11315 S597 Remove line Randolph River to Franklin
S11316 S602 Install elec sw W-NW Lake/Milwaukee
R11317 R237 Exit controls, etc Merchandise Mart NSM
S11318 S645 Shop equipment
S11319 S544 Shop equipment

S11320 S578 Shop equipment
G11321 G106 Office equipment
S11322 S990 Install TB line Clark to Clark Loop
S11323 S984 Renew special work Cottage Grove/43
S11324 S701 Remove special work Clark/18
S11325 Sell real estate Indiana/Pershing
S11326 Sell real estate Lawrence/Kewanee
S11327 Sell real estate Cermak/Ashland
S11328 Sell real estate Lawndale/Cermak
S11329 Sell real estate Lake/California
S11330 Sell real estate Pershing/Rockwell
S11331 Sell real estate Oakley/61
S11332 Sell real estate State/52
S11333 S492 Sell real estate Archer/Pershing
G11334 G115 Two-way radio system
S11335 S417 Lites 323 S Jefferson office
S11336 S786 Pump – Van Buren tunnel
S11337 S784 Remove special work Halsted/14
S11338 S906 Remove special work Ashland/35
S11339 S702 Remove elec sw S-W Wabash/Lake
S11340 S1026 Remove track Belmont Kimball to Western
S11341 S443 Royalties on PCC streetcars
R11342 R171 Royalties on PCC RT cars
G11343 G126 Office furniture
S11344 S805 Line & lites for Western/Leland PCC loop
S11345 S751 Oil burner – Limits CH Boiler room
S11346 S551 Remove line Burley 83 to 87
S11347 S552 Remove line 87th Burley to Buffalo
S11348 S627 Remove line Buffalo 87 to 89
S11349 S804 Remove line Western/Roscoe loop 2 outer tracks
S11350 S926 Remove track Belmont Cicero to Pulaski
S11351 S981 Remove track Belmont Western to Damen
S11352 S1015 Remove track Belmont Pulaski to Kimball
S11353 S1018 Remove track Belmont Sheffield to Halsted
S11354 S1025 Remove track Belmont Damen to Sheffield
S11355 S1022 Remove track Belmont Central to Cicero
S11356 S905 Conv Halsted Waveland loop to 79 to PCC
S11357 S604 Add ex-CECo trucks #175-177
S11358 S1034 Alterations to trucks #175-177
S11359 S757 Lighting Western/Birchwood loop
R11360 R209 Renew deck N Pocket Loomis – EN
S11361 canx Remove special work Fullerton/Racine
S11362 S960 Remove special work 79/Exchange
S11363 S1246 Renew feeders Broadway Devon to Lawrence
S11364 S992 Move poles Blue Island/18, Halsted/Canalport
S11365 S390 Conv boiler room to garage 323 S Jefferson
R11366 R213 Relay Indiana Av middle tk curve – SSM
R11367 R214 Renew deck NB 40/Prairie curve SSM
S11368 S763 Widen street Western/Leland for PCC loop
S11369 S579 Shop equipment
S11370 Sell real estate Harper/64
S11371 S494 Sell real estate Ridge/Devon
S11372 S495 Sell real estate 21/Laflin
S11373 S496 Sell real estate Lincoln/Belle Plaine
S11374 Sell real estate State/61

S11375 Sell real estate Grand/Leavitt
S11376 S499 Sell real estate Lincoln/Sheffield
S11377 Sell real estate Halsted/80
S11378 S501 Sell real estate Harrison/Western
S11379 S502 Sell real estate (PROW) Throop/31
S11380 Sell real estate (PROW) 31/Morgan
S11381 S826 155 of 1721-1785,3119-3178,6155-6198 to OMC
S11382 S726 Lighing in washrooms & locker rooms – W Shops
S11383 S682 Shop equipment
S11384 S1158 Install N-W curve Bay 1 to Lead Limits CH
S11385 S1079 Remove track Noble CH yard
S11386 S767 Remove track California/Roscoe
S11387 S1134 Remove rail 18th Blue Island to Canal
S11388 S580 Truck #584
S11389 S683 Scrap streetcars 779 (F 6/28/47), 866,874,875
(F 7/12/49)
S11390 S703 Inst MOEC NE-N Blue Island/Leavitt,NE-N Blue
Island/Damen
S11391 S1023 Renew feeders Chicago/Michigan,Fairbanks
S11392 S2035 Central/Milwaukee terminal
S11393 S869 Shop equipment
S11394 S878 Addl feeder Western Haddon to Grand
S11395 S962 Remove track Archer/Ashland bridge WB
S11396 S589 Remove track 103 Halsted to Racine
S11397 S993 Electrical equipment for PCC’s
S11398 S510 Sell law books
S11399 S606 Inst x-over trolley Damen N of North
S11400 S1132 Remove special work Division/Clybourn
S11401 S1160 Renew special work Division/Crosby
S11402 S964 Renew N-E curve Central/63
S11403 S800 Renew special work Pulaski/Milwaukee
S11404 S708 Retire truck #546
S11405 S518 Remove track 122 via Burley-Brandon to 130
S11406 S746 Heat & light in toilet Belmont/Cumberland
S11407 S747 Heat & light in toilet/Belmont/Octavia
S11408 canx Rem trolley E-N curve Randolph/Clark
S11409 S598 Remove MOEC North/Lamon W-S
S11410 R183 Scrap shop equipment
S11411 S899 Remove line bays 1-2 Limits CH
R11412 R201 Renew deck Logan Sq Yard
R11413 R199 Renew deck Logan Sq Yard switches
S11414 S727 88 bus stop signs – Rte 97
S11415 R372 Rearrange E pocket & platform Kimball Yd
S11416 S581 Auto #104, retire auto #80
S11417 S582 Shop equipment
S11418 S1003 Renew trolley Cermak 47th Av to Calumet
S11419 S1068 Move poles 51 State to Halsted
S11420 S684 Scrap streetcar #6295 (F 7/31/49)
S11421 S583 Shop equipment
S11422 G119 Office equipment
G11423 G128 Office furniture
R11424 R250 Relay Tk 1,3 Dakin NSM
S11425 G133 Office equipment
S11426 S545 Office furniture
S11427 S646 Shop equipment

S11428 S995 Shop equipment
S11429 S736 Shop equipment
S11430 S1640 AC wiring South Shops powerhouse
S11431 S982 Renew track Western Armitage to Fullerton
R11432 R203 Relay WB curve Kimball Av RV
R11433 R202 Renew deck 61st Yard – SSM
R11434 R207 Relay Tks 2 & 3 Wolfram NSM
S11435 S1019 Remove track Devon Kedzie to California
S11436 G127 Office equipment
S11437 S1337 Renew special work Franklin/Washington
G11438 G120 Office furniture
S11439 S762 Lighting & heat Western/Berwyn loop
S11440 S633 Renew feeder Irving Park Fremont to Kenmore
S11441 S966 Remove x-over Armitage E of Rockwell
S11442 S1049 Remove x-overs 63 Pl E of Austin,E of Meade
S11443 S2104 Remove line Noble CH
S11444 S1186 Remove RR xings Cermak/May (CB&Q)
S11445 S785 Lighting – South Shops
S11446 S565 Remove MOEC S-E Western/Devon
S11447 S524 Sell real estate Melrose/California
S11448 S505 Sell real estate 38th/Rockwell
S11449 S655 Sell real estate Pershing/Rockwell
S11450 S506 Sell real estate 14th/Paulina
S11451 S686 Sell real estate Grand/LaSalle
S11452 S507 Sell real estate Cottage Grove/55th
S11453 S508 Sell real estate 71st/Yates
S11454 S1073 Remove track 51 Halsted to State
S11455 canx Renew track Clark Sheffield to Wellington
S11456 S1691 Renew spec wk, rem E-N curve Clark/Randolph
S11457 S1052 Renew track Halsted 31 to 34
S11458 S833 Shop equipment
S11459 R204 Relay deck, Caton and Fullerton LSQ
S11460 S517 Retire isolated track segments
G11461 G135 Office equipment
S11462 S1029 Remove x-over Western S of Roscoe
S11463 S1222 Remove leads bay 4, install bay 7 Lawndale CH
S11464 S852 Renew feeder Clark Lawrence to Leland
S11465 S1254 Radio equipment
G11466 G121 Office furniture
S11467 S1378 Conv to TB Fullerton Central to Halsted
S11468 S896 Renew disconnect sws Western Maypole to Elston
S11469 S967 Shop equipment
S11470 S827 Shop equipment
S11471 S713 Shop equipment
S11472 S807/R540 Shop equipment
S11473 G136 Office equipment
S11474 S691 Office furniture
S11475 canx Scrap shop equipment
S11476 S709 Ret #Q502-Q503, add hi-lifts #HL1-HL6
S11477 S610 Remove x-over trolley Armitage/Rockwell
S11478 R232 Relay Lombard to Humphrey LK
S11479 S828 9 spreaders for #165,174,561,570-573,575,R53
G11480 G122 Office equipment
S11481 S919 Remove rail West Shops
S11482 S710 Shop equipment

R11483 R221 Canopy uder structure Fullerton NSM
S11484 S1195 Shorten TB loop Diversey/Neva
S11485 S1085 Remove line Racine Adams to Van Buren
R11486 R180 Shop equipment
S11487 S1220 Clark/North terminal
G11488 canx Office furniture
S11489 S665 Renew feeder Western Ohio to Erie
R11490 R215 Remove stairs Congress St Stub S side of str
S11491 S1054 Remove track 18 Damen to Leavitt
S11492 S1270 Remove track Lake/Hamlin Yard
S11493 S840 Remove poles 108 Ewing to Ave D
S11494 S1057 Remove track 18 Canal to River viaduct
S11495 S1035 Scrap shop equipment
S11496 S670 Install poles Illinois/LaSalle
R11497 R233 Extend and repair canopy Fullerton NSM NB
R11498 R218 Remove canopy Halsted St NSM
S11499 S634 Install x-over trolley Randolph W of Wells
S11500 S999 Fullerton/Parkside terminal
S11501 S657 Renew feeder Wells Grand to Ontario
S11502 S663 Renew feeder Wells/Grand
R11503 R278 Pit – 61st shop SSM
S11504 S687 Sell real estate – 84th/State
S11505 S1097 Buy real estate Kedzie/Peterson
S11506 S1098 Buy real estate Kedzie/Peterson
S11507 S1058 Shop equipment
S11508 S1219 Install N-E curve Halsted/Armitage
S11509 S776 Auto #105, retire auto #68
S11510 S692 Auto #103, retire auto #64
S11511 S953 Remove RR xings Commercial/83 Pl (B&O)
S11512 S714 Shop equipment
S11513 S1285 TB line thru Central/Milw terminal, rem
Milwaukee/Foster TB line
S11514 S1104 Remove x-over Clark S of Washington
S11515 S1207 Renew special work Jefferson/Washington
R11516 R239 Heaters – Skokie Shops
R11517 R208 Renew deck 61st Yard SSM
R11518 R268 Extend platform west – Loomis EN
S11519 S1074 Install x-over California S of School
R11520 R288 Poster frames – RT
S11521 S583 Retire auto #550A
S11522 S717 Remove MOEC S-W State/Harrison
S11523 S719 Remove elec sw E-S Lake/Dearborn
S11524 canx Office furniture
S11525 S673 Install x-over trolley California/School
S11526 S647 Scrap coal cars #C61-C62
S11527 S813 Renew trolley Michigan 115 to 119
S11528 S977 Shop equipment
S11529 S978 Shop equipment
S11530 S1110 Kedzie/Peterson terminal
S11531 S1268 Install curves 63rd into Lower 63rd RT yard
R11532 S1415/R356 Rearrange elect equip 63rd yard SSM
R11533 R263 Relocate & extend tracks 63rd yard SSM
R11534 R224 Renew deck Logan Sq yard LSQ
S11535 S720 Remove elec sw, inst holder N-E Dearborn/Lake
S11536 S664 Renew feeder Oakley Blue Island to Coulter

G11537 G134 Office furniture
S11538 S737 Water coolers – West Shop
S11539 S884 Install trolley Halsted/Armitage “Y”
S11540 S1036 Retire truck #551
S11541 canx Remove x-over trolley Clark/Washington
S11542 S998 Renew x-over Schreiber W of Clark
S11543 S913 Replace doors – West Shops
S11544 S1557 Buy real estate Kedzie/Peterson
G11545 G130 Office equipment
R11546 R265 Heaters – Skokie Shops
R11547 R296 Renew deck Racine EN
S11548 S750 Pave floor Division/Western CH bay 3
S11549 S688 Shop equipment
R11550 R327 Shop equipment
S11551 S728 Shop equipment
S11552 S1248 Building alterations – Grand/Leavitt
S11553 S729 Road equipment
S11554 S808 2 Semi-trailers #994-995
S11555 S834 Office furniture
S11556 S1011 Shop equipment
S11557 S870 Shop equipment
S11558 S871 Shop equipment
S11559 S738 Shop equipment
S11560 S968 Shop equipment
S11561 S773 Shop equipment
S11562 canx Shop equipment
S11563 S835 Shop equipment
S11564 S730 Shop equipment
S11565 S739 Shop equipment
S11566 S740 Shop equipment
S11567 S741 Shop equipment
S11568 S872 Shop equipment
S11569 canx Wiring for wheel grinder – 77th CH
S11570 canx Wiring for wheel grinder – Devon CH
S11571 canx Wiring for wheel grinder – 69th CH
S11572 canx Wiring for wheel grinder – Devon CH
S11573 S920 Addl wiring – Grand/Leavitt
S11574 S816 Renew trolley Chicago Clark to Lake Shore
S11575 S904 Remove MOEC x-over 93 E of Drexel
G11576 G153 Office equipment
S11577 S1124 Remove Burnside CH yard
S11578 S963 Install x-over 31 E of Karlov
S11579 S1453 Buy real estate North/Winchester
S11580 S997 Canopy – Narragansett/63rd Pl terminal
S11581 S996 2 Canopies – Halsted/79th terminal
R11582 R226 Inst supv booth Fullerton NSM NB S end
S11583 canx Revise feeders Franklin Sub to Dearborn Sway
S11584 canx Revise feeders East Lake Sub to Dearborn Sway
S11585 S815 Renew trolley Grand Wabash to Pier
R11586 R297 Suppl interlocker T18 for 2 x-overs on Lake,
Wells/Washington
R11587 R305 Rebuild Lake/Pine crossing – LK
R11588 R670 Line supervision system – North/South, Lake
S11589 S987 Install x-over trolley 31/Karlov
S11590 S817 Renew trolley California Milwaukee to Chicago

S11591 S818 Renew trolley Wabash Grand to Cermak
S11592 S1056 Remove special work Halsted/Webster
S11593 S1020 Renew trolley Kedzie Chicago to Marquette
S11594 S1048 Remove track Vincennes PROW 90 to 107
S11595 S1173 Remove line 95 Commercial to River
S11596 S1189 Remove line S Chicago 93 to 95
S11597 S841 Remove line 92 Buffalo to River
S11598 S954 Remove RR xings 111/Rockwell (B&OCT)
G11599 G157 Office furniture
R11600 canx Loudspeakers – Fullerton NSM NB
R11601 canx Loudspeakers – Fullerton NSM SB
S11602 S853 Renew trough Western/Lake
S11603 S1221 Renew track 69 CH bay 6
S11604 S1028 Remove switch to frog shop Ogden/13
S11605 S731 4 spreaders for BA5-BA6,BA9-BA10
S11606 S842 Renew trough Wallace/40
R11607 R253 Train annunciator – SB local track Chicago
Av to Chicago Tower NSM
S11608 S843 Remove feeder 127th Michigan to Indiana
S11609 S849 Remove feeder Michigan 119 to 127
S11610 S845 Remove line Illinois Orleans to Wells
S11611 S846 Remove feeder Indiana, PROW 127 to 134
S11612 S847 Remove feeder 134 PROW to Indiana
S11613 S848 Remove feeder Indiana 134 to River
S11614 S837 Renew feeder Crawford Sub to Milwaukee
S11615 S849 Remove x-over trolley 63rd E of Central Pk
R11616 R243 Conv shop to carhouse Hamlin LK
S11617 S1093 Concrete floors – West Shops W End/Wash Bldg
S11618 S1083 Remove E-S curve 63/South Park
R11619 R234 Feeder cable Howard Yard NSM
S11620 S1090 Remove RR xings 111/Hale,Vincennes/103, 89
S11621 S1531 Scrap shop equipment
S11622 canx Scrap 200 streetcars
G11623 G138 Office furniture
G11624 G158 Office eqipment
S11625 S1130 Sprinklers – Limits Garage
S11626 S1224 Build California/31st terminal
S11627 S1202 Remove x-over Cottage Grove S of 31st
S11628 S1030 Renew trolley 79th Western to Brandon
S11629 S944 Remove poles Madison State to Wabash
S11630 S945 Remove poles Randolph State to wabash
R11631 R264 Remove block signals Cermak to 40 SSM exp tk
S11632 S850 Remove line 31st Kostner to Karlov
S11633 S1000 Remove x-over 74th W of Halsted
S11634 S879 Remove elec sw, inst holder S-E Halsted/79
S11635 S666 Install stub phone pole 51/Western
R11636 R236 Addl lites – Wellington,Diversey,Armitage NSM,
Montrose RV
S11637 S667 Install stub phone pole 26/California
S11638 S711 Road equipment
S11639 S969 Office furniture
S11640 S851 Renew feeder 61 Vernon to Eberhart
S11641 S1804 Shop equipment
S11642 S742 Office equipment
S11643 S1088 Renew x-over Root E of Halsted

R11644 R298 Generators for trucks #704,707
S11645 S1084 Remove x-over Larrabee N of Division, install
x-over Larrabee S of Oak
G11646 G154 Office equipment
S11647 S748 Lites Central/Harrison terminal
R11648 R230 Shop equipment
R11649 R266 Shop equipment
S11650 S721 Remove elec sw S-SW Cottage Grove/S Chgo
S11651 S718 Remove elec sw NW-N Milwaukee/Kedzie
S11652 S1658 Remove line Kedzie Bryan Mawr to Milwaukee
S11653 S779 Remove elec sw, install holder S-E Desplaines/
Randolph
R11654 R321 Relay Eggleston to Loomis EN
S11655 S668 Install stub phone pole Damen/Irving Pk
S11656 S613 Renew E-S curve Armitage/Clark
S11657 S671 Install stub phone pole 111/Kedzie
S11658 S694 City cost to pave tracks 1949
S11659 S712 Addl costs on removals 6/1 to 12/31/49
S11660 S695 Retire abandoned tracks and line
R11661 R198 Retire closed stations

AFE/AFR’s 1950 series

R12000 R373 Extend NB platform Damen LSQ, add North Av exit
S12001 S693 Scrap 200 streetcars
R12002 R371 Shop equipment
S12003 S921 Lighting Kedzie/Peterson loop
R12004 R504 Shop equipment
S12005 S1532 “No Parking – Bus Stop” signs
S12006 S855 Renew feeder Division/Western
S12007 S1071 Renew trolley Cottage Grove Cermak to 56th
S12008 S970 Time clocks Beverly,North Park,S Shops
S12009 canx Transformer – Westlawn Sub
S12010 S971 6 Electrofarer fareboxes (test)
R12011 canx Renew deck – lower Wilson incline trestle
R12012 R246 Renew deck – Eggleston EN
R12013 R219 Shop equipment
S12014 S1111 Convert bay 2 for TB’s North Ave
S12015 S1086 Remove line Vincennes Halsted to Monterey
S12016 S1087 Remove line Halsted 81st to Vincennes
G12017 G131 Office furniture
G12018 G173 General & Administrative costs 1950
G12019 G137 Office furniture
S12020 S897 Renew feeder Cortland Ashland to Elston
S12021 S1622 Renew tracks Lake/River Bridge
S12022 S930 Office equipment
S12023 S946 Remove line Monterey Vincennes to 111th
S12024 S1065 Remove line 111th Monterey to Sacramento
S12025 S829 Shop equipment
S12026 S830 Shop equipment
R12027 R220 Office furniture
R12028 canx Stairway Jackson Pk JPK SE corner
S12029 S1213 Pole account 1950
S12030 S1367 Remove special work Western/Taylor
S12031 S836 Pumping equipment – Grand/Leavitt
S12032 S743 Retire auto #532A, add auto #556A
G12033 G175 Office furniture
S12034 S879 Sell real estate Madison Loophouse
S12035 S890 Move x-over trolley Larrabee/north of Division to south of Oak
S12036 S1491 12 dump bottoms for trucks #R51,52,54-59,251-254
S12037 S758 Retire air compressor
S12038 S2660 Remove line Blue Island CH
S12039 S788 Install MOEC Elston/s of Lawrence x-over
S12040 S883 Renew feeder Division/Western
S12041 S789 Install electric switch Pulaski/Elston S-SE
S12042 S887 Renew feeder Blue Island Arthington to Cabrini
S12043 S922 Expand SR56 – South Shops
S12044 S1533 Shop equipment
S12045 S774 Shop equipment
S12046 S837 Conv oil furnace to gas – West Shops
S12047 S1150 Replace CECo MH covers with CTA covers
S12048 S809 Shop equipment
S12049 S1037 Shop equipment
S12050 S1050 Shop equipment
S12051 S1257 Shop equipment
S12052 S831 Shop equipment

S12053 S1368 Shop equipment
S12054 S810 Shop equipment
S12055 S1038 Shop equipment
R12056 R367 Equipment – East Lake Sub
R12057 R518 Cables – East Lake Sub
R12058 R365 Cables – Milwaukee Sub
S12059 S1346 Feeder panels – Milwaukee Sub
S12060 S1141 Move poles 35th/Morgan
S12061 S939 AC lighting Lincoln CH offices, trainroom
G12062 G142 Office equipment
R12063 R274 Walkway north of Armitage SB NSM
G12064 G143 Office furniture
G12065 G144 Office furniture
S12066 S860 Sell real estate Larrabee/Armitage CH
G12067 G164 Office equipment
S12068 S780 Tongue holder Lawrence/Pulaski E-S
S12069 S1313 Remove x-over Chicago/west of Clark
S12070 S1120 Remove line Burnside CH yard
S12071 S1121 Renew feeder Grand Desplaines to River
G12072 G145 Office equipment
S12073 S900 Office equipment
S12074 S880 Tongue holders Elston/Pulaski NW-N,Pulaski/Lawrence N-E
G12075 G146 Office equipment
R12076 canx Stairways & booth 51st SSM
S12077 S1004 Replace gasoline tank Avondale Yd
R12078 R408 Remodel Logan Sq inspection shop
R12079 R361 Feeder cable Kedzie/Harrison sub
S12080 S1113 Electrical lighting W Shops
S12081 S1821 Material elevator W Shops
R12082 R309 Feeder conduit Dearborn Subway to Franklin Sub
R12083 R366 Equipment – Franklin Sub
R12084 R368 Cables – Franklin Sub
S12085 S775 Scrap #3188 (burned 11/25/49)
R12086 R378 Parts #6001-6130 RT cars
S12087 S781 Electric switch Dearborn/Randolph S-W
S12088 S782 Electric switch Randolph/Wells W-N
R12089 R267 Conv home to block signal Indiana Av SSM NB middle track
S12090 S1131 Remove special work Kedzie/Archer
R12091 canx Install diamond x-over, 2 sidings Cicero DP
S12092 S1027 Renew feeder Cottage Grove 36th to 37th
R12093 R310 Feeder duct Dearborn Subway to East Lake Sub
G12094 G139 Office furniture
G12095 G168 Office furniture
S12096 S972 Shop equipment
S12097 S811 Shop equipment
S12098 S1704 Conv CSL bus stop signs to CTA type
S12099 S1126 Remove special work Kedzie/16th
S12100 S1140 Remove rail 18th Damen to Blue Island
S12101 S856 Remove x-over trolley Chicago/west of Clark
S12102 S1184 Remove line Dorchester 63rd to 64th
S12103 S1185 Remove line Harper 62nd to 63rd
S12104 S1191 Remove line 64th Stony Island to Dorchester
S12105 S1153 Remove line 62nd Harper to Stony Island
S12106 S881 Remove electric switch Cortland/Paulina W-N
S12107 S1024 Remove track Devon California to Western

G12108 G198 Office furniture
R12109 R323 Renew footwalk SSM
R12110 canx Replace wood with streel stringers Wilson Incl
R12111 R313 X-over betw T1, T2 north of Clark NSM
R12112 canx Open pit Linden Yd
R12113 R307 Chain link fence 63rd Yard SSM
S12114 S1463 New yard track Lower 63rd under L to 61st Frog Shop
S12115 canx Relay Clark Sheffield to Addison
R12116 R272 Replace flange angles Loop
S12117 S1228 Lighting Cottage Grove/72nd loop
S12118 S1159 Move poles 51st Kedzie to Wood
G12119 G167 Office furniture
S12120 S1060 Shop equipment
S12121 S1144 Shop equipment
S12122 S931 Shop equipment
S12123 S1039 Shop equipment
S12124 S888 Renew feeder 21st Clark to Dearborn
S12125 S861 Sell real estate 109/Ewing, 109/Av L
S12126 S1180 Shop equipment
G12127 G151 Office equipment
S12128 S1105 Lighting South Shops SR56
G12129 G169 Office equipment
S12130 S1181 Replace poles Lawrence Austin to Broadway
S12131 S1534 Shop equipment
S12132 S932 Shop equipment
S12133 S1114 Remove CB&Q RR x-ings Throop/Cermak
R12134 R401 Ballast drains RV
R12135 R344 Renew footwalk LK
S12136 S1005 Remove line Adams Racine to Desplaines
R12137 R259 Electrical changes for new x-over NSM Clark
G12138 G140 Office qeuipment
S12139 S917 Electrical circuit – W Shops
R12140 R262 Scrap RT cars #3076,3082 (burned 02/03/50)
S12141 S947 Renew feeder Lincoln/Belden
S12142 S715 Additional salvage from pre-10/1/47 AFR’s
S12143 S1013 Alterations to 23rd/Halsted CH for sand stor
S12144 S2801 Change feeders East Lake, Illinois Subs
S12145 S1062 Renew trolley Chicago Austin to Kedzie, California to LaSalle
S12146 S1578 Counduits – East Lake Sub
S12147 S1272 Remove feeders Cermak Wabash to Silverton
S12148 S885 Remove x-over trolley Halsted/s of Buckingham
S12149 S1548 Remove x-over Halsted/s of Buckingham
S12150 S1475 Remove track Taylor Western to Halsted
G12151 G159 Office equipment
G12152 G152 Office equipment
S12153 S1053 Remove track 18th/viaduct over C&WI
S12154 S961 Remove switch Caicero/Archer loop
S12155 S1480 Rearrange Halsted/Pershing Yard
S12156 S1539 Addition to Halsted/Pershing Yard office
S12157 S862 Sell real estate 80th/Emerald
S12158 S1112 Remove feeders Kedzie/Harrison sub
G12159 G155 Office furniture
S12160 S1766 Engineering Forest Glen Garage
S12161 S873 Shop equipment
S12162 S914 Remove apt bldg 94th/South Chicago CH site

G12163 G174 Office equipment
S12164 S1502 Pole puling equipment
S12165 S1286 Degreasing room – South Shops
S12166 S1145 Office furniture
G12167 canx Office equipment
S12168 S874 Shop equipment
S12169 S1063 Remove trolley S Chicago 71st to 93rd
R12170 R346 Renew deck – pockets 1 and 4 Wilson NSM
R12171 R457 Renew deck – Upper Wilson Yd NSM
S12172 S956 Renew feeder Blue Island Cabrini to Polk
S12173 S1263 Repave Grand River Bridge
R12174 R525 Feeder Kolmar sub
S12175 S1308 Electric switch Archer/Clark NE-N
S12176 S1447 Transformer – Westlawn Sub
S12177 S838 18 fire extinguishers
S12178 S988 Renew feeder Racine/Garfield
S12179 S955 Remove C&NW RR xings North/Magnolia
S12180 canx Remove C&NW RR xings Fullerton/Wolcott
S12181 S1401 Remove special work Kedzie/51st
S12182 S1170 Remove track Morgan 31st to Pershing
S12183 S1081 Remove special work Elam/Larrabee
R12184 R343 New lights – Wells Terminal Met Main
R12185 S933 Road equipment
S12186 S882 Switch heater Cottage Grove/38th N-W
S12187 S1481 Shop equipment
S12188 S1040 Lift truck
S12189 S901 Shop equipment
G12190 G160 Office equipment
S12191 S973 Shop equipment
S12192 S1347 AC meterering panels – 4 subs
S12193 S1117 Renew trolley Lake/Randolph
S12194 S1574 Move poles Irving Park/River Bridge
S12195 S1031 Remove trolley 91st Baltimore to South Chicago
G12196 G191 Office equipment
R12197 R345 Relay T3 49th SSM
S12198 S1211 Resectionalize Lawrence Austin to Broadway
S12199 S1106 Remove trolley Baltimore 91st to South Chicago
S12200 S864 Lighting 63rd/Narragansett loop
G12201 G176 Office equipment
R12202 R252 2 exit turnstiles Dearborn/Van Buren mezz loop
S12203 S1021 Alterations to Pershing/Halsted yard
G12204 G147 Office furniture
S12205 S1006 Renew TB line on Wabansia, Luna
S12206 S1356 Relay Milwaukee/Imlay loop
R12207 R247 Retire shop machinery
S12208 S812 Scrap streetcar #415 (burned 03/12/50)
S12209 S1146 Scrap shop machinery
S12210 S974 Shop equipment
S12211 R248 Shop equipment
G12212 G148 Office furniture
S12213 S957 Renew feeder 87th Ashvand to Vincennes
R12214 R375 Move columns Lake/Wacker LK
S12215 S915 Lighting 79th/Halsted loop platforms
G12216 G161 Office furniture
R12217 R257 Replace phone cable hangers NSM

S12218 S1064 Remove x-over trolley 63 Pl E & W of Austin
S12219 S948 Remove pole 79th/Brandon
S12220 S893 Remove pole Marshfield/71st
S12221 S891 Remove pole Lawndale CH
S12222 S949 Replace pole Roosevelt/Kenton
R12223 R316 Remove Buena,Grace,Clark,Wrightwood,Webster,Halsted,Larrabee,Schiller,
Division,Oak – NSM, Ravenswood RV, State/Congress,18th,26th,29th,
31st,Pershing SSM, Princeton,Parnell EN
S12224 S1165 Remove MILW RR xings North/Cherry
S12225 S989 Renew feeder Western Ohio to Erie
S12226 G165 Office equipment
R12227 R283 Retire interlocking,add spring switch Lawndale HPK
R12228 R258 Renew phone hangers Met Main, LK
S12229 S950 Remove x-over trolley Western N of Lincoln,S of Lake
S12230 S1300 Shop equipment
S12231 S934 Parts for ACF-Brill TB’s
S12232 S1271 Retire window curtains for PCC’s 4052-4171,7035-7114
R12233 R270 Office furniture
G12234 G170 Office equipment
S12235 S1239 Front end ad frames cars & buses
S12236 S1118 Rearrange trolley Halsted/Pershing Yard
S12237 S1639 Build bus terminal 111th/Harding
R12238 R306 Renew flange angles SSM
S12239 S1338 Lighting – West Shops
S12240 S1129 Relay Chicago Laramie to Pine
S12241 S1288 Remove MOEC Van Buren/Wells W-S
S12242 S975 Shop equipment
S12243 S1390 Fire escape W Shops
R12244 R275 Renew deck Logan Sq
S12245 S1462 Partitions in office 77th CH
R12246 R279 New doors 61st Shops SSM
R12247 R261 Road equipment
R12248 R337 New track S of Shop Kimball Yd
S12249 S1357 Remove rail Irving Park/River Bridge
S12250 S1007 Renew spans Larrabee Lincoln to Chicago
S12251 S1196 Move poles Taylor Western to Halsted
S12252 S1803 Renew feeders Illinois Sub
S12253 S1208 Shop equipment
S12254 S1198 Office furniture
S12255 G149 Office equipment
S12256 S863 Sell land & bldg Sheffield/Lill
S12257 S1273 TB line Maypole Pulaski to Springfield, West Shops bay 13
S12258 S1256 TB line Grand North to Pulaski, Pulaski Grand to Maypole
S12259 S1133 Neg trolley for TB Cicero Belmont to North SB (not completed)
S12260 S1147 Shop equipment
S12261 S1234 Lighting Devon CH
S12262 S1072 Renew trolley 18 State to Indiana, Indiana 18 to Cermak
S12263 S1430 Renew rail Irving Park/Ashland
R12264 R826 Remove feeder Van Buren tunnel
R12265 R244 Telephone cable EV
S12266 S1152 Renew feeder Harrison Dearborn to Clark
S12267 R1249 Replace fence S Shops Vincennes, 79th sides
S12268 G150 Office furniture
S12269 canx Bus stop signs
R12270 R325 New stairs to boiler rm Pulaski/DPK

S12271 S979 Office furniture
S12272 S1199 Scrap shop equipment
S12273 S1136 Renew feeder 79th Colfax to Brandon
S12274 S1075 Additional feeder Chicago Mozart to Kedzie
S12275 S821 Accounting entry – West Shops taxes 10/1 to 12/31/47
S12276 S1352 Relay Cottage Grove 31st to 36th
G12277 G156 Office furniture
R12278 R301 Power winch for truck #707
R12279 R249 Road machinery
R12280 canx Arc welder
S12281 canx Additional contactors for MOEC’s
S12282 S1238 Electric switch protection Clark/Armitage,State/43,State/Root
S12283 S2086 Electric switch protection
R12284 R483 Auto block signals SB tracks Clark Jct NSM
S12285 R1319 Replace fork lift
S12286 S935 Scrap 43 service cars
R12287 R291 Scrap 75 RT motor cars
R12288 R292 Scrap 75 RT coaches
S12289 S1253 Remove track 51st Kedzie to Western
S12290 S1203 Remove track Southport Roscoe to Cortland
S12291 S1137 Renew feeder Milwaukee Western to Moffatt
S12292 S951 Renew feeder Homer Campbell to Logan Sq L
S12293 S1142 Renew track Root w of Halsted
S12294 S985 Gas storage tank Grand/Leavitt
S12295 S1157 Tie switch box Western/Devon
S12296 canx Power feed to cranes S Shops
S12297 S1107 Remove x-over trolley State s of Madison
S12298 S1066 Remove feeder Western Devon to Lawrence
R12299 R276 Renew deck – Logan Sq Yard
S12300 S1212 Remove x-over State S of Madison
S12301 S1264 Remove tracks Fullerton/River Bridge
S12302 S1642 Build Cicero/Pensacola terminal
G12303 G183 Office furniture
S12304 S1599 Scrap line shafts – S Shops
S12305 S1327 Shop equipment
R12306 R385 Time recorder clocks
S12307 S936 Replace spreaders on #166,167,169,170,574
S12308 canx Wreck Burnside CH train room
R12309 R277 Renew stringers Rockwell Br – LK
R12310 R351 Ad frames Dearborn Subway
R12311 R299 Remove jumpfrog x-over S of Damen LSQ
S12312 S1479 Wreck truck #585
S12313 S1116 Strip Burnside CH for sale
G12314 G162 Office furniture
S12315 S1061 Shop equipment
S12316 S1850 Shop equipment
S12317 S1041 Shop equipment
S12318 S1722 Rehab freight elevator S Shops
S12319 S1014 Lighting 31st/California loop
R12320 R273 3rd rail alts acct removal of xover LSQ Damen
S12321 S1465 Purchase real estate Cicero/Pensacola
R12322 R355 16 TVM’s – Dearborn Subway
S12323 S1176 Renew trolley State Division to Kinzie
S12324 S1287 Add’l contactors for MOEC California/Milwaukee N-NW
S12325 S980 Electric switch Chicago/Cicero E-N

S12326 S1162 Alter trolley 69th CH bay 4 car washer
S12327 S923 Rem elec switch, install lever Elston/Milwaukee NW-N
S12328 S940 Rem MOEC, install lever Division/Milwaukee NW-W
S12329 S927 Rem elec switch, install lever Division/Milwaukee E-SE
R12330 R338 Platform extensions – Loomis EN
S12331 S1217 Repave alley E of W Shops Lake to W End
R12332 R382 Replace flange angles RV
S12333 S1183 Move poles Southport/Lincoln, Cortland
S12334 S1178 Renew trolley Division Clark to State
S12335 S1717 Rearrange track for car washer 69th CH bay 4
S12336 S1541 Shop equipment
S12337 S1240 Shop equipment
S12338 S1432 Remove special work exc N-E,W-S curves Western/Devon
S12339 S1076 Renew feeder Grand Kingsbury to Franklin
S12340 S1077 Renew feeder Illinois Wells to Franklin
S12341 S1042 Pul-lifts #150,162-164,563,567-569,579-580
R12342 R281 Remove interlocker St Louis GPK
S12343 S983 Remove tongue holder Chicago/Halsted W-S
S12344 S952 Renew feeder Milwaukee Wabansia to Concord
S12345 S937 Retire truck #129
S12346 S1324 Remove special work Kedzie/59th
S12347 canx Renew special work, rem W-S Madison/Clinton
S12348 canx Install N-W curve Wentworth/79th S Shops Yard
S12349 S1342 Renew track State 13th to 15th
S12350 S1755 Renew track Madison LaSalle to Wells
R12351 R320 Renew deck – Lake St River Bridge
S12352 S1125 Pave bays 4-5-6 Division CH
R12353 R330 Repeater signal A269 – Clybourn/North/State Sub
S12354 S1358 Move poles Grand/Laramie
R12355 R280 Scrap RT car #309 (burned 05/17/50)
S12356 S1043 Scrap 100 streetcars
S12357 S1108 Scrap buses #6104,6122, conv 16 to #BA20-BA35
G12358 G166 Office equipment
S12359 S1437,R636 Real estate Logan Sq terminal bus loop
S12360 S2029 Propane facilities North/Cicero
G12361 canx Office equipment
G12362 G179 Office equipment
S12363 S1123 Renew feeders 48th Sub
S12364 S1138 Renew feeder Madison Franklin to Clark
S12365 canx Renew feeder Wells, Lake, LaSalle
S12366 canx Renew feeder Franklin Jackson to Adams
S12367 canx Renew feeder Milwaukee
S12368 S1067 Renew feeder 49/Honore
S12369 S1044 Shop equipment
S12370 S1255 Renew track Grand/C&NW viaduct w of River
S12371 S1078 Renew feeder 48 Marshfield to Ashland
R12372 R318 Equipment for RT crane S223
S12373 S1163 Addl feeder Roosevelt/Clark
R12374 R331 2 floodlite poles Clark tower
S12375 S1122 Remove line Wells Harrison to Roosevelt
S12376 S1414 Power facilities West Shops
S12377 S1008 Storage Battery Maypole Sub
S12378 S1214 Shoo-fly Halsted/Congress Xway
S12379 S1807 Shop equipment
S12380 S1267 Shop equipment

S12381 S1218 Shoo-fly trolley Haslted/Congress Xway
S12382 S1177 Renew feeder Archer/Canal, Cermak
S12383 S1374 Remove track Kedzie Bryn Mawr to Montrose
R12384 R625 Addition Unit #2 – Skokie Shops
S12385 S1139 Move poles Madison Canal to Clinton
S12386 S1466 Real estate Cicero/24th Pl
S12387 S938 Sell land & buildings – Burnside CH
S12388 S1250 Build North/Winchester terminal
R12389 R448 Shop equipment
S12390 S1045 Scrap PCC car 7078 (burned 05/25/50)
S12391 S1046 Scrap salt car AA45 (burned 05/27/50)
S12392 S1047 Scrap shop equipment
R12393 R269 Renew feeder – 20th Sub
S12394 S1154 Phone stub pole Cottage Grove/55th
S12395 S1149 Scrap 200 street cars
S12396 S1204 Remove track 51st Western to Wood
S12397 S1659 Move poles 47th State to Cottage Grove
S12398 S1229 Control equip – Westlawn Sub
S12399 S1230 Control equip – Maypole Sub, Western Sub
S12400 S1454 Buses #5000-5499
R12401 R405 RT cars #6131-6200
S12402 S1780 Spare parts 5000’s
S12403 S1200 Retire salt bus BA2
R12404 R293 Scrap fire cars S1,S3
R12405 R295 Floodlights – Buena Freight Yard
S12406 S1190 Abandon conduit Hubbard Racine to Sangamon
S12407 S1091 Concrete floors – South Shops
S12408 S1837 Alterations – Grand/Leavitt SR
R12409 R284 Ret stairway in alley W of Wells – Wells Term
G12410 G180 Office equipment
R12411 R302 Replace RH x-over W of Austin – Lake St
S12412 S1197 Neg feeders 51st Wolcott to Western
S12413 S1800 Shop equipment
S12414 S1680 Shop equipment
R12415 R360 Shop equipment
R12416 R308 Shop equipment
R12417 R328 Shop equipment
R12418 R489 Shop equipment
R12419 R652 Shop equipment
R12420 R442 Shop equipment
R12421 R314 Road Machinery
R12422 R303 Road Machinery
S12423 S1572 Move poles 47th Western to Halsted
S12424 S1586 Neg feeder 47th Western to Halsted
R12425 R312 Remove feeder cable Pershing to 41st SSM
S12426 S1233 Abandon conduit 21st Leavitt to Blue Island, Throop to Racine
S12427 canx Remove line 21st/Halsted pocket
G12428 G172 Sell law books
S12429 S2067 Propane facilities North Park Gar
S12430 S1687 AC power bays 4-5-6 Division/Western
S12431 S1965 Conv bays 4-5-6 to storeroom Division CH
S12432 S1336 Electric fork lift
R12433 R289 Extend plat – Cermak, Cottage Gr, State SSM
S12434 S1164 Remove feeders Racine Jackson to 21st
S12435 S1637 Move poles Broadway Grace to Clarendon, Halsted Grace to Clark

S12436 S1530 Addl wiring for bus washer bay 4 – Archer CH
S12437 R423 12 sets U-4 Universal Brake Valves – spares for 4000’s, 1800’s
S12438 S1296 Remove line Taylor Haslted to Paulina
R12439 R287 Sell real estate Wabansia/Winnebago
S12440 S1987 Abandon conduit S Chicago Marquette to 71st
S12441 S1962 Convert Lawrence to TB
S12442 canx Neg feeder 48th Honore to Ashland
R12443 R282 Power for 6 sheds – Skokie Shops
S12444 S2253 Remove line Adams Racine to River
S12445 S1577 Remove line Division CH bays 3-4-5-6
S12446 S1051 Scrap shop equipment Burnside CH
S12447 S1127 Scrap shop equipment
S12448 S1167 Renew feeder Milwaukee/Honore, Evergreen to Wolcott
R12449 R415 Submarine phone cable Wells/Wacker to Mdse Mart offices
S12450 S1099 Scrap shop equipment
S12451 S1713 Install E-S curve Kedzie/Lake
R12452 R347 Move 2 columns Lake/Kedzie
S12453 S1403 Scrap trucks #554,144, buy #586,179, move bodies
S12454 S1388 Concrete floor – South Shops
S12455 S1312 Renew skylight – South Shops
S12456 S1381 Relocate storerooms – South Shops
S12457 S1092 Concrete floor – Grand/Leavitt
S12458 canx Build storerooms – West Shops
S12459 S1317 Partition wall – West Shops
S12460 S1468 Bus hoists – West Shops
S12461 S1874 Bus hoists – South Shops
S12462 S1311 Remove special work Ashland/21st
S12463 S1363 Install x-over Chicago east of Kedzie
S12464 S1182 Remove special work Pulaski/16th
S12465 S1237 Remove MOEC, install lever 69/Ashland W-S
S12466 S1721 Renew special work Clark/washington
R12467 R322 Relay crossings, Austin and Humphrey – LK
S12468 S1339 Light & heat Halsted/23rd
S12469 S1597 Fire alarm system – Beverly Gar
S12470 S1596 Fire alarm system – North Park Gar
S12471 S1843 Power & light facilities – South Shops
S12472 S1225 Remove poles Kedzie/Archer
S12473 S1226 Remove pole Crosby/Elm
S12474 S1135 Remove line Kedzie/Arthington pocket
S12475 S1394 Lights – Cicero/Pensacola term
S12476 S1999 Lights – West Shops
S12477 S1389 Lights – South Shops
S12478 S1792 Renew trough 63rd e of Wallace
S12479 S1318 Lights – West Shops
S12480 S1369 Shop equipment
R12481 R410 Shop equipment
S12482 S1438 Shop equipment
S12483 S1633 Shop equipment
S12484 S1209 10 A-frames to attach plows to trucks
S12485 S1266 Shop equipment
S12486 S1404 Shop equipment
S12487 S1241 Shop equipment
G12488 G196 Office equipment
G12489 G171 Office equipment
S12490 S1333 Real estate – Lincoln/Whipple

R12491 R286 Sell real estate – Harrison/Kenton
S12492 S1332 Renew special work Monroe/Wells
S12493 S1429 Concrete floor – South Shops
R12494 R421 Addition to inspection shops – Kimball Yd
R12495 R709 New feeder 20th Sub to RT, rem feeder 21st Subs
S12496 S1921 Electrical alterations – West Shops
S12497 S2611 Shop equipment
S12498 S2612 Shop equipment
S12499 S2089 Shop equipment
S12500 S2616 Shop equipment
S12501 S2608 Shop equipment
S12502 S2613 Shop equipment
S12503 S2610 Shop equipment
S12504 S1723 Shop equipment
S12505 canx Shop equipment
S12506 S1210 Shop equipment
R12507 R290 Office equipment
S12508 S1242 ACF-Brill demo #2700 (rec’d 1/29/51)
S12509 S1355 Salvage from prior to 10/1/47 scrappings
S12510 S2122 Remove feeder Grand Crossing Sub to Stony Island/75th
R12511 R496 Remove interlocker, install handthrows, Lower Wilson terminal
S12512 S1714 Bus terminal Cicero/24th Pl
S12513 S1469 Real estate Cicero/24th Pl
G12514 G188 Office equipment
S12515 canx Shop equipment
R12516 R294 Scrap 75 RT Trail cars
S12517 S1148 Scrap salt buses BA5,BA15,BA13
S12518 S1600 Scrap shop equipment
S12519 S1227 Remove poles Division/Felton
S12520 S1247 Remove MOEC, install lever Roosevelt/Canal E-N
S12521 S1252 Remove MOEC, install tongue holder Wells/Adams N-E
S12522 S1294 Remove electric switch, install lever Wells/Harrison S-W
S12523 S1245 Remove tongue holder, install electric switch Emerald s of 79th
S12524 S1100 Retire truck #135
G12525 G177 Office equipment
S12526 S1705 Trolley buses #413-454
S12527 S1706 Trolley buses #455-687
S12528 S1739 Trolley buses #688-761
S12529 S1168 Renew trolley Halsted 32 to 33
S12530 S1166 Remove trolley curves Stony Island/73
S12531 S1683 Power & lites – South Shops
S12532 S1310 Remove x-over North e of Western
S12533 S1348 Remove track Archer Gar bay 4
R12534 R329 Realign Logan Sq terminal, add new x-over, 3rd platform in S yard
R12535 R369 Install turnstile & booth SB plat – Howard NSM
S12536 S2002 Construct quonset hut – Forest Glen
R12537 R285 Sell part of sta to City – Halsted Met Main
S12538 S1699 Put in service #5000-5499
S12539 S1351 Renew feeder Racine/Garfield
S12540 S2163 Convert Cicero to TB
R12541 R342 Install 1 and remove 1 turnout – Kimball Shop
R12542 R332 Door control signs – Chicago, Roosevelt NS
S12543 S1444 Mobile radiotelephones
R12544 R357 Addl trolley yard track 63rd Yard across 63rd into N Yard
S12545 S1644 Power & lights – South Shops

R12546 R532 Renew phone cable – NSM
R12547 R533 Renew phone cable – NSM
S12548 S1575 Remove x-overs 79th e of Halsted, Halsted n of 79th
S12549 S1395 Remove x-over Kedzie n of 51st
S12550 canx Renew deck Roosevelt e of Michigan Viaduct
S12551 S1582 Remove special work except S-E curve Cottage Grove/115th
S12552 S1328 3 high-lift front end loaders #HL-7 – HL-9
S12553 S1770 Lincoln/Whipple terminal
S12554 S1398 Fork lift
S12555 S1201 4 Tarrant spreaders for #BA25,27,28,30
S12556 S1101 Retire E1, D213
S12557 S1470 Fork lift
S12558 S3506 Grade bus parking area – Forest Glen
S12559 S1882 Remodel toilet – Devon CH
G12560 G178 Office equipment
S12561 S1280 Remove track Madison/Springfield loophouse
R12562 canx Phone cables – Lake/Wells to Lake Transfer
R12563 R575 Move phones 79 W Monroe to Mdse Mart
S12564 S1295 Remove line Randolph Canal to Clinton
S12565 S1179 Phone pole – Avondale Yd
S12566 S1818 Put in service #413-761
R12567 R416 Pit in service #6131-6200
R12568 R498 Shop equipment
S12569 S1265 Remove EB track 38th Central Park to St Louis
S12570 S1343 Remove feeders S Chicago 75 to 79, 91 Baltimore to S Chicago, Baltimore 91 to S Chicago
S12571 S1291 Remove feeders S Chicago Sub
S12572 S1598 Automatic whistles – 16 carhouses
S12573 S1452 Heat & lites 111th/Harding terminal
S12574 S1297 Move poles Kedzie Cullom to Belle Plaine
S12575 S1187 Install x-over trolley Chicago e of Kedzie
R12576 R431 Alterations to Logan Sq Yard account new platform
S12577 S1974 Install E-N curve Van Buren/Kedzie
S12578 S1284 Renew trolley on Van Buren w of Kedzie
S12579 S1298 Remove line, lites Madison/Springfield loophouse for sale
S12580 S1115 Sell Western/Washington NW corner building
R12581 R384 Lighting on platform extensions – RV Sedgwick to Wellington
S12582 S1689 Bus terminal Pulaski/Peterson
R12583 R358 Shop equipment
R12584 R653 Road equipment
S12585 S1289 Install lever Van Buren/Wells W-S
S12586 S1819 Remove line North Av CH bays 2-3
R12587 R729 Scrap shop equipment Throop St Shop
S12588 S1552 Build toilet & locker room – South Shops
S12589 S1833 Compressed air lines – South Shops
G12590 G197 Office equipment
S12591 S1232 Install trolley E-S curve Lake/Kedzie
S12592 S1175 Renew feeder Wells Chicago to Chestnut
S12593 S1323 Alter Washington Tunnel E End a/c Wacker Dr
R12594 R403 Electrical changes – Kimball Shops
G12595 G181 Office equipment
G12596 G184 Office equipment
S12597 S2218 Convert North Ave CH for Propane buses
S12598 canx Convert North Ave Bus garage to trolley bus
S12599 S1877 Build rooms at South Shops
S12600 S1601 Intall OH crane South Shops

S12601 S1278 Scrap shop equipment
R12602 R508 Scrap fire cars S205-208,222,301
S12603 S1559 Scrap #AA35
S12604 canx Convert North Av CH bays 11-12 to TB
S12605 S1845 Convert North Av CH line to TB
S12606 S2464 Convert Grand to TB
S12607 S1440 Controls for gas furnace – South Shops
S12608 S1243 4 Tarrant spreaders for #BA18,19,29,31
R12609 R324 Extend platforms – Sedgwick,Armitage,Diversey,Wellington – RV
S12610 S1580 Lighting Cicero/24th Pl terminal
S12611 S1301 Road machinery
S12612 S1231 Install trolley Lake/Kedzie
R12613 R315 Power service North Av tower – Dearborn Subway
S12614 S1236 Install electric switch Kedzie N of Jackson
S12615 S1216 Renew feeder South Shops
G12616 G187 Office equipment
R12617 R530 Switch heaters – Chicago Av NSM
S12618 S1322 Lighting – North/Winchester terminal
R12619 canx Toilet – Lawrence tower – NSM
R12620 canx Repaving – Skokie Shops
S12621 S1537 Fuel tank – Division/Western
S12622 S1457 Renew skylights – South Shops
S12623 S1571 15 snowplows
R12624 R304 Scrap shop equipment
S12625 canx Buy water mains under Lamon,Pierce – North Av CH
R12626 R572 Disconnect switches – Logan Sqare Terminal
S12627 S1772 Install W-S curve for “Y” Roscoe/Western
S12628 S1325 Install trolley Roscoe/Western “Y”
S12629 S1306 Remove track Riverview Loop
S12630 S1334 Real estate – Archer/Neva
S12631 S1560 Real estate – Grand/Nordica
S12632 S1276 Remove line Riverview Loop
S12633 S1150 City track paving costs 1950

AFE/AFR’s 1951 series

G13000 G182 Office equipment
R13001 R552 Misc equip – Dearborn Subway
R13002 R311 Replace cable – Cicero/DPK
S13003 S1359 Install lever, rem holder Pulaski/Lawrence E-S, install holder, remove lever Lawrence/Clark W-N, remove
lever Clark/Lawrence S-E
S13004 S1269 Renew feeder Harrison Loomis to Laflin
S13005 S1641 Pole account 1951
R13006 R678 Feeder cables 42nd Sub to 40th/Wabash
R13007 S2646,R802 Conduit 42nd Sub to 40/Wabash
G13008 G212 Office furniture
R13009 R411 Replace lighting – Ashland LK
S13010 S1275 Remove 2 poles California/Roscoe
S13011 S1302 Scrap E44, P5
S13012 canx Scrap BW3
S13013 S1445 Shop equipment
S13014 S1966 Shop equipment
S13015 S1340 Install lever Armitage/Cicero W-S, holder Cicero/Armitage N-E
S13016 S1303 Road machinery
R13017 R362 Renew crossing – Tower 18
G13018 G192 Office equipment
R13019 canx Agent chairs and registers – Dearborn Subway
S13020 S1251 Install MOEC Clark/Lawrence S-E
R13021 R543 Conv LaSalle Interlocking to auto – Dear Sub
S13022 S1561 Real estate Elston/Kentucky
S13023 S1274 Phone stub pole – Chicago/Kedzie
R13024 canx Train annunciator – Drake WB/DPK
R13025 R353 Extend platform Ashland LK
S13026 G199 General & administrative costs 1951
S13027 S2171 Shop equipment
S13028 S1507 Shop equipment
S13029 S1405 Shop equipment
S13030 S1393 Bus terminal Grand/Nordica
S13031 S1341 Heater Archer/Cicero terminal bldg
S13032 S1391 Remove line Commercial 91st to 93rd
R13033 R407 Starting lites LaSalle/Congress
R13034 R521 Replace air line – Linden EV
R13035 R526 Replace signal cables – Linden EV
S13036 S1307 Remove MOEC, install holder Pershing/Indiana W-S
S13037 S1384 Remove x-over trolley Kedzie N of 51st
S13038 S1293 Remove electrick sw, install lever Lake/Milwaukee W-NW, Lake/Franklin E-S
S13039 S1376 Generator set for line trucks
S13040 S1399 Office equipment
S13041 S1258 Office equipment
G13042 G185 Office equipment
S13043 S1789 Lighting – South Shops
S13044 S1375 Buses #2701-2750
S13045 S1467 Put in service #2701-2750
S13046 S1370 Retire truck #548
S13047 S1380 Remove poles Baltimore 91st to S Chicago
S13048 S1349 Install MOEC Dearborn/Van Buren N-W
S13049 S1350 Install electric sw State/Harrison S-W
S13050 S1277 Renew feeder Pershing Lowe to Wallace
S13051 S1314 Remove MOEC Pulaski/Elston S-SE

S13052 S1309 Remove MOEC Elston S of Lawrence x-over
S13053 S1315 Remove electric sw Division/Elston W-NW,E-SE
S13054 S1316 Remove electric sw Randolph/Wells W-N
S13055 S1610 Lighting Lincoln/Whipple terminal
S13056 S1436 Substation safety equipment
S13057 S1562 Replace main switch & panel 69th CH
R13058 R418 Shop equipment
S13059 S1259 Scrap school cars 1466,2626
S13060 S1260 Scrap #1074 (burned 12/16/50)
S13061 S1406 Retire autos #58,60,74,75,88-90,94-96,552A,526A,528A,530A,534A,537A,540A,543A,548A
R13062 R589 Move Power Supervision equipment to Mdse Mart
S13063 S1360 Renew track California/North
G13064 G186 Office equipment
S13065 S1581 Overhead crane South Shops
R13066 R386 Shuttle platform, turnout, remove E-SE switch Damen HPK
G13067 G203 Office equipment
G13068 G189 Office furniture
S13069 S1651 Bus terminal Elston/Kentucky
S13070 S1304 Shop equipment
S13071 S2062 Shop equipment
G13072 G195 Office furniture
R13073 R480 Shop equipment
S13074 S1292 Remove electric sw Division/Wells W-N
S13075 S1460 Renew feeder Clark Diversey to Schubert
S13076 S1528 Remove track Kedzie Elston to Montrose
S13077 S2354 Propane facilities 77th Gar
S13078 S1361 Remove track Cortland Bridge
S13079 S1282 Sell real estate Ewing/101st
S13080 S1344 Remove x-over trolley Halsted N of 79th
S13081 S1456 Renew spans Kedzie 55th to Marquette
R13082 R484 Replace Fullerton Sub interruptors
S13083 S2520 Renew feeders Illinois Sub to Grand Bridge
S13084 S1483 Renew poles, trolley Cottage Grove/115th Loop
S13085 S1478 Road equipment
S13086 S1299 REnew feeders Blue Island Sub
S13087 S1595 Lighting – West Shops
R13088 canx Replace cable holders Armitage NSM
S13089 S3120 Remove line Elston Milwaukee to Lawrence, Elston CH
S13090 S1320 Remove poles S Chicago 72nd to 91st
S13091 S2016 Lighting – North Ave CH bays 1-2
S13092 S1305 Road equipment
S13093 S1321 Shop equipment
S13094 S1712 Shop equipment
S13095 S1261 Scrap streetcar #5347 (Fire 01/09/51)
S13096 S1620 Electric switch heaters Clark/Drummond,Schubert
S13097 S1407 Scrap auto #533A
S13098 S1471 Scrap auto #546A
S13099 S2161 Build 2 offices & vault – North Av CH
S13100 S1392 Remove feeder Cottage Grove 93rd to 95th, 93rd Cottage Grove to Burnside CH
S13101 S1345 Remove x-over trolley 79th E of Halsted
S13102 S2196 Shop equipment
S13103 S1335 10 motors, 5 armatures for #413-761
S13104 S1941 Bus terminal Archer/Neva
S13105 S1431 Road equipment
R13106 R363 Road equipment

S13107 S1377 Generators for squad cars
R13108 R348 Renew feeder Western Maypole to Lake
S13109 S1608 Shop equipment
S13110 S1262 Shop equipment
S13111 S1279 Retire salt buses BA104, BA105
S13112 S1529 Convert Navy Pier loop to bus loop, remove track
S13113 S1364 Remove track North Ave w of Elston C&NW underpass
S13114 S1362 Remove track Belmont River Bridge approaches
S13115 S1283 Sell real estate South Park/63rd
S13116 S1585 Remove weight pole Halsted s of Division Bridge
S13117 S1754 Renew W-S switch 69th/Marshfield
S13118 S1365 Remove W-S witch Division/Sedgwick
S13119 S1563 Renew track Ashland 66th to 69th
S13120 S1831 Renew track ashland 59th to 60th
S13121 S2331 Remove electric sw, install lever Division/Clark W-N
S13122 S1650 Remove electric sw Clark/Armitage NW-W, Clark/Wells SE-E, remove elec sw, install lever Clark/Lincoln SE-W
S13123 S1701 Remove electric sw Chicago/Wells E-S
S13124 S1619 Remove electric sw Harrison/Clark W-N, remove MOEC Dearborn/Harrison N-W, install levers
S13125 S2028,S374 Hand trucks
G13126 G193 Office equipment
R13127 R387 Renew crossing – Pine LK
S13128 S1968 Shop equipment
S13129 S1433 Abandon conduit Kingsbury Chicago to Erie
S13130 S1434 Abandon conduit Erie Kingsbury to Franklin
S13131 S1472 Retire 200 streetcars
S13132 S1492 Buy real estate Milwaukee/Central
S13133 S1439 Shop equipment
S13134 S1329 Scrap S54, W93
S13135 S1330 Scrap W217 (fire 03/05/51)
S13136 S1709 Shop equipment
S13137 S1371 Shop equipment
S13138 S1372 Shop equipment
R13139 R397 Renew deck T3 Barry to Belmont NSM
R13140 R383 Wreck Ravenswood sta bldg RV
S13141 S1801 Remove special work, x-over Cottage Grove N of 111th
S13142 S1702 Remove electric sw Lincoln/Larrabee SE-S, Chicago/Larrabee W-N
S13143 S1655 Remove electric sw, install levers Grand/Wabash E-S,N-E, State/Grand S-E
R13144 R359 Extend T31, retire T33,35,37,39 63rd Lower north Yd
R13145 R388 Yard lighting – Skokie Shops
S13146 S1715 Install electric sw Clark/N end Limits CH S-W
S13147 S1832 Lighting North Av CH
S13148 S1408 Retire auto #91
R13149 R553 Renew phone cable hangers GPK, LK
R13150 R350 Renew phone cable hangers EV
R13151 R352 Renew phone cable hangers SSM
S13152 S1556 Remove MOEC Lincoln/Ashland NW-N
S13153 S1997 Remove electric sw Armitage/Lincoln W-NW
S13154 S1379 Retire conduit Wells Polk to Taylor
13155 not used
R13156 R414 Shop equipment
S13157 S1743 Remove track 47th State to Cottage Grove
S13158 S1409 Retire auto #93
S13159 S2265 Remove line Division Wells to Crosby, Halsted to Mozart
S13160 S1589 Remove poles 25th Kedzie to Lawndale
S13161 S1383 Remove line Washington/Western CH

S13162 S2083 Abandon conduit Erie Ashland to Racine
R13163 R340 Remove part of Clark SB platform NSM
S13164 S1802 Remove NE-E switch, x-over s of 75th on Vincennes
S13165 S1410 Shop equipment
S13166 S1602 Shop equipment
S13167 S1564 Parts for MH trolley buses
R13168 S335 Scrap flat car #S303 (wrecked)
S13169 S1331 Scrap streetcar #1098 (burned)
S13170 S2109 Retire conduit Sangamon Adams to Hubbard
S13171 canx Remove x-over trolley Chicago W of Clark
S13172 S2145 Retire conduit Racine Erie to Hubbard
S13173 S1424 Install pole Milwaukee/Cleaver
R13174 R412 Road equipment
G13175 G194 Office equipment
S13176 S1808 Remove x-overs 63rd W of Cicero, W of Lamon
R13177 S341 Remove sand shed 63rd Lower Yd
S13178 S1366 Remove track Elston CH yard
R13179 R376 Relay curve T4 EB Canal – Met Main
S13180 S2852 Remove UG feeder Van Buren tunnel
S13181 S1932 Real estate 35th/Cottage Grove
S13182 S1646 Remove trolley 47th Kedzie to Cottage Grove
S13183 S1281 Sell Elston CH
R13184 R317 Sell real estate Taylor/Paulina
S13185 S1382 Remove line Pershing/Wallace Yard
S13186 S1660 Negative feeder 47th State to Indiana
S13187 S2207 Shop equipment
S13188 S1825 Shop equipment
R13189 R534 Shop equipment
R13190 R550 Shop equipment
S13191 S1684 Remove rail 59th Western to Ashland
R13192 R404 Renew footwalk Mdse Mart to Grand NSM
S13193 S1798 Intercom Western/Division SR
S13194 S2683 Remove trolley & lighting 69th/Emerald CH s half, 8 of 11 tracks n half
S13195 S1612 Remove MOEC Grand/North NW-W,E-SE, electric sw Grand/State W-N, Wabash W-S, Streeter E-SE
S13196 S1686 Remove track 47th Ashland to Western
R13197 R479 Lighting – Laramie Terminal new receivers office GPK
R13198 R460 Remove Old Congress Terminal – SSM
R13199 S459 Remove Congress/Wabash – SSM
R13200 R433 Scrap shop equipment
S13201 S1373 Office equipment
S13202 S1521 Remove MILW xings Grand/Kingsbury
S13203 S1546 Remove special work Cottage Grove/67th
S13204 S1868 Remove switches Dry Kiln leads S Shops
S13205 S1544 Remove special work Halsted/Canalport
S13206 S2203 Remove electric sw 47th/Cottage Grove W-N,Lake Park E-SE,Halsted E-N,Racine W-S
S13207 S2876 Convert Pulaski to TB
S13208 S1809 Heating Division/Western SR
S13209 S1565 Renew track Clark Madison to Monroe
S13210 S1679 Remove CJRY xings 35th/Iron
S13211 S1547 Remove CJRY xings 35th/Racine
R13212 R381 Trolley rail cutting gaps, lites Harding LK
S13213 S1551 Renew track Halsted/viaduct S of Kinzie
S13214 S1669 Remove track Damen Hubbard to Roosevelt
S13215 S1554 Remove track Damen Milwaukee to Hubbard
R13216 R392 Renew deck EB – Indiana SY

G13217 G190 Office equipment
R13218 R559 Construct vault – Wells Terminal
R13219 R743 Move columns Franklin/Ontario NSM
S13220 S1396 Renew feeder 48th Hermitage to Marshfield
R13221 R399 Renew deck Franklin/Illinois SB NSM
R13222 R400 Renew deck Indiana pocket SY
S13223 S1566 Parts for #2701-2750
S13224 canx Renew feeder Clark/Adams
S13225 S1894 Scrap trolley buses #86-91,106-107,157
R13226 R510 Scrap 50 RT motor cars
S13227 S1840 Remove rail 77th Yard at new propane tank site
S13228 S1516 Remove rail Indiana/Bridge s of 134th
S13229 S1397 Move pole Fifth/Central Park
S13230 S1385 Remove feeder Taylor Ashland to Paulina
S13231 S1402 Remove feeder Honore 47th to 49th
S13232 S1988 Remove feeder, poles, abandon conduit Racine Fullerton to Clybourn
S13233 S1400 Retire conduit Fulton Ashland to Paulina
S13234 S1989 Retire conduit Morgan Fulton to Randolph
R13235 R395 Scrap RT car #1779 (fire 04/13/51)
R13236 R333 Real estate to city 310 S Market
S13237 S1353 Real estate to city 324 S Market
S13238 S1354 Real estate to city 328 S Market
S13239 S1628 Retire gas buses #1301-1309, conv 1301,1305,1308-1309 to BW5-BW8
S13240 S3121 Remove line Damen Fullerton to Blue Island
S13241 S3152 Remove line Lincoln Armitage to Peterson
S13242 S1542 Retire sand drier & sand house – South Shops
S13243 S3122 Remove line Sheffield Clark to Lincoln
R13244 R434 Retire shop equipment
R13245 R349 Replace feeder – Paulina GPK
S13246 S1386 Remove trolley 77th yard tracks at new propane facility site
S13247 S1567 Retire autos #84,542A,549A
S13248 S1488 Install TB bypass line Belmont/Halsted loop
R13249 R439 Real estate 21st/Kilbourn for transfer station
R13250 R354 Sell real estate 21st/Kostner
S13251 S2110 Remove line 92nd Buffalo to Exchange
S13252 S1517 Remove BRC,CRI&P xings Ewing/Harbor
S13253 S1811 Shop equipment
S13254 S1603 Shop equipment
S13255 S1696 Shop equipment
S13256 S1630 Shop equipment
R13257 R379 Shop equipment
S13258 S1626 Shop equipment
S13259 S1734 Lighting along E side of bldgs Lake to Washington – West Shops
R13260 R377 Relay curve – Sacramento WB GPK
R13261 R393 Relay curve – TK4 Market/Van Buren EB GPK
S13262 S1458 Cover pits Lincoln CH bays 1-2
S13263 S1515 Remove track Montrose bridge
S13264 S1936 Renew feeder Clark Burton to Goethe
R13265 R606 Shop equipment
R13266 S1627 Scrap 68 service streetcars
R13267 S1512 Scrap 200 streetcars
S13268 S2111 Remove line Buffalo 89th to 92nd
S13269 S2112 Remove line 89th Buffalo to Ave O
S13270 S2004 Remove electric sw Blue Island/Damen NE-N, Leavitt NE-N
S13271 S2406 Remove line 87th Commercial to Halsted

S13272 S2176 Remove line 95th Cottage Grove to Michigan, State to Lafayette
S13273 S2222 Remove line Exchange 92nd to 93rd
S13274 S1487 Move poles Damen/Madison
S13275 S1587 Lighting West Shops
S13276 S1524 Move pole Damen/Harrison
S13277 S1450 Move pole Damen/Milwaukee
S13278 S1975 Real estate Grand/Latrobe
S13279 S1895 Ad frames #2701-2750
S13280 S1623 Relay track Clark Jackson to Van Buren
S13281 S1490,R398 Extend storage track under 61st Yard SSM
S13282 S1540 Remove track 47th Ashland to Racine
S13283 S1525 Remove track 87th Halsted to Eggleston
R13284 R402 2 cutting gaps in 3rd rail – Kimball east pocket track RV
S13285 S2115 Remove line 93rd Exchange to Cottage Grove
S13286 S1418 Renew feeder Vincennes/78th
S13287 S1459 Remove line Desplaines Van Buren to Harrison
S13288 S1474 Remove track Desplaines Van Buren to Harrison
S13289 S2932 Rearrange feeders vicinity Blue Island Sub
S13290 S1446 2 spare engines for Ford buses
S13291 S2189 Pave yard, install fence – Lawndale CH
S13292 S1759 Remove track Lawndale CH bay 8
S13293 S1476 Remove special work Western/47th
S13294 S1538 Remove track PROW west of Stony Island/94th
S13295 S1535 Remove open track Stony Island 69th Pl to 93rd
S13296 S2105 Remove line 36th Kedzie to California
S13297 S2743 Remove line 35th California to Cottage Grove
S13298 S2054 Remove line California 35th to 36th
S13299 S2033 Radio telephones for squad cars
S13300 S1568 Shop equipment
S13301 S1419 Renew feeder Pershing Halsted to Emerald
S13302 S2146 Remove line Clinton Van Buren to Harrison
S13303 S2165 Remove feeders S Chicago Sub
S13304 S2202 Remove electric sw, install lever Cottage Grove/93 N-E
S13305 S1449 Renew feeder Halsted 32nd to 36th
G13306 G205 Office equipment
S13307 canx Window ad frames cars & buses
R13308 R537 Rem 8 block signals – Adams to Marshfield LSQ
R13309 R406 Alter Lawrence Interlocking limits NSM
S13310 S1652 Lighting – Elston/Kentucky terminal
S13311 S1654 Lighting – Archer/Neva terminal
S13312 canx Move poles Canal/Van Buren, Canal/Harrison
R13313 R478 Rem 2 block signals – Division curve LSQ
S13314 S1607 Grand/Streeter terminal
S13315 S1523 Remove MILW xings Lincoln/George
R13316 R554 Steam generator – Throop St Shop (not installed)
S13317 S1847 Remove track Roosevelt river to Wabash, install N-E curve, turnout Roosevelt/Wabash
S13318 S1522 Remove IC,B&OCT xings 92nd/Baltimore
S13319 S1976 Real estate – Montrose/Milwaukee
S13320 S2041 Propane facility – Lawndale CH
S13321 S1672 New line, replacing shoofly Halsted Van Buren to Harrison
S13322 canx Remove line Leavitt 24th to Blue Island
S13323 S1982 Remove electric sw Armitage/Milwaukee E-SE, MOEC Armitage/California W-N
S13324 S1477 Replace 5 Sand spreaders on #570-573,575
S13325 S1697 Shop equipment
S13326 S1451 Renew feeders, switches Roseland Sub

S13327 S1967 Grand/Latrobe terminal
R13328 S2246/R633 Logan Square bus terminal, new entrance to station
S13329 S3000 Convert Chicago to TB
S13330 S1613 Remove track 47th Racine to Halsted
S13331 S1643 New track, replacing shoofly Halsted Van Buren to Harrison
S13332 S1484 Renew feeder Clark Grand to Ohio
S13333 S1443 Install trolley N-E curve and turnout Roosevelt/Wabash, install MOEC N-E curve
R13334 canx Overhead for x-over – Austin/LK
S13335 S1928 Additional real estate Lincoln/Whipple
R13336 R430 Renew switch #49 – 59th Jct SB SSM
R13337 R364 Conv 3135,3136 to #S304-S305
S13338 S1547 Install shoofly Madison/Wacker
S13339 S1813 Remove special work Lawrence/Clark, except W-N,W-S “Y”
G13340 G200 Office equipment
S13341 S1685 Lighting – West Shops
G13342 G209 Office equipment
S13343 S1970 16 TB hose bridges, 9 carts #469-473,996-999
S13344 S1550 Remove yard tracks Noble CH
S13345 S1464 Install trolley Madison/Wacker shoofly
S13346 S1681 Remove line Roosevelt river to Wabash
S13347 canx Retire school cars #4001,7001 (to sheds 05/04/53)
S13348 S1710 Shop equipment
S13349 S2103 Install levers Root/Halsted W-S,N-E, Root/Wallace E-N
S13350 S1548 Oil burner – Lawndale CH
S13351 S1846 Oil burner – Blue Island CH
S13352 S1781 Shop equipment
S13353 S1604 Office equipment
S13354 S1841 Remove track E bay 5 77th CH
S13355 S1411 Sell Noble CH
S13356 S1412 Sell vacant land – Cicero/LeMoyne
S13357 S1413 Sell vacant land – Western/Devon
S13358 S1545 Lighting – Lincoln/Wrightwood bus terminal
R13359 R396 Scrap RT cars #297,322,338 (fire 07/21/51)
S13360 S2249 Remove elec sw Halsted/Root N-E, Halsted/47 S-W, Root/Wallace E-N, Archer/Canal SW-S, Stony Island/64 S-W,
Cortland/Ashland E-S, MOEC Root/Halsted W-S, Racine/79 W-S,N-E, Cottage Grove/47 S-E, Cottage Grove/35 NW-W,
Ashland/Cortland N-W
S13361 S1530 Renew feeder Cottage Grove Calumet to 33rd
S13362 S2050 Shop equipment
S13363 S1855 Scrap shop equipment
S13364 canx Remove line Armitage Grand to California,Milwaukee to Clark
S13365 S1579 Renew feeder Washington Tunnel E end
S13366 S1569 4 Salt spreaders for #BA16,20,32,35
R13367 R417 Install power Skokie Shops Unit #2
S13368 S2108 Lighting – Blue Island CH Instructors office, storeroom bay 7
R13369 R409 Column footing Bent 89 – Aberdeen/Lake
S13370 S1690 31st/Komensky terminal
S13371 S1496 Retire track Harrison Clark to Clinton, Franklin Harrison to Van Buren, Wells Harrison to Van Buren,
Canalport Canal to Halsted, Clinton Roosevelt to Harrison
S13372 S1485 Retire track Canal Harrison to Canalport, Roosevelt Austin to Paulina, Ashland to Wabash
S13373 S1497 Retire track Van Buren Halsted to Kedzie
S13374 S1420 Retire track 87th Vincennes to Commercial, Buffalo to Burley
S13375 S1489 Retire track Stony Island 94th to 56th, 56th Lake Park to Stony Island, Lake Park 47th to 56th, 47th
Cottage Grove to Lake Shore Dr, Harper-Cable Court-Lake Park loop, 93rd Cottage Grove to Stony Island
S13376 S1427 Retire track Cortland Wood to river, Paulina Cortland to Armitage, Armitage Grand to California, Milwaukee
to Paulina

S13377 S150µ Retire track 95th Michigan to Cottage Grove, State to Lafayette, 93rd Stony Island to Exchange, Exchange
93rd to 92nd, 92nd Exchange to Buffalo, Buffalo 92nd to 89th, 89th Buffalo to Ave O, Baltimore 91st to
S Chicago, 83rd Brandon to Burley
S13378 S1506 Retire track Racine 87th to 47th, 47th Racine to Halsted, Wallace 29th to Pershing, 29th Wallace to Canal,
Canal 29th to Archer
S13379 S1423 Retire track Damen Blue Island to Fullerton
S13380 S1417 Retire track 36th Kedzie to California, California 36th to 35th, 35th California to Cottage Grove
S13381 S1425 Retire track Grand Harlem to wester, Leavitt to Wells
S13382 S1426 Retire track Lawrence Austin to Broadway
S13383 S1442 Retire track Lincoln Peterson to Wrightwood, Halsted to Armitage, Armitage Lincoln to Clark, Larrabee
Lincoln to Oak, Sheffield Clark to Lincoln
S13384 S1428 Retire track Armitage Lincoln to Racine,racine Armitage to Cortland, Cortland Racine to River
S13385 S1422 Retire track Division Mozart to Western, Oakley to Halsted, Crosby to Wells
S13386 S1421 Retire track Elston Milwaukee to Lawrence
S13387 S1843 Renlay track Clark Van Buren to Harrison
S13388 S1493 Office equipment
S13389 S1501 Replace poles Montrose/river
S13390 S1624 Lincoln/Wrightwood terminal
S13391 S1844 Alterations degreasing room – South Shops
S13392 S1836 Remove track 35th/Western,Ashland,Halsted,Wentworth,State
R13393 R429 Platform extension for 6 cars – Logan Square
S13394 S3134 Remove line Stony Island 94th to 56th except 63rd to 64th
S13395 S1673 Shop equipment
S13396 S1500 Shop equipment
S13397 S1688 Power & lighting – South Shops
S13398 S2003 Spare propane pump
S13399 S1950 Renew feeder Indiana/44h
S13400 S2311 Remove line 56th Lake Park to Stony Island
S13401 S2407 Remove line Lake Park 47th to 56th
S13402 S2906 Convert 47th to TB
S13403 S2408 Remove line 29th Wallace to Canal
S13404 S3130 Remove line Racine 47th to 87th
S13405 S1494 30 Fire extinguishers for radio cars
R13406 R456 Replace boiler – Pulaski Shops DPK
S13407 S1543 Concrete floor – South Shops
S13408 S3123 Remove line Wallace Root to Archer
S13409 S1520 Remove IC xings 79th/Exchange
S13410 S1916 Real estate 31st/Komensky
S13411 canx Emergency valve front doors #5000-5499 (tested on #5107)
S13412 S3135 Remove line Larrabee Crosby to Lincoln
S13413 S3128 Remove line Canal 29th to Archer
S13414 S2805 Remove line Lawndale CH
R13415 R472 Line over track E of incline – 63rd Yard SSM
S13416 S1724 Shop equipment
S13417 S1519 Remove C&NW xings Elston/Blackhawk
S13418 S1504 Renew feeder 26th Wabash to Michigan
S13419 s1693 Renew feeder Indiana/23rd
S13420 S2030 Replace 2 propane dispensers – North Ave
S13421 S2386 Replace 4 propane dispensers – North Park
S13422 S2053 18000 gal propane tank – 77th
R13423 R413 Office equipment
S13424 S1859 Remove poles Archer/35th, Hamilton
R13425 R424 Track pit – Kimball Yd Tk 15
S13426 S1499 Renew feeders Cottage Grove/60th
S13427 S1729 Remove line Roosevelt Austin to river

S13428 S2251 Extend propane island canopy – North Av CH
R13429 R444 Redeck curve T2 Sheridan NSM
R13430 R445 Redeck curve T2 Dakin NSM
R13431 R446 Redeck curve T3 Sheridan NSM
R13432 R419 Road machinery
R13433 R435 Floor scrubber
S13434 S1518 Remove track Canalport/18th
S13435 S313 Remove line Canalport Halsted to Canal
S13436 S1510 Scrap 200 streetcars
S13437 S2472 Canopy over propane dispensers – 77th
S13438 S2059 Canopy over propand dispensers – Lawndale
S13439 S1461 City costs to pve track 1951
S13440 S1765 Install pole State/Congress
S13441 S1805 Install 4 poles Clark/Congress
S13442 S2005 Remove MOEC Pulaski/Ogden N-NE
S13443 S1703 Remove electric sw Desplaines/Randolph N-W
S13444 S2431 Remove electric sw Clinton/Lake N-E
S13445 S1708 Remove electric sw, install holder Dearborn/randolph S-W
R13446 R620 Scrap shop equipment
S13447 S1527 Redeck Madison bridge
S13448 S1653 Redeck Halsted bridge n of Archer
R13449 canx Cottage Grove/35th bus terminal
S13450 canx Renew feeder Cottage Grove/58th
G13451 G208 Office equipment
S13452 S3577 Remodel 2nd floor for classrooms – Limits
S13453 S447 Relay curve T4 Dakin to Sheridan NSM
S13454 S1609 Additional roadway & platform – 79th/Western
R13455 R443 Lighting on platform extensions – Logan Square
S13456 S1856 Install 4 poles Dearborn/Congress
S13457 S1455 Sell real estate – 62nd/Oakley
R13458 R586 Changes & additions – #6001-6200
S13459 S1625 Relay track Clark randolph to washington
S13460 R682 Feeder cable – Illinois St Sub to RT
G13461 G201 Office equipment
S13462 S1649 Renew track Madison/Damen
S13463 S1647 Remove line 77th CH bay 5
S13464 S1631 Scr BA9,BA10,BW1,1101,1102,3119
S13465 S1495 #1231-1238 to #BA36-BA43
S13466 S1757 Shop equipment
S13467 S2877 TB line 31st/Komensky loop
S13468 S1498 Retire track Ogden Kenton to Pulaski, Cermak to Randolph, Randolph Ogden to Bridge
R13469 R517 Renew engine in crane S216
R13470 R556 Construct air compressor bldg – Skokie Shops
S13471 R2148 Power & lighting – Lawndale
S13472 canx Remove line Lawndale CH front of bays 2-6-7
R13473 R602 Auto controls whistles & horns – shops
S13474 S1514 Retire track 79th Ashland to Halsted, State to Brandon
S13475 S1508 Retire track Pulaski Bryn Mawr to Cermak, 26th to 31st, 31st Pulaski to Kostner, North Pulaski to Cicero
S13476 S1815 Install E-N, remove S-E curve Desplaines/Madison
S13477 S1848 Guard rail – North Park propane island
R13478 R458 New station – Central Park DPK
R13479 R988 Remove Drake plat & bldg, Lawndale plat DPK, part of 18th SSM, stairs at Oak NSM
S13480 S1645 Remove special work Ashland/Belmont
S13481 S1698 Renew track Clark Armitage to Dickens
R13482 R426 Platform extension – Merchandise Mart NB S end

S13483 S1614 Install electric sw Washington/LaSalle E-S
S13484 S1615 Install electric sw Madison/Clinton W-N
R13485 R471 Rearrange Roosevelt,Wood,Douglas Pk stas – DPK
S13486 S2314 Remove line Canal Canalport to Harrison
S13487 S1694 Remove x-over trolley 63rd/Lamon, Cicero
S13488 S1695 Install E-N curve, remove S-E curve Madison/Desplaines
S13489 S1553 Renew feeder 77th CH bay 4
R13490 R380 Purchase royalties #6131-6200
S13491 S1621 20 A-frames for plow trucks
S13492 S1990 Renew trolley Ashland Clybourn to Southport/Clark
R13493 R561 Parking lot – 56th Ave DPK
S13494 S2200 Renew spans Central North to Lake
R13495 R655 Lighting – Central Pk DPK
S13496 S1860 Renew spans 71st California to western
S13497 S1588 Lighting – Grand/Streeter bus loop
R13498 R475 Remove elec – Drake,Lawndale DPK
S13499 S1926 Remove UG feeders Illinois Sub
S13500 S1632 Shop equipment
R13501 R571 Yard tracks – Skokie Shops
R13502 R420 Road machinery
S13503 canx Renew feeder Blue Island/Oakley
S13504 S1590 Renew feeder Clinton/Congress
S13505 S1904 Renew feeder Indiana/50th
S13506 S1591 Renew feeder Wentworth/62nd, 67th
S13507 S1657 Lighting 31st/Komensky
R13508 R511 Scrap 30 RT coaches
G13509 G207 Sell law books
R13510 R427 Lighting platform extension – Merchandise Mart
R13511 R578 Rearrange yard leads, install loop 54th Ave DPK
S13512 S2359 Remove electric sw Madison/LaSalle E-S
R13513 R512 Convert to AC – SR 43 Montrose/Broadway
R13514 R492 Remove interlocking, install switch stands S Park JPK
S13515 S1526 Install electric sw Washington/Clinton S-E
S13516 S1664 Remove lites & feeders – South Shops Machine shop
S13517 S3139 Remove line Randolph Canal to Ogden
R13518 R428 Road equipment
S13519 S2020 Road equipment
S13520 S2223 Remove line Polk Canal to River
S13521 S3144 Remove line Ogden Kenton to Randolph
S13522 S2469 Remove electric sw Van Buren/Dearborn E-S
S13523 S2439 Remove electric sw State/Harrison S-W
S13524 S2006 Remove electric sw Roosevelt/Paulina W-N
S13525 S2075 Remove electric sw Roosevelt/Ashland E-S
S13526 S2061 Remove MOEC Ogden/Roosevelt SW-W
S13527 S2470 Remove MOEC Dearborn/Van Buren N-W
S13528 S1674 Scrap autos #78,83,85,86,541A,553A
S13529 S2337 Remove lines Coles/79th pocket
R13530 R477 Air lines in track pits – Howard Yd
S13531 S1634 Shop equipment
S13532 canx Emergency valve front door #2700-2750
R13533 R513 Shop equipment
S13534 S1725 Shop equipment
R13535 R497 Replace interlocking with hand throws – Wells Terminal/Met Main
S13536 S1839 Remove track, pave Lawndale CH s end bays 3-5
S13537 S1629 Remove Pulaski/Lemoyne yard

S13538 S1648 Renew feeder Halsted 15th to 16th
S13539 S1906 Light & power – 77th bays 5-6
S13540 S1873 New line, remove shoofly Madison/Wacker
S13541 S1616 Install electric sw Clinton/Monroe N-E
S13542 S1617 Install electric sw Adams/Clinton W-N
S13543 S1618 Install electric sw Clinton/Monroe S-E
S13544 S2312 Install poles Washington/Maypole?
S13545 S2609 Remove electric sw 79th/Halsted W-N
S13546 S2822 Remove electric sw 79th/Vincennes E-NW
S13547 S2230 Remove electric sw Clinton/Washington S-E
S13548 S2430 Remove electric sw Madison/Clinton W-N
S13549 S2440 Remove MOEC, install lever State/Van Buren S-W
S13550 S2370 Remove electric sw Wells Bridge derail SB
S13551 S2256 Remove line Wells Clark to Lincoln, Kinzie to Chicago
S13552 S1774 Remove line Pulaski/Lemoyne Yd
S13553 S1570 Retire 10 #1201-1230, to salt buses BA44-BA53
R13554 R476 Const office 61st/Calumet SSM
R13555 R390 5 platforms for washing cars – Howard Yd
R13556 R389 2 platforms for washing cars – Logan Sq Yd
R13557 R454 Remove wood platform exts – HPK
R13558 R505 Fence – 63rd Yd SSM
R13559 R705 Remodel 1st floor – 61st Shop for frog shop
S13560 S1791 Renew lighting – Limits office
S13561 S2642 Remove line Wells Harrison to Kinzie
S13562 S2315 Remove line Clinton Harrison to Roosevelt
S13563 S1636 Replace 5 sand spreaders on #165,174,561,R53,R57
S13564 S1576 Retire track Blue Island CH vicinity
S13565 S1509 Retire track Wells Chicago to Lincoln, Van Buren to Kinzie
S13566 S1536 Retire track Division Wells to Clark
S13567 S1511 Retire track Cicero Montrose to Roosevelt, North Av CH
S13568 S1656 Remove facing switches Clark/Armitage, Wells
S13569 S1513 Sell real estate Van Buren/Halsted to city
S13570 S1611 Shop equipment
S13571 S1592 Renew cable Van Buren tunnel
S13572 S2333 Conv east bay 5 for buses – 77th

AFE/AFR’s 1952 series

S14000 S2008 4002-4051,7002-7034 to one-man
S14001 S1914 3325,3347-3349,3351,3352,3354,3355,3357,3360-3363,3368,3372,3378,3379,6303,6305,6310,6319 to one-man
S14002 S1675 Road machinery
R14003 R432 Wood pole – Evanston/Isabella
S14004 S3155 Remove line Van Buren Halsted to Canal
S14005 S2409 Remove line Franklin Harrison to Adams
S14006 S3157 Remove line Harrison Clark to Clinton
S14007 S1767 Remove trolley North Av Pulaski to Lamon
R14008 R647 Elec equip – 54th Av DPK
G14009 G229 Office equipment
S14010 S1937 Pole account 1952
S14011 S2018 4052-4061,7035-7044 to one-man
S14012 S1738 Lighting – South Shops
S14013 S1668 Lighting – 93rd/S Chicago salt yard
R14014 R488 Repl interlock w hand throws SB xover S of Belmont NSM
R14015 R487 Repl interlock w hand throws NB xover S of Belmont NSM
S14016 S1593 Renew feeder Halsted/14th
S14017 S1818 Renew track Clark Sheffield to Addison
G14018 G202 Office equipment
S14019 S1799 5-ton scale – S Shops
S14020 S1666 Replace floor – South Shops
S14021 R422 RT motor 3134 to #S306
S14022 S1952 Move poles Broadway/Devon
S14023 S1716 Lighting – Clark/Howard loop
R14024 R608 New platform, repl DSS w turnout Logan Sq term
R14025 R453 Remove streetcar xings – Cicero DPK
S14026 S1663 Scr 8024,9019,9027,9032,9035 at North Av Yd
S14027 S1594 Replace feeder Harrison/Desplaines
S14028 S1768 Install TB line Archer Gar bay 9
S14029 S2878 Install TB line Montrose Pulaski to Elston for Pulaski short loop
S14030 S1775 Install manhole Clark/Congress
S14031 S1707 Shop equipment
S14032 canx Remove E-N, renew S-E curve Cermak/Wabash
S14033 S2399 Renew track State 35th to Pershing
S14034 S1896 1700 ad signs front end of buses
S14035 S1718 Move poles Western/35th
S14036 S1719 Move poles State/35th
S14037 S1720 Move poles Wentworth/35th
S14038 S1824 New track Madison/Wacker, remove shoofly
R14039 R436 Retire trucks #700,701
S14040 S1667 Remove UG cable – S Shops yard
S14041 S1635 Shop equipment
G14042 G221 Master Clock system – Mdse Mart
S14043 R452 Remove DPK Oak Park Ave to 56th Ave
S14044 S1897 Scr BA6-BA8,BA11,BA12,BA14,BA109
R14045 R440 Shop equipment
R14046 canx Renew NB RV off crossings #2,4 Clark Jct
R14047 R425 Sell RT motor car #3120 to Matisa Equip Corp
R14048 R450 Remove elec equip DPK Oak Park Av to 54th Av
R14049 R698 Remove canopy W platform Lower Wilson sta
R14050 R761 Build new bus and RT terminal – 54th Ave DPK
R14051 R522 Repl interlock w hand throws 2 x-overs Montrose NSM
R14052 R495 Feeder cable – Kimball Yd

S14053 S1763 Parts for #5000-5499
S14054 S1605 20 of #1201-1230 to salt buses BA54-BA73
R14055 canx Modernize Wilson shop equipment
S14056 S2043 Remove x-over Western n of Archer
R14057 R474 Remove leads to Lower Wilson – Montrose NSM
G14058 G218 General & Admin charges 1952
G14059 G215 Office equipment
S14060 S1959 Shop equipment
S14061 S1920 Scrap 18 trolley buses, convert 102,85 to 926-927
S14062 S2410 Remove line Division Clark to Wells
S14063 S2352 Remove feeders Van Buren Sub
R14064 R462 Remodel trainroom into office – Loomis SSM
S14065 S2076 Locker room – South Shops
S14066 S1735 Move pole Harrison/Blue Island
S14067 S1773 Remove pole State/51st
S14068 S3158 Remove poles from 82nd via Haslted-Summit-Vincennes to 88th
S14069 S2082 Power outlets – S Shops
S14070 S1903 Renew x-over 77th CH bay 1 West east end
S14071 S1812 New floor – 77th CH bay 1 West east end
R14072 R604 Door holders #2 end cars #6001-6200
G14073 G217 Office furniture
G14074 G204 Office equipment
S14075 S1931 Shop furniture
R14076 R654 Sanders cars #6001-6200
S14077 S2618 Retire multifare registers M1-60,M501-540 from 4002-4051,7002-7034
R14078 R574 Lighting platform ext – Logan Sq Term
S14079 S1838 79th/Lakefront terminal
S14080 S1670 Install manhole Van Buren/Jefferson
R14081 R547 Automatic gates – Kostner DPK
R14082 S1662 Retire preheaters – Avondale Yd
S14083 S1671 Remove feeder Kinzie Wells to State
S14084 S1711 Buy GE spare control equip for MH trolley buses at Division School
R14085 R449 Shop equipment
S14086 S1676 Retire shop equipment – Noble CH
S14087 S1677 Shop equipment
S14088 S1776 Remove TB “Y” at Central/Fulton, install new TB “Y” at Central/West End
R14089 R473 Ladies toilet – Skokie Shops Unit 1
S14090 S1820 Renew track Clark Sheffield to Belmont
S14091 S1816 Remove special work Clark/Sheffield
S14092 S2433 Renew special work State/63rd
S14093 canx Renew special work 63rd/Ashland
S14094 S1726 Shop equipment
S14095 S1665 Cover over pits – Lincoln CH bay 5
S14096 S1956 Catch basin cleaner for #BW-9
S14097 S1682 Remove track Throop Bridge
R14098 R463 DC lighting in office cars & shanty – Loomis
R14099 R466 Lighting in offices – Loomis SSM
S14100 S1661 Remove pole Kedzie/Foster
S14101 S2387 Propane pump – 77th CH
R14102 R461 Retire stairways – Rand,Mad,Adams/Wabash
S14103 canx Floor – 77th CH bay 6 West
S14104 S1871 Fence – 77th CH 77th, Perry sides
R14105 R470 Shop equipment
R14106 R490 Shop equipment
S14107 canx Retire office equipment

R14108 R455 Remove Parnell station – EN
R14109 R538 Signaling 54th Terminal loop and x-over – DPK
G14110 G211 Office equipment
R14111 R486 Relay NB curve – 59th Jct EN
S14112 S1796 Fence – South Shops
S14113 S1678 Shop equipment
S14114 S1736 Replace toilet – Vincennes/80th loop (old burned 12/20/51)
S14115 S1782 Shop equipment
S14116 S2013 Shop equipment
S14117 S1835 Smoke alarm – S Shops boiler room
S14118 S1998 Replace hoist – Grand/Leavitt
S14119 S1876 Power facilities – South Shops
S14120 S2090 Real estate Roosevelt/Monitor
G14121 G210 Office equipment
S14122 canx Shop equipment
S14123 S2179 Shop equipment
S14124 S2102 Paving – 77th CH E end, remove leads to bays 5 & 6
S14125 S1922 Remove switches Randolph/Clinton, Desplaines, Halsted (except W-N,W-S “Y”)
G14126 G219 Office furniture
G14127 G206 Office furniture
S14128 S1842 Alterations to storerooms – 77th CH
S14129 S2166 No Parking – Bus Stop signs
S14130 S1960 Move poles 119th Morgan to Halsted, remove part of passing siding
R14131 R594 Replace phone cable hangers – GPK, DPK, LK
R14132 R577 Replace phone cable hangers – EV
S14133 S1731 Move poles Damen/49th
S14134 S1942 Remove track Damen Roosevelt to Blue Island
S14135 S1817 Remove x-over Damen n of 63rd – SB track only
S14136 S1865 Remove track Damen Fullerton to North
S14137 S1827 Remove track Division Elston Bridge to Clybourn
S14138 S1828 Remove track 59th Central Park to Western
S14139 S1732 Install “Y” trolley at Halsted/Randolph
S14140 S1730 Renew feeders Blue Island Sub
S14141 S2036 Insulation for water & gas lines – North Pk
S14142 S2943 Deck over pits – South Shops
S14143 S1826 Pave Milwaukee/Imlay terminal for buses, remove outer track loop
S14144 S2802 7 hoists – South Shops
S14145 S3094 Reconstruct Blacksmith shop for buses – S Shop
R14146 R499 Shop equipment
S14147 S1851 Shop equipment
S14148 S1778 Renew feeder Madison Desplaines to Halsted
S14149 S1760 Renew feeder Madison Halsted to Union and at Peoria
R14150 R788 Flashing lite signals Kedzie RV
S14151 S2891 Remove line Pershing State to Indiana
S14152 S2257 Remove line South Park s of 63rd
S14153 S2060 Remove track Van Buren Racine to California EB only
R14154 R598 Shop equipment
S14155 S1795 Conv Madison/Austin term for buses
S14156 S1829 Install holder Cottage Grove/72nd – Brookline Loop
S14157 S1830 Install holder Cottage Grove n of 115th
S14158 canx Install holder 63rd Pl w of Narragansett
S14159 S1779 Remove track Damen 47th to 74th
S14160 S1943 Install MOEC 18th/Wabash W-N
S14161 S1944 Install MOEC Kedzie/Van Buren N-W
S14162 canx Install MOEC 63rd/Vernon E-S

S14163 S1862 Install MOEC Cermak/Kedzie W-S
S14164 S1866 Install MOEC Kedzie/Cermak N-E
S14165 canx Install MOEC 63rd/Ashland W-S
S14166 canx Install MOEC Ashland/63rd N-E
S14167 S1758 Install MOEC State/Harrison N-E
S14168 S1945 Install MOEC Cottage Grove/Pershing N-W
S14169 canx Install MOEC Central/63rd Pl S-W
S14170 S1700 Shop equipment
S14171 S1930 Roosevelt/Monitor terminal
S14172 S1977 Shop equipment
S14173 S2388 Shop equipment
S14174 S1834 2 time clerk booths – S Shops
S14175 S1898 Scrap I205,212,214,216,P251,W13,AA49
S14176 canx Renew feeder Cottage Grove/25th
R14177 R465 Replace crossing cable Francisco RV
S14178 S2058 Pulaski/Foster terminal
R14179 R507 Lighting & power 61st Yard SSM
S14180 S1853 Shop equipment
S14181 S2209 Landscape Pulaski/Peterson terminal
S14182 S2330 Remove MILW xings North/Kingsbury
R14183 R481 Remove machinery Kenton Yd Frog Shop DPK
S14184 S2219 Renew track Randolph Dearborn to Franklin WB
S14185 S2034 Shop equipment
S14186 S1783 Shop equipment
S14187 S1790 Sell real estate 93rd/Kenwood
S14188 S1727 Scrap streetcars #3165,3350 (burned 03/20, 03/31/52)
S14189 S1822 Lighting 69th CH wash track bay 4
S14190 S1925 Replace fence Kedzie CH Spaulding, Van Buren sides
R14191 R464 Renew deck Wabash/Van Buren outer loop
R14192 R441 RT car 3107 to #S307
S14193 S1978 Shop equipment
R14194 R531 Wreck “Dreamland” building Paulina/Van Buren
S14195 S1733 Remove track Elston n of Milwaukee, Bloomingdale subway
S14196 S2046 Fairbanks/Ontario terminal
S14197 S1762 Shop equipment
S14198 S1777 Move poles Western/Peterson
S14199 S2879 Move poles Pulaski/Peterson
S14200 S1769 Move pole Archer/Pershing
R14201 R568 Relay EB Kenton to Kildare DPK on new alignment
R14202 R562 Relay WB Kildare to Kenton DPK
R14203 R482 Remove Kenton station – DPK
R14204 R500 Shop equipment
R14205 R467 Crossing cable – Kedzie RV
S14206 canx Renew track Wells Clark to Illinois, also Illinois,Hubbard,Kinzie special work
R14207 R685 Permanent A, B, All stop station signs for N-S,RV,LK,DP,LSQ
R14208 R549 3rd rail new track 2 – Skokie Shops
S14209 S1785 Generator for line truck #176
S14210 S1861 Move pole Division/Cicero
R14211 R590 Redeck George St curves T2,3 NSM
G14212 G213 Office equipment
S14213 S1969 Remove electric switch Chicago/California E-N
S14214 S1929 Remove electric switch Chicago/Kedzie W-S
S14215 S1728 Remove pole Washington Tunnel east end
R14216 R491 Shop equipment
R14217 R762 Line supervision equipment – LSQ

R14218 R763 Line supervision equipment – DPK
R14219 R764 Line supervision equipment – NS
S14220 S1933 Replace earth borer machine DX503
S14221 S1954 Install W-S curve Grand/State
S14222 S1857 Remove track South Chicago 83rd to 87th, 89th to 91st
S14223 S1947 Renew poles Madison Ashland to Ogden
S14224 S2121 Move poles Cortland Ashland to Racine, also Racine/Armitage
S14225 S1764 Remove C&NW xings Elston/Wabansia
R14226 R527 Repl interlocking with hand throw Harrison SSM
S14227 S1907 Renew feeder Roosevelt/Laflin
S14228 S2477 Install trolley Grand/State W-S
S14229 S1885 Move poles Halsted via 74th-Eggleston-75th to Greenwood
S14230 S1940 Remove line Randolph Franklin to Dearborn EB
S14231 S1971 Remove MOEC California/Armitage S-E, California/Milwaukee N-NW
S14232 S2358 Remove electric switch Adams/Clinton W-N
S14233 S2450 Remove electric switch Clinton/Monroe N-E,S-E
S14234 S2245 Remove MOEC Milwaukee/Armitage NW-W, Milwaukee/California SE-S, Manila N-W xover, electric switch
Milwaukee/Desplaines SE-S
S14235 S2007 Remove MOEC Pulaski/Ogden S-NE
R14236 R599 Renew 2 turnouts Howard Yd T14,15
S14237 S2132 Paving Lawndale CH s end, remove special work
R14238 R501 Shop equipment
S14239 S1852 Shop equipment
S14240 S2000 54 fire extinguishers – Lawndale CH
S14241 S1955 Lockers – South Shops
S14242 S1899 Shop equipment
S14243 S1810 Clerical booths – West Shops
G14244 G214 Office equipment
R14245 R506 Yard lighting – 61st Lower Yard – SSM
R14246 R546 Yard lighting – 63rd Yard SSM
S14247 S2485 New feeders, remove trolley – West Shops
S14248 S1957 PA System – North Park office
S14249 S2474 Remove electric switch Ashland/79th S-W
S14250 S2372 Fill in electric switch manholes – 32 locations
S14251 S2804 Remove line – Division CH
S14252 S1761 Ofice equipment
S14253 S1964 Install electric switch State/Grand S-E, Wabash/Grand N-E
S14254 R664/S2329 Ret Auto 87, trucks 702,808, buy auto 135,trucks 610,612,810
S14255 S1883 Remove track 47th w of Shields subway
R14256 R469 Renew cable – EN
S14257 S1869 Move poles Central/Milwaukee terminal
S14258 S1786 Remove line Sedgwick North to Division (no trolley)
S14259 S2597 Chicago/Mayfield terminal
R14260 R468 Renew crossing cable – Kedzie RV
S14261 S1867 Renew feeder Archer/State
S14262 S1918 Lighting Fairbanks/Ontario terminal
S14263 S2106 Move poles Ontario/Clark
S14264 S2225 Remove stub phone poles – 8 locations
R14265 R524 Lighting – Lower 63rd Yard
S14266 S2091 Real estate – Chicago/Mayfield
S14267 S3028 Convert Roosevelt to TB
S14268 S2594 Convert Armitage to TB
R14269 R772 Renew deck crossing #1 – North Water Stub
R14270 R563 Renew deck T2,3 Belden to Fullerton NSM
S14271 S1963 Remove electric switch Washington/LaSalle E-S

S14272 S2340 Remove line & lites – Armitage CH
S14273 S1793 Move pole Western/59th
S14274 S2273 Replace coal w/oil furnace W Shops
R14275 R742 Shop equipment
G14276 G216 Office equipment
S14277 S1787 Renew feeder Wabash/Roosevelt
R14278 R645 Rearrange Wilson for CNS&M, controls to mezz, add CNS&M platform Belmont – NSM
R14279 R545 Renew deck – 57th SSM
R14280 R569 Renew deck – T2 Armitage to Wisconsin NSM
R14281 R528 Renew deck 57th to 58th SSM
R14282 canx Car washing platforn Howard Yd
S14283 S2071 Renew sprinkler system tank – Grand/Leavitt
S14284 S2428 Office & locker room – South Shops
S14285 S2429 Office & locker room – South Shops
R14286 R523 Shop equipment
S14287 S1995 Modifications to 38 snow plows
S14288 S2436 Shop equipment
S14289 S2244 Shop equipment
S14290 S1958 30 A-frames for snow plow attachment
S14291 S2332 Memove MOEC Clark/lawrence S-E
S14292 S1771 Renew feeder Halsted/grace
S14293 S1870 Lighting – S Shops scrap yard
S14294 S2391 Remove electric switch Clinton/Adams N-E
S14295 S1806 Spare propane pump motor
S14296 S1863 Renew feeder Clark Archer to 17th
S14297 S1886 Renew feeder Chicago Peoria to Halsted
S14298 S1794 Move pole Milwaukee/Kimball
S14299 R623/S2226 Office furniture
R14300 R663 Mudguards RT cars 6001-6200
S14301 R2573 Road equipment
S14302 R2319 Spreader trucks #R14-R15
S14303 S1884 Remove track Grand/Austin
S14304 S2155 Office equipment
R14305 R485 Remove s exit stairs SB platform Roosevelt SSM
S14306 S2348 Storerooms – Lawndale CH
S14307 S1948 Renew feeder Halsted Grand to Superior
R14308 R603 Extend platforms 35th – N-S
S14309 S1784 Shop equipment
S14310 S2042 Shop equipment
S14311 S1788 Renew feeder Archer Clark to LaSalle
S14312 S1917 Lighting Pulaski/Foster terminal
S14313 S1991 Remove line LaSalle Randolph to Monroe
S14314 S2847 Portable radios
S14315 S1900 Scr BA4,103,106,110
S14316 S1979 Shop equipment
R14317 R618 Alterations – 61st Shop SSM
R14318 R866 Car washer – Howard Yard
S14319 S1901 2000 used “J” fare boxes
R14320 R753 Cable Clark Jct – NSM
R14321 R931 Cable 59th Jct – SSM
R14322 R642 Replace air line – 59th Jct SSM
R14323 R591 Renew footwalk SSM
S14324 S1880 Renew track Clark Lake to Randolph
S14325 S2040 Renew track 119th Morgan to Halsted, remove track 119th Ashland to Morgan
R14326 R564 Shop equipment

R14327 R519 Shop equipment
S14328 S1864 Renew feeder 18th Clark to Federal
R14329 R632 Modernize shop machinery – Skokie Shop
R14330 R644 Lighting platform extensions – North/South
S14331 S1908 Renew feeder State 18th to Archer
S14332 S1746 Retire track Blue Island/26th, Pulaski Ogden to 26th
S14333 S1741 Retire track Chicago Austin to Kedzie, California to Halsted, Larrabee to Lake Shore
S14334 S1740 Retire track Milwaukee (except Armitage to Western)
S14335 S1858 Remove track Division w of Kolmar subway
S14336 S1986 Spreaders on salt buses BA36-BA73
S14337 S1753 Retire track 79th Ashland to Western
S14338 S1742 Retire track Pershing Indiana to State
S14339 S1744 Retire track Van Buren Clark to Halsted
S14340 S1745 Retire track Randolph Franklin to Dearborn
S14341 S1747 Retire track Madison Franklin to Dearborn
S14342 S1748 Retire track Desplaines Madison to Van Buren
S14343 S1750 Retire track Wells Illinois to Kinzie SB, Clark to Lincoln NB
S14344 S1743 Retire track LaSalle Randolph to Monroe
S14345 S1751 Retire track 61st Cottage Grove to State
S14346 S1752 Retire track Grand State to Clark
S14347 S1749 Retire track 47th Halsted to State, Kedzie to Western, Cottage Grove stub
S14348 S2814 Move poles Grand/Fullerton
S14349 S2481 Move poles Grand Fullerton to Lamon
R14350 R634 Replace 3rd rail NSM
R14351 R630 Replace 3rd rail SSM
S13452 S2586 Conv boiler coal to oil Lawndale CH
S14353 S1872 Remove special California/Division
R14354 R744 Alter Lombard Sub for rotary converter
R14355 R529 Restore Tk W4 – Logan Sq Terminal
R14356 S2576,R757 Electrical work – Lombard Sub
S14357 canx Move pole 63rd/Racine
R14358 R861 Replace 3rd rail West Side
S14359 canx Move pole 69th/racine
R14360 R597 Alterations to snow melters Howard Yard
S14361 S2770 Insulate water & gas lines – Beverly Gar
R14362 R451 Retire abandoned stations on Douglas Pk
S14363 S2456 Buses #5500-5599
S14364 S1946 Remove track 74th/Ashland, Halsted, 75th/Vincennes, State, South Park, Cotage Grove, Stony Island,
Constance,Coles
S14365 S1756 Insurance recovery for garage 115th/Michigan
R14366 R520 Jack supports 4000 series LSQ shop
S14367 S1980 Shop equipment
S14368 S2793 Bus tools Kedzie CH
S14369 S2820 Bus tools 69th CH
R14370 R656 Install R-10 Registers in State Subway stations
R14371 R665 Install R-10 registers – Merchandise Mart
R14372 S1934 Retire auto #519A, add auto #557A
S14373 S2417 Heat & vent Blue Island bays 3-7
R14374 R1072 New furnace Skokie Shops
S14375 S1919 Scrap 200 streetcars
S14376 S1881 Lighting Roosevelt/Monitor terminal
S14377 S2009 Remove special work S Chicago/Keefe, Cottage Grove, track Cottage Grove/75th
S14378 S2088 Remove track Cortland Ashland to Racine, Racine Cortland to Armitage
S14379 S2144 Mobile radiotelephone units
S14380 S2124 Install selectric TB switches 51st/Kedzie W-N, S-W

S14381 S2014 Add autos #110-113
S14382 S2193 Remove track Armitage Racine to Clark except Halsted “Y”
S14383 S1951 Renew skylight Lawndale CH
S14384 S1935 Shop equipment
S14385 canx Shop equipment
R14386 R493 Office equipment
R14387 R611 Scrap 30 RT coaches
S14388 S2908 Renew feeder 47th/Federal
S14389 S1875 Office equipment
S14390 S1887 Renew feeder Sedgwick/North
S14391 S1888 Renew feeder North Sedgwick to North Park
S14392 S2057 Renew track Clark/16th
R14393 R724 Renew flange angles – SSM
S14394 S1902 Paving – South Shops scrap yard
S14395 S1924 Paving – South Shops
S14396 S1910 Renew feeder Western Rooosevelt to Fillmore
S14397 S1911 Renew feeder Roosevelt Western to Ogden
S14398 S2092 Real estate 16th/47th Ct
S14399 S2093 Real estate Racine/87th
S14400 S1972 35 snow plows
R14401 R502 1,000,178 RT fare tokens
R14402 R631 Remove Hannah station & platforms – GPK
R14403 R748 Remove Kenton Yard – DPK
S14404 canx Radiotelephone units
S14405 S2047 Lighting and power – West Shops
S14406 S2128 Move poles Grand/North/Kostner
S14407 S2857 Remove line Desplaines Washington to Milwaukee
S14408 S1992 Remove line 75th/Exchange
S14409 S2065 Renew track Stony Island 63rd to 64th SB
S14410 S1889 Move poles S Chicago/Keefe
S14411 S1878 Move poles S Chicago/Cottage Grove
S14412 S2123 Lighting – North Ave propane area
S14413 S2532 Remove line 61st State to Cottage Grove
S14414 S1854 Scrap streetcar #106 (burned 07/19/52)
R14415 R509 Scrap #S8, convert S306 to shed
S14416 canx Sell 40 Pullman streetcars
R14417 R544 Remove Schiller station bldg NSM
R14418 R542 Remove exit stairs Adams/Wabash Inner n of Adams
S14419 S2276 Racine/87th terminal
S14420 S2282 Remove line Clinton ilwaukee to Harrison
S14421 S2574 Prepare for service #5500-5599
S14422 S1912 Renew feeder Clark/randolph
R14423 R535 Rem mezz – old Randolph/Wells sta
S14424 S1890 Renew feeder Wells/Madison
R14425 R755 Remove electrical equipment Kenton Yd DPK
S14426 S3010 Remove line 38th Washtenaw to Kedzie
S14427 S2316 Remove line 63rd Stony Island to Harper WB
S14428 S2533 Remove line 79th Lakefront to Western
S14429 S1913 Renew feeder Roosevelt/Hermitage
S14430 R1927 Scrap E24,204,234
S14431 S1985 Office equipment
R14432 R536 Exit stile E end Cicero DPK
S14433 S2259 Remove line Milwaukee Imlay Loop to Lake
S14434 S2530 Remove line 26th Kenton to Western
S14435 S2022 Generators for Walter Snowplows

S14436 S2055 Bus stop signs – GPK, Westchester bus routes
S14437 S2056 Renew rail 63rd/Indiana
S14438 S2513 Buses #5600-5699, add #5700-5799
S14439 S2954 Prepare for service #5600-5999
S14440 S2162 Install TB line Kedzie Gar to Roosevelt
S14441 S2836 Install TB line Kedzie Gar bays 2-3
S14442 S2168 Move poles Armitage Racine to Clark
S14443 S1915 Scr I204,213,202,211,217,W33,63,94
S14444 canx Air compressor Lawndale CH
S14445 S1981 Shop equipment
S14446 S2483 Move poles Grand Lockwood to North
R14447 R548 Relay 50th Av to 52nd Av DPK
S14448 S2326,R658 Conv #4381 to RT car by St Louis Car
S14449 S2327,R659 Conv #4394 to RT car by Pullman-Standard
R14450 canx 100 RT motor cars
S14451 S2114 Shop equipment
S14452 S2094 Real estate Montrose/Narragansett
G14453 G230 Office equipment
S14454 canx Scrap bus #1803 – see S14469
S14455 S1905 Renew feeder Indiana 50th to 51st
S14456 S2001 6 tail gate sand spreaders
R14457 R514 Remove HPK Oakley to Lawndale
S14458 S1984 Remove special work State/87th, x-over State n of 87th
S14459 S2492 Move poles State Kinzie to River
S14460 S2595 Convert Lawndale CH to AC power
S14461 S1938 Renew feeder Cortland Ashland to Elston
R14462 canx Convert 100 PCC’s to RT cars
S14463 S1996 Remove rail Van Buren viaduct W of river
S14464 S1891 Install neg feeder Division W of Kolmar
S14465 S1892 Install neg feeder 47th Shields to Normal
S14466 S2366 Light & power West Shops Boiler Room
R14467 R605 Shop equipment
S14468 S2063 Shop equipment
S14469 S1983 Scrap bus 1803 (burned 10/11/52)
S14470 S2087 Renew special work State/21st
S14471 S2164 Sewer line – Lawndale CH south yard
S14472 S2476 Remove trolley Milwaukee/Grand/Halsted
S14473 S2095 Additional real estate Racine/87th
S14474 S2069 Lighting open bays 4,9 North Ave
R14475 R515 Remove electrical equip HPK Oakley to Lawndale
S14476 canx Remove special work Clark/Polk
S14477 S2051 Shop equipment
R14478 R503 RT car #2717 to #S308
S14479 S2019 Renew feeder North/Damen
S14480 S2205 Shop equipment
S14481 S2137 Shop equipment
S14482 S2096 Scrap #2107,2114
S14483 S2044 Scrap shop machinery
S14484 R616 Track pits 61st Shop SSM
S14485 S2039 Remove Armitage CH open yard
R14486 R541 Repl interlocking with hand throw St Louis GPK, remove W diamonds
S14487 S1923 City paving costs – Roosevelt Viaduct
S14488 S2037 Lighting Chicago/Mayfield terminal
S14489 S2217 Radio receiver for auto
R14490 R680 Equipment for substations

B14491 B3 Steel ad frames for buses
S14492 S2307 Scrap 200 streetcars
S14493 S2195 Shop equipment
R14494 R661 Snow blower for #S308
S14495 S2032 Lighting 16th/47th Ct terminal
S14496 S1939 Remove cable from duct Chicago LaSalle to Clark
S14497 S1993 Adamdon conduit Loomis Van Buren to xway
R14498 R557 Checkers booths Chicago/State,Chicago/Milw Subway
S14499 S2052 Office equipment
B14500 B1 Purchase Chicago Motor Coach Co
R14501 R494 Capitalize liability from pre-10/1/47 vacation accrual
B14502 S2345 Radios for Boulevard Div autos
R14503 R551 Roadway machinery
R14504 R560 Yard track E switch track to Unit 2 Skokie Sh
R14505 R558 4 checkers booths – Kedzie GP,Western DP
R14506 R565 Shop equipment
S14507 S2072 Shop equipment
R14508 R585 Relay curve NS off T-18 – Loop
R14509 R640 Relay NB curve 40th/Wabash – SSM
R14510 R646 Relay SB curve 63/Calumet – SSM
R14511 R583 Relay Lake/Wabash curve Inner Loop
S14512 canx Propane tank – Kedzie CH
R14513 canx Put in service 100 RT cars
S14514 S1949 Abandon conduit Sedgwick Lincoln to North
R14515 R516 Comp from city – prop taken for Superhiway
S14516 S1929 City cost to pave over tracks 1952

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Our 200th Post

November 25, 2017November 27, 2017David Sadowski 13 Comments

CTA Pullman-built PCC 4281 on Route 36 – Broadway-State. Andre Kristopans: “4281 is on 119th east of Morgan.”

It is fitting that our 200th Trolley Dodger blog post should appear on Thanksgiving weekend. There is always so much in life to be thankful for.

We are thankful for our relative good health (knock on wood), and thankful for friends and family. Since we began this venture in January 2015, we have made many new friends among our readers.

I am thankful to be able to share these classic images with you.

After wandering far afield recently to such exotic places as Milwaukee and Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, we are home for the holidays with an all-new post chock full of Chicago transit pictures.

We wanted to make this one something special. But that is our goal with every post… we want #199 to be as good as #200, and #201 to be as good as this one. We may not always succeed, but it is not for lack of trying.

Enjoy!

-David Sadowski

PS- We threw in a few shots from outside the Chicago area, just because we liked them.

Meet the Author

Incredibly, this building, which served as the terminal for the Logan Square branch of Chicago’s “L” until 1970, is still there, although heavily modified, and now serves as the home of City Lit Books at 2523 N. Kedzie. (Chicago Transit Authority Photo)

FYI, this Saturday at 5 pm (11-25) I will be at City Lit Books (2523 N. Kedzie Blvd., Chicago) to discuss my new book Chicago Trolleys. Additional authors will be there as well. Their books are Cycling in Chicago and The Great Chicago Fire. I hope to see you there.

More information here.

Recent Correspondence

Wally Weart writes:

David, I want to let you know how much I enjoy your postings. I grew up in Chicago during and after World War II and was able to ride a lot of the streetcar and “L” lines as well as those interurbans still in operation through the 50s and 60s.

Your pictures bring back a lot of memories and show me things that I missed during that period of time as well. Please do know how much your work is appreciated and keep it going.

I appreciate that, thanks! I will do my best.

Another of our regular readers writes:

Creative writing has always been your skill, whether it was the CERA blog, the Trolley Dodger blog, as well as several CERA publications. Some of your postings on the Trolley Dodger blog are mini stories in themselves. Writing seems to come easily to you and you do it well. Such has never been the case for me. Although I have done some writing, maintaining a blog like you do would be boring to me.

I was extremely impressed with your postings on the Fairmount Trolley, the CA&E 400 series Pullmans, and Andre Kristopan’s analysis of the end of the Red streetcars (see our post The Fairmount Park Trolley, November 7, 2017).

Thanks… I think that everyone has a unique contribution to make in life, and we all need to find that “niche” for ourselves. I seem to have found mine with this type of work. No doubt there are other things you excel at that would leave me clueless.

While some might think working on a blog such as this would be a burden, I consider it a privilege and a responsibility. Like many other things in life, you get back out of it what you put in. I hear from so many people who are grateful to see our posts. Like The Beatles famously sang, “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.”

It’s anything but boring to me, because in the process of researching these articles, I always learn so much. And when I do get things wrong, which does happen, our readers are quick to point that out, and I learn from that too. So, we all learn together and I feel that our readers are an integral part of what goes on here. So again, I am thankful to you.

If you challenge yourself to “think outside the box,” you can achieve more in life than you ever dreamed possible. There is so much to learn in life that I don’t see how it would ever be possible to be bored. There simply aren’t enough hours in the day to take it all in.

Recent Finds

A westbound Garfield Park “Met” car crosses the B&OCT tracks in Forest Park.

In July 1965, a two-car train of flat-door CTA 6000s is on the ground-level portion of the Ravenswood route, todays’ Brown Line. (Roger Puta Photo)

CSL Small Pullman 891 is on north Lincoln Avenue, running on Through route 3 (Lincoln-Indiana). Cliff Burnstein adds, “The CSL small Pullman 891 is on the northbound track at the end of the line on Lincoln at Peterson near Kedzie. . The poles have been reversed and 891 will shortly cross over to the southbound track. The north suburban gas tower is seen in the distance to the right.”

CTA “Turtleback” 1702 is at Division and California.

CSL 584, a Milwaukee Avenue car, is at Madison and Canal, in front of the Chicago Daily News building.

CTA 6152 at Waveland and Halsted, north end of the Halsted car line in April 1952.

CTA 1801 at Kedzie and 67th Streets on March 28, 1948.

CTA 407, signed for the Museum Loop, is on Roosevelt Road in August 1949.

CTA535 on Milwaukee at Paulina in April 1951 (this is the date that I received with this negative, however it must be wrong). Milwaukee was converted to buses on May 11, 1952. George Trapp: “The photo at Milwaukee and Paulina looks to me to be earlier than 1951, auto at far right looks like it dates to late 1920’s early 1930’s and no post war autos are in sight so I guess the photo is from the late 1930’s early 1940’s.”

CTA 363 at the Pennsylvania Railroad viaduct at Ashland and Arbor in March 1951. Andre Kristopans notes, “363 Ashland north of Fulton – bridge has three railroads over it, closer behind car is PRR with Milwaukee Road also using the same tracks, beyond is C&NW. Note that street under bridge is much narrower than rest of street. Ashland was widened relatively late, and the bridges were never widened out to this day.”

CTA 415 at Cermak and Kenton. The date given is August 2, 1949, but that must be wrong, since there is a Chicago & West Towns streetcar at left and the 415 still has a CSL logo. So perhaps 1947 would be more like it as the West Towns streetcars quit in April 1948.

CTA Sedan 3358, still sporting a CSL logo, is at Cottage Grove and 115th, south end of the Cottage Grove line, in May 1948.

CTA 6168, signed for Route 38, is on the Wabash Avenue bridge in October 1951.

CSL Sedan 6316 is on Wentworth and 73rd Street, running on Route 22, Clark-Wentworth.

CSL 3318 is at Damen and 74th on November 28, 1946.

CTA Pullman 585 is signed for Halsted and Waveland in February 1954, which suggests it is running on Route 8 – Halsted, which was bussed three months later. Andre Kristopans: “585 is on Emerald south of 79th.”

CTA 6172 is at Lawrence and Austin on February 26, 1950, running on Route 81.

Some passengers are getting off CSL 3312, which is running on the Damen Avenue extension. This gives you an idea of how some men dressed back in the 1940s when it was cold out.

CSL work car S-53. Not sure of the location.

CTA 4380, signed for Clark-Wentworth, on June 30, 1955. This may be South Shops.

CTA Postwar PCC 7053 is signed for Route 38 in this November 1952 view. This designation was used for Route 4 – Cottage Grove cars to indicate they were terminating at Grand and Wabash. As you can see, some postwar cars were used on Cottage, and this one appears to have been converted to one-man operation.

CSL 7054 in the late 1940s, running on Route 22, probably near the south end of the line. Andre Kristopans: “7054 is AT the south end of 22 – 81st and Halsted about to turn north into Halsted.”

CTA 4008, in “tiger stripes,” is on Route 20 – Madison in March 1948. Notice the sign advertising the Chicago Herald-American, which at this time was owned by the Hearst Corporation. It was sold to the Chicago Tribune in 1956.

North Shore Line wood car 300,in the days circa 1939-42 when it was used as the “club car” for the fledgling Central Electric Railfans’ Association.

North Shore Line “Birney” car 333 circa 1947. (Donald Ross Photo) Larry Sakar says this is “southbound at 5th & Chase.”

North Shore Line wood car 201, which looks like it is headed for the scrapper (probably in the late 1940s). (Donald Ross Photo)

South Shore Line car 107 at the South Bend terminal near the LaSalle Hotel in 1954. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

Chicago Rapid Transit Company “L” car 328 at Indiana Avenue in September 1936. It is signed as a Stock Yards local.

CRT “Met” car 2847 at Canal in August 1938. Riders could change here for Union Station. This station remained in service until June 1958, when the Congress rapid transit line opened.

CTA Pullman 908 is at Navy Pier, east end of Route 65 – Grand.

South Shore Line car 110 is in South Bend, not far from the LaSalle Hotel which was its east terminus until 1970. I presume it is heading into a storage yard.

CSL experimental pre-PCC 4001 at South Shops in 1934. Like its counterpart 7001, it was used in service that year to bring people to A Century of Progress, the Chicago World’s Fair.

CTA PCC 4168 is seen in 1949, signed for Route 42 – Halsted-Downtown (note the side sign says Halsted-Archer-Clark). There is a Route 8 – Halsted car behind it. The location is on Emerald south of 79th.

CTA 7052 appears to be in dead storage at South Shops on June 30, 1955. Note the lack of overhead wire.

CTA 4025 at South Shops on June 30, 1955.

A train of CRT steel 4000s emerges from the brand-new State Street subway in late 1943.

Cable cars are shown here using the LaSalle Street tunnel under the Chicago River some time before they were replaced by streetcars in 1906.

CTA 4035 on Cottage Grove in 1953. Not sure of the exact location. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

CTA 4004 running on State Street, signed for Route 4 – Cottage Grove, in the early 1950s. (Walter Broschart Photo)

CSL 4039 at the Madison and Austin Loop in August 1941.

CSL 7018, a Madison-Fifth car, heads west near Union Station in August 1941.

CTA 7067 at South Shops on June 30, 1955. The “Enter at Rear” sign indicates this was a two-man car and was thus not one that had recently been assigned to Western Avenue. However, chances are the date I received is wrong, since George Trapp notes: ” The photo of PCC #7067 at South Shops shows the car brand new, note CSL logo, so should be dated around May 18, 1947 when that car was delivered, for some reason St. Louis Car cranked the side signs to HALSTED on there first order of Post War cars when shipping. I have a photo of car #7089 just delivered with same side sign.”

CTA 7225 at South Shops in 1956.

Don’s Rail Photos says that North shore Line wood car 131 “was built by Jewett Car in 1907. It was rebuilt in 1914 and rebuilt as a plow in 1930. It was retired in 1935 and scrapped in 1942.”

CTA 7060 on June 30, 1955, possibly in dead storage.

CTA 7041, possibly in dead storage at South Shops on June 30, 1955.

CSL 7025 is downtown and signed for Madison-Fifth, which was a branch line of Route 20.

CSL 7090 is at 81st and Halsted, south end of Route 22, in the late 1940s.

CTA 7156 is signed as a one-man car (but appears to be convertible to two-man) at South Shops in October 1956. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

CTA 4022 heading east on 63rd Street in the early 1950s.

CTA 4094 in dead storage at South Shops on June 30, 1955. Postwar Pullmans were an endangered species by then, practically all having been scrapped as part of the CTA’s “PCC Conversion Program.” I believe the date is correct; however George Trapp says, “Last Pullman PCC’s to be sent off to St. Louis were the oldest while the newest were sent first, 150 cars in series 4172-4371 went in 1953 with the rest in early 1954.”

CTA 4401 on October 21, 1950.

CTA 4401, with 4376 trailing, is heading north on Dearborn via Route 22 in 1955.

CTA 7268 is signed for Route 36 – Broadway-State and appears to be near Devon Station (car barn) in 1955. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

CTA side dump car N-1 at South Shops on May 16, 1954. A CERA fantrip was held on that day, over the last remaining streetcar lines that used the old red cars, which were retired from service two weeks later. (James C. Barrick Photo)

CTA side dump car N-1 at South Shops in October 1956. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

Capital Transit Company pre-PCC 1053 is on line 42 – Mt. Pleasant in Washington, D. C. on September 26, 1948. This was probably on a fantrip.

CTA 6163 is at Lake and Austin in the early 1950s. The Park Theater has already been closed, which would probably date this to circa 1952-54. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

Lehigh Valley Transit car 702 is part of a three-car fantrip circa 1950 or 51 at stop #96 in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. This was in the waning days of the Liberty Bell Limited interurban between Allentown and Norristown. The “Bell” stopped running on the Philadelphia & Western’s Norristown High-Speed Line in 1949.

CTA salt spreader AA-105 (ex-2854) at the North Avenue car barn in February 1952. Don’s Rail Photos: “2854 was built by South Chicago City Ry in 1907 as SCCRy 340. It was rebuilt in 1907 and became C&SCRy 839 in 1908. It was renumbered 2854 in 1913 and became CSL 2854 in 1914. It was later converted as a salt car and renumbered AA105 in 1948. It was retired on February 17, 1954.”

CTA Pullmans 482, 584, and 518 on the scrap line at South Shops in March 1955. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

CSL R-202 was a single-truck sand car. It is seen here on February 20, 1943.

CSL 4000 was a 1920s experiment in articulation that did not work out. It is seen here on the scrap track in the early 1940s.

With gas and tire rationing during World War II, CSL 2840, which had been in storage for ten years, was put back into service. Here, we see it on September 13, 1942.

CSL 2779 at South Shops on October 23, 1938. On this day, the Surface Lines held a fantrip that helped garner new members to the Central Electric Railfans’ Association, which was just getting started. (LaMar M. Kelley Photo)

Chicago Aurora & Elgin 407 and 432 in Forest Park in April 1955.

CA&E 413 at Wheaton on July 26, 1942.

South Shore Line cars 109, 39, 353, and 103 are on west Chicago Avenue at Northcote Avenue in East Chicago, Indiana on July 16, 1956. Not long after this, street running in East Chicago came to an end, as the South Shore began using a new bypass route parallel to the Indiana Toll Road. (James C. Barrick Photo)

South Shore Line “Little Joe” freight loco 803, with a train of 25 cars, is in the 1100 block of west Chicago in East Chicago on July 9, 1956. (James C. Barrick Photo)

South Shore Line cars 107, 37, 27, and 5 are on east Chicago Avenue at Whiteoak Avenue in East Chicago on July 16, 1956. (James C. Barrick Photo)

CRT 294 is signed as a Kenwood Local on July 21, 1934.

CTA 4109 at Madison and Austin in August 1948.

CTA 4383, I would assume, is turning from Clark onto westbound Devon as it is to run on Route 49 – Western.

CTA Sedan 6317 is running on Route 4 – Cottage Grove in the south Loop.

CSL Birney car 2000 in 1927.

CRT 1048 is a Jackson Park Local on July 21, 1934.

CRT 1763 is at Cermak Road on September 19, 1934.

CRT 337 at Indiana Avenue in September 1936.

Queensboro Bridge car 534 on January 16, 1949.

North Shore Line 719 is northbound on the Loop “L” at Adams and Wabash in June 1940.

North Shore Line car 181 in Winnetka.

North Shore Line car 409 at the Milwaukee terminal yard in February 1952. (Donald Ross Photo) Don Ross adds, “North Shore 409 at the Milwaukee station yard is interesting. That car had no smoking area and it was completely open. We used that car for our ERA meetings and the North Shore people helped to make sure it was set up.”

North Shore Line cars 720 and 747 in Milwaukee on October 12, 1941.

North Shore Line car 725 in Milwaukee in June 1940.

North Shore Line 170 at the Highwood Shops on July 5, 1949.

North Shore Line 250 in Wilmette on July 11, 1939.

CSL 3210 on the 51st-55th route, probably in the late 1930s.

North Shore Line Electroliner 803-804, which was new at the time, on a February 8, 1941 fantrip, making a photo stop at South Upton Junction.

Updated Posts

FYI, new material has been added to our post The Other Penn Central (May 9, 2016). Several additional pictures have also been added to The Fairmount Park Trolley (November 7, 2017).

Chicago Trolleys

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The Fairmount Park Trolley

November 7, 2017June 22, 2018David Sadowski 16 Comments

The Fairmount Park trolley, just prior to abandonment in 1946.

Many years ago, old-time railfans would compile “dossiers” or scrapbooks about their favorite lines. Eventually, some of these dossiers were used to help write books about those same properties.

Over the last three years or so, I have been collecting information about the Fairmount Park trolley operation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Today’s post is my “dossier” for your enjoyment. Hopefully, it will give you some of the flavor of what it must have been like to ride that long-gone scenic trolley.

There are today, of course, other scenic trolleys with open cars in service, but these are latter-day recreations such as in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Photos of the Fairmount Park trolley are scarce, so it took quite some time to find this many. Pictures in color are even scarcer, as few people were using color film as early as 1946.

There are some books about this line that do not have as many pictures as we have in this post. Most of the images you see here are taken from the original medium-format negatives.

Some of those dark spots that you see in the sky in some of the pictures are actually birds flying around in the park.

Even finding a decent map of the line was not easy. I purchased one of the “broadsides” used for the 1946 auction, and this fortunately had a nice map in it. Apparently the electric cars were used one last time to give prospective bidders a tour of the line, just days before the end of the half-century long franchise agreement.

Reports indicate that many people refused to get off the cars at the end of the line, having enjoyed it so much they went for multiple rides. This created problems on busy days.

Dr. Harold E. Cox, in his 1970 book The Fairmount Park Trolley: A Unique Philadelphia Experiment, told the fascinating story of this self-contained trolley operation that ran in a very large public park for nearly 50 years, from November 1896 until September 1946. He called it an experiment, because a park trolley line was quite unusual. There was one other example that ran in Europe, but for a much shorter period of time.

The Fairmount Park Transportation Company used the same rolling stock, originally built by Brill in 1896-97, for the entire life of the 8-mile long trolley. This was also quite unusual. Nothing seems to have been updated or replaced with anything newer.

J. G. Brill was an obvious choice for a builder as they were located in Philadelphia, and were at that time the industry leader.

By 1946, Fairmount Park was a virtual rolling museum of vintage equipment. The trolley operated year-round, on a reduced schedule during the winter of course. Open cars were used in the summer and closed cars in the winter.

The line mainly ran on the west side of the park, on a long one-way single track loop entirely on private right-of-way. There was a Junction station if you wanted to take a short cut and not have to ride all the way around the loop.

There were some double-tracked sections too, which you can see on the map below.

The east and west halves of the park were connected by a long bridge, built by the trolley company. It was renovated in the 1990s and is still in use today.

The FPTC built Woodside Amusement Park in 1897 and this provided another reason to use the park trolley. Woodside actually outlasted the trolley and closed in 1955.

Through the years, one of the closed cars was converted to a rather bizarre-looking line car. Various models have been made of this car. It sticks in your mind, just as it does the first time you see Frankenstein’s monster cobbled together from parts of various cadavers.

After World War II, the park trolley was badly in need to new equipment and new track, but it had operated at a loss for many years, and there were no funds available. The Philadelphia chapter of the National Railway Historical Society drafted a proposal to save the line, suggesting that if fares were increased, additional monies could be used for renovations. Unfortunately, this came to naught, and the trolley was allowed to abandon service as of September 1946, about two months before the end of its 50-year franchise.

The trolley assets were sold at auction in November 1946, an event advertised using a large “broadside” printed brochure. All the cars were scrapped, and the rails, ties, wire, and line poles removed.

Eventually, it became difficult to tell just where the trolley had run through the park. In recent years, efforts have been made to turn the old trolley right-of-way into a trail. You can read about the Trolley Trail Demonstration Project here.

Some remnants of the trolley persist- read about that here.

In spite of the winters in the northeast, there were a few streetcar lines that used open cars in warm weather for longer than practically anywhere else. Open cars were used in service to shuttle people to the Yale Bowl in Connecticut as late as 1948.

We are also featuring a few additional pictures from the Five Mile Beach Electric Railway, which ran open cars on the Jersey shore until 1945. We thank our resident New Jersey expert Kenneth Gear for helping research this obscure trolley line.

In addition, there is some interesting correspondence with Andre Kristopans and more great restored Chicago Aurora & Elgin pictures, courtesy of Jack Bejna.

Enjoy!

-David Sadowski

PS- The word “broadside,” meaning a large advertisement such as this, took on an additional meaning during the folk song revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s. It brings to mind Broadside magazine, which began publishing in 1962 and continued through the 1970s.

Some of the images in today’s post were taken by the Reverend W. Lupher Hay (1905-1984), who lived in Canton, Ohio. According to author George W. Hilton, W. Lupher Hay purchased an interurban car from the Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside in 1934 for use as a summer home; he sold it in 1941.* Interestingly, his wife Fay (nee Siebert) (1910-2010), who survived him, passed away one day short of her 100th birthday.

*From The Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway, Bulletin 42 of the Electric Railway Historical Society (1964), page 32.

Our next post will be our 200th, and we have been saving up some great Chicago images for that. Watch this space.

Car 8.

Trailer 55 in the mid-1940s.

Car 15.

Car 8. (Walter Broschart Photo)

Car 14.

Car 7.

Car 31 near a tunnel.

Car 54, a 14-bench open car and two other cars in the same series at the Belmont Avenue car house in July 1934. (W. Lupher Hay Photo)

Car 4 leaving the sation, moving away from the photographer in January 1935. (W. Lupher Hay Photo)

Car 1 on October 13, 1935.

Car 8, signed for Dauphin Street, is at 44th and Parkside on October 13, 1935.

Very much the same as the previous shot, same car and location (44th and Parkside) but two weeks later on October 27, 1935. (William Lichtenstern Photo)

The Strawberry Mansion Bridge, which connects the east and west sides of the park.

Closed car 5, which was built by Brill in 1896 along with the rest of the fleet.

Parkside station.

A stock certificate.

A paper transfer.

A stock certificate.

A 1910 postcard, quite “colorized.”

Car 18 at the Junction station. The date is given as December 12, 1935, but the time of the year seems unlikely from the way people are dressed, and the looks of the trees. If the date was 2035, this could possibly be the correct attire, but as of 1935, there hadn’t been enough global warming just yet.

Car 3 on January 23, 1937. (W. Lupher Hay Photo)

Composite line or utility car 200 was made from closed passenger car 9. Here we see it at the Belmont Avenue car house on June 26, 1936. (W. Lupher Hay Photo)

Car 16 on April 19, 1937.

Line car 200 on October 16, 1938.

Car 30 at the car house on September 17, 1939.

Car 11 in 1939. (Duane Bearse Photo)

Car 14 at the terminal near the Philadelphia Transportation Company terminal in 1940. They did not share any tracks.

You can tell this picture was taken at the same time and place as the last one in 1940. That’s the same girl in both pictures.

An open car at 44th Street in 1941.

Car 18 in May 1941.

Car 32 “at speed” in May 1941.

May 1941.

The interior of an open car in May 1941. This charming photo also appeared in Harold Cox’s book, but here we see it scanned from the original negative.

Two open cars in May 1941.

#31 in May 1941, as seen from another car.

#46 in May 1941.

#23, as seen from a passing car in May 1941.

#18 in May 1941.

#25 in May 1941.

#19 in May 1941.

#28 in May 1941.

#46 in May 1941.

Car #21 in May 1941.

#18 at the car house in September 1941.

Car 10, shown here at Woodside in September 1941, is signed for the Philadelphia chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, so perhaps this is a fantrip. Trailer #50 is at the rear out of view.

#49, a trailer, seen here as the rear car of a two-car train at the Park Junction station in 1942.

#26 in the car house in 1944.

Car 18 at the station in June 1945. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

Cars 19 and 36 on the Strawberry Mansion Bridge over the Schuykill River near Woodford Station on July 9, 1944. The bridge, built in 1896-97 for the trolley company, is still in use, but the section used by the streetcars has only recently been repurposed with a “pedestrian promenade.”

#7 inside the car house in June 1946.

Car 25 at the Junction station on April 13, 1946. (Major G. F. Cunningham Photo)

Car 11 at the 44th and Parkside terminal on April 14, 1946. (Major G. F. Cunningham Photo)

Car 3 on April 13, 1946. (Major G. F. Cunningham Photo)

Car 20 on April 14, 1946. (Major G. F. Cunningham Photo)

Car 5 at the car house.

The November 6, 1946 auction.

Dismantling the line in late 1946 or early 1947.

1946 Color Film by Gerhard Salomon:

Bill Volkmer Writes:

Might be of interest to you. I believe the Strawberry Mansion Bridge photos came in an estate collection I bought from Syd Walker who was a bus driver for Southern Penn. Bought them ca. 1960.

Thanks very much!

Car 15 on July 7, 1946. (Bill Volkmer Collection)

Car 10 at Woodside in 1945. (Bill Volkmer Collection)

Car 31. (Bill Volkmer Collection)

The Strawberry Mansion Bridge circa 1945. (Bill Volkmer Collection)

Car 10 circa 1945. (Bill Volkmer Collection)

Five Mile Beach Electric Railway

Me, to Kenneth Gear:

I have collected a few photos of the Five Mile Beach Electric Railway in Wildwood, NJ. As a New Jersey-ite, I was wondering if you can tell me anything about it. There hardly seems to be any info about it online.

I get the impression that the trolleys ran until the mid-1940s. It seems the company is still in business, and runs tourist trolleys that are gas powered. They claim to be an “interurban” on their web site but offer no history.

Thanks.

Wow, “New Jersey-ite”! That’s probably the nicest thing we’ve been called in a long time!

As for the Five Mile Beach Electric Railway, I personally know very little but my “go to” reference book on NJ streetcar lines has 6 pages of information. The book is STREETCARS OF NEW JERSEY by Joseph F. Eid, Jr. & Barker Gummere.

I’ve scanned the pages and attached them. Hope this tells you all you want to know.

Hey, thanks very much!

So, what nicknames do people from NJ go by? Here, I guess we have Chicagoans, or Illinoisans.

We prefer “Jerseyian” or for us men, “Jersey Guys”.

OK, thanks… FYI, I organized your scans into a PDF.

So, the trolley quit in 1945 but the bus operation that succeeded it is still going. Apparently, the character of life on the Jersey Shore changed during World War II, as there were German U-Boats preying on shipping just off the coast. They used the lights from the boardwalks to outline ships they were hunting, so a nighttime blackout was instituted.

Incredibly, there are reports that sometimes sailors from the U-Boats would row ashore and buy food locally to take back to their submarines.

Unlike the Fairmount Park trolley, at least one car from Five Mile Beach was saved. Car 36 is now at the Connecticut Trolley Museum. Read more about it here.

In Wildwood. Not sure which car this is.

Car 20, signed for “Crest.”

Car 36 in Wildwood.

Car 30 at Anglesea in July 1935.

Car 25 at Wildwood in the mid-1940s.

Five Mile Beach car 26 at Wildwood, NJ in 1944. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

Five Mile Beach cars 22 and 27 at the Wildwood car house on May 30, 1945. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

Car 36 at the Wildwood car house in 1944. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

Car 36 on its way to the Connecticut Trolley Museum in 1945.

Five Mile Beach electric Railway car 27 at Atlantic and Oak Avenues in Wildwood, on the Angelsea-Crest line, June 1945. A bus is also visible. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

Five Mile Beach electric Railway cars 22 and 27 at the Wildwood carhouse on May 30, 1945, shortly before abandonment. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

Five Mile Beach Electric Railway car 30 in the car barn, circa the mid-1940s. (Walter Broschart Photo)

The Five Mile Beach Electric Railway line truck on May 30, 1945, at the Wildwood car house around the time of abandonment. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

A former Five Mile Beach Electric Railway streetcar at Wildwood, New Jersey in the late 1940s. The sign at left says, “Barbecued chicken our specialty.” (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

Five Mile Beach Electric Railway car 36 at Warehouse Point, Connecticut on August 16, 1952.

Videos

Wildwood: The History of An American Resort

NJN Documentary Our Vanishing Past – Wildwood

Wildwoods by the Sea:

CA&E 1923 Pullman Cars

Here are more great Chicago Aurora & Elgin photo restorations, courtesy of Jack Bejna:

I recently received my copy of “Images of Rail: Chicago Trolleys”, just in time to take with on a flight from Florida to Los Angeles. I read it from cover to cover and enjoyed it immensely!

Glad you like it. Thanks!

In 1923 CA&E ordered 20 new cars (400419) from Pullman. These cars were all steel and were state of the art when purchased. They were equipped with Tomlinson couplers and were not capable of training with any of the wood cars in the fleet. The new cars were put into limited service initially, but they eventually were used for all types of service.

Of these, the 409 at the Illinois Railway Museum is the lone survivor.

Recent Correspondence

The Last of the Red-Hot Pullmans

CTA 225 on October 12, 1956.

Me, to Andre Kristopans:

After the last of the red streetcars were taken out of service in May 1954, I read that the CTA planned to keep “about 10 or so” cars for emergency use.

It seems like the figure was actually nine cars. Looks like six were burned in March 1956, an event that was covered in the CTA Transit News. There is some film footage too:

From photos taken at that time, I see that some of the cars burned were 362, 453 (or is it 153), and 542. The three saved cars, of course, are 144, 225, and 460.

Any idea what numbers the other three cars might have been?

Thanks.

Actually, there seem to have been eight. There are 8 cars listed as off the books on 2/23/56:

144,225,288,362,453,460,507,542

They were part of a large group of 55 cars retired on AFR 16455R, comprising all remaining red cars. Rest were scrapped in 1955.

Thanks very much… but that CTA video sure seems to show six cars being torched.

This is somewhat strange, isn’t it? LOOKS like it might be six cars, but the scrap lists (which are contemporary records!) show only 8 cars with a 2/23/56 disposal date. Also, why do 144, 225, 460 show a “scrap date”? In fact 144 didn’t go to IRM until 1959, 460 sat around until 1985!. Only other departure was 225, supposedly in 1956 (but see below!). Apparently these are “removed from the books” dates. Another strange observation: Why are these cars so badly banged up? Especially the one at the north end of the lineup. Looks like it was chewed up by something. Were they pushing them around with forklifts? Even a forklift wouldn’t do THAT much damage. Looks like it was hit by a train!

Another tidbit – 2/1/56 roster on the IRM-CTA website has these same 8 cars listed as authorized for retirement but still around. 3/1/55 roster at same shows 60 cars in storage – scrap lists for 52 all come up April-May 1955. So unless there were some shenanigans – such as the 225 at Seashore isn’t the real 225, but another car sent to Seashore renumbered 225 and stricken off the books in 1955 under it’s real number and the real 225 was actually burned 2/56??? I can’t come up with another explanation. Can you?

I’ve been to Seashore, and that car is largely in original condition, more so than 144. There’s nothing to indicate any changes in numbering.

I think 225 might have left Chicago in 1957.

144 may have belonged to IERM while still being used in fantrip service.

I posted this on the chicagobus.org forum. This is the only thing that makes sense. If there are indeed six being burned in the video, I can’t come up with a better explanation.

Andre

You guys want to hear an interesting conspiracy theory? Well, I have one for you. First, a bit of background: I have in my possession a CTA list, hand-written and added-on to over they years, of scrapping dates for all streetcars. This can be considered a “contemporary record”. I also have in my possession a listing of which streetcars were retired under which Authorization for Retirement. Finally, the IRM-CTA website has on it various CTA rosters, with the pertinent dates being for 3/1/54 and 2/1/56.

According to the 3/1/54 roster, there were still 60 red streetcars sitting in storage. The 2/1/56 roster lists 8 left (144,225,288,362,453,460,507,542). The scrap list gives dates for the other 52 as in April and May of 1955, so this all comes out correct.

Now it gets interesting. CTA Connections has a video showing the burning of what is said to be the last red streetcars at 77th in the winter of 1956. The scrap list shows a 2/23/56 date for all eight cars listed above. HOWEVER — there is a problem. The video shows what appears to be six cars being burned. There should only have been five! Note of the above eight cars listed, three supposedly still exist – 144, 225, and 460. So what gives???

144 went to IRM in 1959. 460 sat at CTA for decades at Lincoln, Lawndale, etc. until it was finally shipped to IRM in 1985. 225 is at Seashore, and has been there since 1956, according to their website. It appears the dates in the scrap lists are actually the date a car was removed from inventory, not necessarily the actual date burned, though that date was probably soon after. So what would the sixth car scrapped in March of 1956 have been?

Here is a thought: Is it possible CTA did a number swap in 1955, and another car was actually shipped off to Seashore, lettered as 225? At this point, 61 years later, it would probably not be possible to determine if this is true, except maybe by a VERY detailed examination of the car at Seashore. However, if this is what happened, then the real 225 was the sixth car burned in 1956. Of the six cars being burned, you can only make out numbers on a couple, and in fact at least one has its number painted out. Maybe this swap was made because the real 225 had a major problem, and somebody at South Shops took it upon themselves to “send a better car?” CTA list does not note anything about 144 or 460 except a date, so if a car shown as off the inventory in 1955 was in fact shipped out, there would not likely be any note attached to it either.

Any better explanations??

Very interesting!

On the other hand, how about this scenario:

The three saved cars 144, 225, and 460 have their original numbers.

2. Five other red cars were burned early in 1956.

3. One other car, not on the list of eight, was also burned at that time. This had been involved in a major wreck at some time previous, and therefore had an earlier retirement date, since there was no intention of fixing it.

This car sat around for some time until they got around to torching it with the others.

CTA was very good at scrapping what the paper said was scrapped. So definitely something marked 225 was burned that day in all likelihood, while whatever car went to Seashore while it might have been marked 225 on the car itself as it sat on the flatcar was written off as it’s “real” number, whatever it might have been. Or alternatively, the 225 burned wasn’t “really” 225 but something else in reality. No way to tell at this point, except that most likely the car at Seashore is most likely not really 225???

On the car at Seashore, I did not notice anything inside the car that would look as though the number got changed. Pretty sure I took some pictures of that too.

OK – this is what we know for sure: There are six cars burning. CTA 3/1/56 roster lists 8 cars. Scrap list corroborates these 8. 1954 roster lists 60. Scrap list corroborates that 52 scrapped 1955. So what conclusion can be drawn? A car that is listed as scrapped in 1955 at least on paper was renumbered 225 and burned 1956. Note we can make out 362, 542, 288, 507, 453 at various points, but not the sixth number. East lineup seems to be 362 (north), 453, unknown. West lineup is unknown, 288, 507?. 542 seems to be at the end of one of the rows. 542 is a smooth-side, the south car on the east row is not, but south car on west row is. Note south car on east row seems to have no visible numbers??? Only thing I can say is some number was retired in 1955 was actually 225 shipped out, while that number off the 1955 scrap list was actually burned in 1956. CTA was known to do number swapping to make reality match paperwork.

Got it, thanks.

225 was still on the property as of October 21, 1956. (It was used on a fantrip that date.)

Only thing I can say is somebody was fudging the paperwork. Were only 51 cars were burned in 1955 and the 52nd (number unknown) was actually burned in 1956? In that case somebody made a paperwork error, in multiple places, or was some other car previously written off as scrapped actually burned in 1956? This might be the case, if there is indeed a car with number painted out sitting in the fire line. Maybe another car was to go to Seashore and had been written off earlier, but then 225 was chosen instead and the original candidate burned? Like I said, it appears the dates are the day car was turned over to Materials Management for disposal, not the day something was actually burned. If somebody could come up with a specific date a specific car was burned, it might be possible to confirm this, but this is what it appears to be.

One car did seem to have the number painted out…

225 and 144 were both used for competing fantrips on February 10, 1957. Of the two, photos show 225’s number looking newer than 144. But of course that just may mean it had received a new paint job more recently than the other car. That does not necessarily indicate a renumbering of 225.

At least, that does confirm a 1957 date for 225 being moved to the Seashore Trolley Museum instead of 1956.

These car numbers only took on any significance when they were practically the only cars left. Before that, there were so many cars, one or two did not have particular importance. The May 16, 1954 “Farewell to the Red Cars” fantrip used 473 and 479, not 144 or 225.

Maybe the late Maury Klebolt was on to something when he “renumbered” the 144 into 225 for a December 1956 fantrip, eh?

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September 26, 2017May 2, 2024David Sadowski 24 Comments

SR 60 laying over @ Waukesha loop Spring, 1950

With construction well underway on the new Milwaukee streetcar, and Milwaukee Transit Day (October 7th) fast approaching at the Illinois Railway Museum, this seems like an opportune time for guest contributor Larry Sakar to share more of his research with us.

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Larry Sakar writes:

The Trolley Dodger is getting a lot of notice. A friend of mine who does not have a computer has heard about it, most likely from Bill Shapotkin or Andre Kristopans. When something is well done, people notice, so I’m not surprised.

I promised you some pictures of the former TM station in Kenosha at 8th Ave. & 55th St. These 2 photos were taken by Ray DeGroote in September 1963 probably just days before the building was torn down. The passageway beneath the portico was where TM interurbans pulled in. They then curved to the right in the photo, on their way back to Milwaukee crossed Sheridan Rd. on the long elevated trestle, and then came parallel to the C&NW RR’s mainline between Chicago & Milwaukee. From around 1952 or ’53 to the end in Sept.’63 the former waiting room was a pizza restaurant – Vena’s Pizzeria.

Former TM Kenosha station 9-63 Ray DeGroote

Former TM Kenosha Station 9-63 Ray DeGroote note freight tracks.

When Speedrail acquired the 6-60 series curved side lightweight cars from Shaker Heights Rapid Transit in October 1949, they were shipped to Milwaukee via the Nickel Plate Road (CMSTP&STL) to Chicago, where the NKP flat cars were interchanged with the Milwaukee Road. The MILW brought them to The Transport Co.’s. Cold Spring shops where they were unloaded and given a thorough inspection. First to arrive was car 65 on 10-6-49. Shaker Heights had painted it in an experimental green and yellow paint scheme to improve visibility at grade crossings. Sometime between 10-7-49 and 10-23-49 someone repainted the front end of car 65 in an obvious effort to emulate the “Liberty Bell Limited” design on the LVT 1000 series high speed cars. No one knows who did it or when. First we see 65 coming down the Michigan St. hill eastbound on the shakedown runs over both the Waukesha & Hales Corners lines on 10-7-49. In the second shot, note that the front has been repainted white with the quasi-LVT design and air horns placed where they are on an LVT 1000 series car. The second shot is in the 25th St. curve next to the tanks of the Milwaukee Gas Light Co. Today I-94 the East-West Freeway occupies the r.o.w.

SHRT60 arriving from Cleveland 10-49 Lew Martin

SR 65 @ 6th & Michigan on 10-7-49 shakedown trip.

SR 65 @ 25th St, curve 10-23-49

Harper SR fan trip 10-49 schedule

I believe car 60 was the last to arrive from Shaker Heights. First we see it on the Milwaukee Division ERA fan trip of 10-16-49 crossing Brookdale Dr. In 2016 my friend and colleague Chris Barney took these 2 photos of Brookdale Dr. as it looks today.

SR 60 inaugural fan trip Brookdale 10-16-49

Brookdale Dr xing on H.C. line in 2016 C.N.Barney

Lots of absolutely fantastic material in this collection I just inherited. Look at these 2 documents. Without saying a word, there’s a very clear picture of the way things were being run at Speedrail in April of 1950! Owing $8000+ to TMER&T was definitely not the way to go!

Collection Letter from TMER&T attys against MRT&S 4-5-50

Dunning letter to MRT&S from TMER&T re: overdue payments 3-8-50

Talk about valuable information, in this collection I just inherited was a list, no actually there were 2 lists. A railfan but not too likely the friend who gave me the collection walked down the scrap line out at the Waukesha gravel pit on March 1, 1952 and again two weeks later March 16, 1952. He wrote down the number of every car in the scrap line. This info is valuable because a year earlier the trustee sold 13 of the TM 1100 series heavy interurban cars to Afram Brothers Scrap Metal Co. in Milwaukee. Obviously, Speedrail was desperate for money so why not sell off what was no longer being used? $2,000 (approximate figure) went to pay for the transformation of LVT 1102 into Milwaukee Rapid Transit 66, the so-called, “last hope car.”

Notice, I did not say Speedrail 66. Legally, it was still The Milwaukee Rapid Transit & Speedrail Company but when Bruno V. Bitker took over as the court-appointed trustee, he ordered the Speedrail name painted out on the curved-side lightweight (60 series) car as well as removed from all timetables and tickets. He made it very clear that the Speedrail name immediately brought to mind the 9-2-50 fatal accident. That is also one of the reasons Jay Maeder was dismissed. From then on everything just said “Rapid Transit 234 W. Everett St.”

You may notice, by the way, that when I write the Speedrail corporate name I always capitalize “THE.” Maeder insisted on it because “The” in TMER&L was always capitalized and anything TM did was what he wanted to do as well. There is no better evidence of that than the first Speedrail timetable dated `10-16-49 which said “TM Speedrail”. Here are the covers of Speedrail’s very first and very last timetables, and for the Waukesha Transit Lines bus which replaced it, a fact you’ll notice they made sure to put on their timetable. Waukesha Transit Lines eventually became Wisconsin Coach Lines. They are still in business but are now part of the Coach USA system.

TM SR Timetable 10-16-49

Rapid Transit TT West Jct. 6-4-51

WTL Replacing the SR 7-1-51

WTL Bus schedule 7-1-51

Here are the pictures I took at both the TM and North Shore stations on 4-5-72. I mentioned in a previous post that for many years after the TM M-R-K – Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha was abandoned in 1947 the freight tracks used by Motor Transport Co. were still embedded in pavement. Here they are on 4-5-72.

TM Kenosha Station looking north 4-5-72

Motor Transport Co. tracks TM Kenosha Sta. 4-5-72

The next 2 photos at the TM Kenosha station site show the point where the long elevated bridge over Sheridan Rd. began. The large building to the left was the Barr Furniture Co. which has since been torn down. The very last photo I just scanned shows the sign created by Kenosha radio broadcaster Lou Rugani to commemorate where TM’s Kenosha station used to stand at 8th Ave. & 55th St. Just one problem with the sign. The Don Ross photo on the sign shows the Racine, not the Kenosha station.

TM Kenosha Station next to Barr Furniture 4-5-72

Sign commemorating TM Kenosha station

From the TM station I walked out to the North Shore Line’s Kenosha station which is on 22nd Ave & 63rd St. if I recall correctly. I knew it was still standing but I didn’t expect it to be behind a stockade fence. I do not know why it was fenced off on 3 sides.

The first photo shows the northbound platform looking northeast. You can see the fence. The track area had been paved with asphalt but other than that the station appeared unchanged in the 9 years since abandonment.

NSL Kenosha Station 4-5-72 northbound platform

I then snapped a series of 3 pictures of the southbound platform starting at it’s north end, then the middle of it and last the south end of that southbound platform. All of that changed some years later when the station became a restaurant. They added a banquet room to the north end of the station which ruined its historic Arthur U. Gerber appearance. Then they extended the restaurant over the track area and removed the southbound platform entirely.

NSL Kenosha Station south end southbound platform 4-5-72

NSL Kenosha Station Southbound platform 4-5-72

NSL Kenosha Station 4-5-72 Southbound platform

The last NSL picture shows the abandoned NSL r.o.w. just north of Ryan Rd. I had just taken the picture when I noticed a large building in the distance. It turned out to be the Carrollville substation.

Abandoned NSL r.o.w. north of Ryan Road Carrollville substation distant 1971

Here is something I think you will enjoy. This picture appeared in a much smaller version in the Speedrail book. This is a much larger, more detailed print. These seats were installed by Shaker Heights when they acquired the curved side cars from Inter City Rapid Transit in 1940. They had purchased some of the very first Cincinnati curved side lightweights built from Kentucky Traction & Terminal but never placed them in service because their small motors made them unable to maintain the speed necessary for the 2 SHRT lines. They were kept on a storage track at Shaker’s Kingsbury Run shops and used for spare parts when the ICT cars arrived. That included these seats.

Interior SR 63

But there was one exception. Car 64 had green plush seats according to several people I spoke to who rode these cars on Speedrail. The Speedrail riders did not like these cars. They were glad Jay Maeder had saved the Waukesha line from the impending abandonment being sought by Northland-Greyhound but they wanted the TM 1100’s to remain in service.

Maeder became quite angry when he found out the Waukesha riders were complaining about the 60 series cars and he ran this ad in the Waukesha Freeman. Somebody should have told him you don’t bite the hand that feeds you. You never start off a communication with, “We all know…” Yes, he knew, and the railfans knew, but the average everyday rider thought these were new cars when they first saw them. One look at the interiors told them otherwise.

Maeder response to 60 series cars complaints

To give you an example of just how much the 60’s were disliked, the late Len Garver told me that one day he and his friend Jerry Fisher were riding a 60-series car to Waukesha. A lady getting off the car near Waukesha East Limits turned to the motorman and said, “Do all of these cars ride this way? I feel like I’ve just ridden over Niagara Falls in a barrel!”

Much of it had to do with car weight and height of the car above the rail. This photo from the collection of Herb Danneman illustrated the problem. Note the height of car 1138 at left with car 60 at right. This photo was taken on the Milwaukee Division ERA fan trip of 10-16-49 and is at 46th St.

TM 1138 & SR 60 meet @ 46thSt. 10-16-49. Herb Danneman coll.

Two of these pictures are ones I sent previously, but they were not the best quality. Two are ones you might never have seen before. One is pretty dramatic. Lew Martin took a picture as car 39 was rolling down the embankment of the r.o.w. after the 9-2-50 wreck. The other is of 1192 as it looked after the accident. Note how badly the front end was caved in. The photo was taken at the Waukesha Gravel pit. The car was towed out there once the investigation of the crash had been completed.

SR39 rolling off embankment 9-2-50 Lew Martin

SR 40 after push off embankment 9-2-50

SR 1192 at Wauk. Grvl pit after 9-50 wreck

Remains of SR 39 dumped off r.o.w. 9-2-50 (color)

The one picture of the Speedrail crash that I did have showed the wreck before the cars were rolled off the right-of-way. How long was it before the tracks were cleared? A few hours, perhaps?

I don’t recall any of the newspapers giving specifics as to how long it took to clear the wreck, much less to cut apart what was left of car 39 and all of car 40. I believe one account did say the tracks had been cleared by late afternoon which to me means about 4:00 or 5:00 pm. The biggest problem they had was trying to get the cars separated. Trip #5, the last one of the day with duplex 1184-85 hooked up to 1193, the rear car of the heavy duplex, attempted to pull them apart but couldn’t. A heavy duty National Guard wrecker was then brought in and it was able to do it. Ironic, isn’t it that when Hyman-Michaels was scrapping the cars at the gravel pit in 1952 they used 1184-85 as their office car. It’s the one with the sign saying attached to its front that said “No Trespassing. Property of Milwaukee Rapid Transit and Speed Rail Co.” Someone recently asked me why they separated the Speedrail name into two words. I guess only Hyman-Michaels Co. would have known.

Firemen trying to pry wrecked SR cars apart on 9-2-50 from MJ 9-3-50

I know they were serious about prosecuting anyone caught trespassing on the property. Al Buetschle, whom I mentioned in a recent post as the person who saved Milwaukee streetcar 978 went out to the gravel pit soon after scrapping began. He tried to get close enough to where the scrappers were working so he could get some good pictures. He tried hiding in the brush and weeds close to the tracks and they caught him. He was warned that if they ever caught him again he would be turned over to the Waukesha County Sheriff. After that, he discovered that walking up the C&NW RR tracks west from Springdale Rd. which were adjacent to the gravel pit was the “safe” way to gain entry without detection. The other was by going out there on Sundays. The scrappers did not work on Sundays and the place was pretty much deserted. It was on one of these “hunts” that he “saved” the roll sign from Car 66 as well as an Ohio Brass trolley retriever. The problem with the retriever was that it was rather cumbersome. He did not drive a car in 1952 so he had to take the replacement for Speedrail “Waukesha Transit Lines” bus to and from. He was afraid if the bus driver saw it he would report him so he hid the retriever under a log. Regrettably, it wasn’t there the next time he came back. When he moved to California in 1961 the roll sign found its way to someone else and from him to the person who owns it today. I have a color slide of it taken at a train show where it was on display back in the ’80’s or ’90’s.

Springdale Road. on Waukesha Line looking east in TM days Ed Wilson

Abandoned TM ROW Looking east to Springdale Rd. 4-14-71 LAS

We have a new TM/Speedrail mystery on our hands. This is a photo of a TM or Speedrail 1100 series car eastbound on the Waukesha line at Sunny Slope Rd. The date of the photo is unknown as is the photographer. My friend and colleague Chris Barney obtained this from the Waukesha Freeman newspaper. The car is headed east on the eastbound track but look at the car. It’s running backwards!

#1 – The “mystery photo.” A TM or Speedrail 1100 poss. 1142 is running backwards EB on the eastbound track at Sunny Slope Rd. J.G. Van Holten plant at right. Collection of C.N. Barney.

The streamlined modern type building to the right was the J.G. Van Holten Vinegar works along the westbound track. TM had a siding into the plant and delivered a brine car at least once a month. That continued into the Speedrail era. There were 2 crossover tracks both west of the crossing which the grainy quality of the photo makes impossible to see. That was where the Speedrail accident of 2-8-50 took place.

I’d like to ask my fellow TM fans for any information as to why a car would be running backwards. The switch into the plant was from the westbound track so even if the car had been switching a car in or out there would be no reason for it to be running backwards on the eastbound track.

Chris’ and my friend, Herb Danneman came up with what may be the explanation. On 2-29-52 Hyman-Michaels, the scrapper who dismantled Speedrail moved all of the cars in storage in Milwaukee to the Waukesha gravel pit for scrapping. We know for a fact that the cars operated in trains of 2 or 3 cars. TM 1142 which had been Speedrail’s freight motor from 12/50 to the end of service hauled a number of out of service 1100’s to the gravel pit. The “scrap trains” were operated westbound on the eastbound track as demonstrated in this photo by George Gloff. This is car 66 being towed by car 63. 1100’s could not couple onto curved side cars because of the difference in floor heights. That might be what’s going on here. It might have been easier just to run backwards to Milwaukee than wyeing at the gravel pit if they still could. We tried enlarging the photo to 8x`10 to see if the person standing on the rear platform is wearing a uniform which he would if this was some sort of unusual TM or Speedrail move but it only made him a shadow. We can’t tell.

The photo of 66 being towed is at Calhoun Rd. Some present-day photos at Sunny Slope and one I took there in 1971 are also included. J.G. Van Holten moved to Waterloo, Wisconsin in 1956 after a dispute with the then Town of New Berlin (now city). Seems the Van Holten company was disposing of its waste (they made both pickles and sauerkraut) in a retention pond west of the plant. That must have been a smell you’d never forget!

#2 – The Sunny Slope Rd. xing lkg. west in 5/71. Former J.G. Van Holten plant @ right. Note: power lines not in same place as #1.

#3 – Speedrail 1115 arr. @ Waukesha Gravel pit. C. N. Barney collection. Larry Sakar adds: “The car was on the 7/15/50 fan trip. The guys in the background were railfans who had come out on curved side car 60. They met 1115 at Waukesha loop. The fans returned on 1115 and 60 went into regular service for the return to Milwaukee. Each segment of the charter used a different car. The morning trip to Waukesha loop used lightweight duplex 31-32. Car 1115 had taken its place on the regular trip. 31-32 pulled into the loop behind 1115. 1115 obviously departed first though I’ve no idea how far ahead and the Milwaukee or intermediate stops crowd got 31-32. The afternoon trip to Hales Corners Hillcrest loop used curved side car 65 on the outbound trip and car 300 for the return. It was on that trip that the trolley pole rewired as they were crossing the Honey Creek Pkwy. bridge, hit the arm holding the trolley wire which jutted out from the right and bent like a pretzel. What to do? Somebody came up with the idea of turning the front trolley pole around and see if they could operate the car that way though obviously a lot slower than would otherwise have been the case. It worked. It would be the last successful fan trip on Speedrail. A month and a half later came the 9-2-50 disaster at Oklahoma Ave.”

#4 – SR 66 being towed to Wauk. Gravel Pit passing Kuney’s at Calhoun Rd. 2-29-52 George Gloff photo.

#5 – Calhoun Rd. xing lkg west. Part of Kuney’s bldg. at left. 2013 photo by C.N. Barney

#6 – Sunny Slope Rd. xing lkg west 2013. That’s me in the photo. C.N. Barney photo

#7 – Lkg. east from west of Sunny Slope Rd. xing 2013. C;N. Barney

#8 – Ex J.G. Van Holten plant hidden in the brush as seen from the U.P. RR (ex C&NW) r.o.w. 2013 C. N. Barney photo

#9 – Literal end of track on Lincoln Ave. (Waukesha East Limits), 9-26-52. Note track has been cut. John Schoenknecht collection.

#10 – Newspaper clipping showing 2-8-50 Speedrail accident at Sunny Slope Rd. Larry Sakar collection.

Have you ever studied a picture and not noticed something obvious? I was thinking of the “mystery” photo I just sent you and that’s when it hit me. This can’t be any kind of normal passenger run. Because the car is running backwards on the eastbound track the entry door is on the wrong side. How would they board or discharge passengers? The left side of the 1100’s didn’t have any doors!

If this car was heading back to 25th St. to pick up more 1100’s for transport to the Waukesha Gravel pit, you’d want it to be backwards so you could couple to another set of cars. Then you’d be position correctly for the reverse trip to Waukesha. Running backwards like that there was absolutely no place to turn the car around except West Junction loop. They’d have run backwards to the switch that took cars from the Waukesha to the Hales Corners line which was a short distance north of the West Jct. station, then switched to the Hales Corners line where they’d now be facing south, gone around the loop and then you’d be facing north frontwards). They could not have gone all the way to the Public Service Building. First, there was no way to turn a car around there and second by Feb. 29 of 1952 the rails had tar put over them and the trolley wire had been removed from the trainshed.

I think Herb Danneman was right. This is 2-29-52 and that is car 1142.

-Larry Sakar

Postscript

Scott Greig (see Comments section below) was wondering if there was any sort of listing of which Speedrail cars went to the Waukesha Gravel Pit for scrapping. He is in luck. Among the many great documents I found in that collection Herb Danneman so generously gave me were 2 lists of cars that were in the scrap line and elsewhere on the Speedrail property on March 1, 1952 and March 16, 1952. The list was written in pencil and hard to read so I typed it up and scanned in both lists

Thanks Scott, Charles and Robert for the great comments and superb information.

-Larry

Recent Finds

CTA PCC 7199, a product of the St. Louis Car Company, is eastbound on 120th near Halsted circa 1952-55. This was the south end of Route 36 – Broadway-State. (Eugene Van Dusen Photo)

CTA 6148, and “Odd 17” car, was built by the Surface Lines in 1919. Here we see it southbound, turning from Clark onto Halsted.

CTA 1750 heads west on Randolph Street, signed for Route 16 – Lake Street, circa 1952-54. In the background, we see the Sherman House Hotel, the old Greyhound Bus Terminal, and the Garrick Television Center.

CTA 1775 heads west on Cermak Road at Kostner circa 1952-54. This photo gives you a good view of a Chicago safety island.

CTA 1728 and 3127 on Route 21 – Cermak, just east of Kenton, circa 1952-54.

Chicago Aurora & Elgin 310 and follower (309?) are on the west side of Mannheim road near Roosevelt Road on a 1950s fantrip.

CA&E 310 on a 1955 fantrip on the Mt. Carmel branch.

Marion (Indiana) Railways Birney car 8. It was probably built by St. Louis Car Company circa 1922-23, and scrapped in 1947.

Marion Railways 8 circa World War II.

New Washington and Wabash “L” Station

The new Chicago Transit Authority “L” station at Washington and Wabash recently opened. It replaces two stations, at Madison and Randolph. Having one station instead of two speeds up service on the Loop. The Madison station was closed at the beginning of the project, while Randolph remained open until the new one was ready.

This new station is very attractive and seems designed well to handle large crowds. The old Randolph station was already being cut up for scrap when I took these pictures. Not sure what happened to the large CTA logo that was added when that station was renovated in 1954.

Washington and Wabash is conveniently located near Millennium Park, and also provides easy transfer to CTA buses heading east and west.

-David Sadowski

Charlie On the M.T.A.

A period illustration for the M.T.A. song (aka Charlie on the M.T.A.).

After purchasing a “Charlie Ticket” on our recent trip to Boston (see Back in Boston, September 15, 2017), that got us to thinking about the song that inspired it, generally known as Charlie On the M.T.A. We spent some time recently looking into the origins of this iconic song.

It all started in 1949, when the late Walter O’Brien ran for Mayor of Boston on the Progressive Party ticket. He had no money for advertising, but he did have some folksinging friends, who recorded several songs for his campaign, including The People’s Choice, The O’Brien Train, We Want Walter A. O’Brien, and The M.T.A. Song.

These had new lyrics set to old melodies that the folksingers, who included Bess Lomax Hawes, Al Katz, Sam Berman, Al Berman, and Jackie Steiner, were already familiar with. The M.T.A. song was set to the tune of The Ship That Never Returned, written in 1865 by Henry Clay Work.

The same song also inspired The Wreck of the Old 97.

Fare hikes were a reason to protest the newly formed M.T.A. The Massachusetts legislature had allowed the Boston Elevated Railway Company to absorb its competitors in 1922, creating a monopoly. When the company went bankrupt in 1947, the legislature bought the company, bailing out the shareholders, and formed the Massachusetts Transportation Authority (now called the MBTA).

As a result, a five cent surcharge was added to the existing ten cent fare. Since it was not easy to adapt existing fare collection equipment, riders had to pay an extra nickel when getting off the train– hence the theme of the song.

Bess Lomax Hawes, who had been in the Almanac Singers, picked the tune, while most of the new lyrics were written by Jackie Steiner. It was Hawes, however, who wrote the memorable verse about how Charlie’s wife brought him a sandwich every day and handed it to him through the window of the train as it rumbled by.

The newly recorded song made its debut on October 24, 1949. O’Brien hired a truck with a PA system and had it drive around the city, playing his campaign songs. Of these, M.T.A. was by far the most popular and enduring.

O’Brien got very few votes, but Charlie gained Boston immortality in the process.

Cut to 1955. Folksinger Richard “Specs” Simmons taught the song to Will Holt, who recorded his own version in 1957. This was on its way toward being a hit when his record company began getting complaints from the Boston area, accusing Holt of promoting a radical.

Not knowing the true origin of the song, Holt had no idea that Walter A. O’Brien was a real person.

An edited version was issued, but the damage was done. It was left to the Kingston Trio to record the best and by far most famous version of the song in 1959. They avoided controversy by changing the name of the mayoral candidate to the fictional George O’Brien.

Reportedly, when Will Holt recorded his version, he cut in Richard “Specs” Simmons for one-third of the publishing, which eventually provided him the cash to purchase a bar in San Francisco’s North Beach area, now known as Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe. He died at age 86 in October 2016.

Most other people involved with the song are no longer with us. Walter O’Brien has died. Bess Lomax Hawes, sister of Alan Lomax and daughter of John Lomax, passed away in 2009. However, Sam Berman, who sang lead on the original 1949 version, lives in Lexington and is in his early 90s. His brother Arnold, also in his 90s, may still be alive. Lyricist Jackie Steiner is also still with us.

You can listen to several versions of the song, including the 1949 original and Will Holt’s, here.

-David Sadowski

Recent Correspondence

A model of GM&O 1900.

Charles Harris of New Zealand writes:

In 1946 Ingalls Iron Works manufactured the one and only Ingalls 4-S diesel loco, tested on several railroads and then sold to GM&O. Used until 1966 and then scrapped. Used a Superior marine engine, with apparently a distinctive sound.

Do any of your recordings feature the Ingalls 4-S? and or film etc.

Kenneth Gear replies:

I am unaware of any sound recordings of the Ingalls 4-S diesel locomotive. Since it was a one of a kind loco and surely sought out by fans, and considering it lasted to the mid-sixties, the possibility exists that someone recorded it. I’ll keep an eye (and ear) out for it, I would watch for DVDs of vintage GM&O Diesels, perhaps it was filmed at some point with a sound movie camera. If so, the footage and sound track may have ended up on a DVD release.

You might also contact the Meridian Railroad Museum in Meridian, Mississippi: 1805 Front Street, Meridian, MS 39301, phone: (601) 485-7245.

GM&O was one of the local railroads here and the staff there my know of something.

By the way, on the Yahoo Group RAILROAD RECORD FANCLUB I’ve conversed with a person named Doug Harris who also lives in New Zealand. Any relation?

Our New Book Chicago Trolleys— Now In Stock!

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Overview

Chicago’s extensive transit system first started in 1859, when horsecars ran on rails in city streets. Cable cars and electric streetcars came next. Where new trolley car lines were built, people, businesses, and neighborhoods followed. Chicago quickly became a world-class city. At its peak, Chicago had over 3,000 streetcars and 1,000 miles of track—the largest such system in the world. By the 1930s, there were also streamlined trolleys and trolley buses on rubber tires. Some parts of Chicago’s famous “L” system also used trolley wire instead of a third rail. Trolley cars once took people from the Loop to such faraway places as Aurora, Elgin, Milwaukee, and South Bend. A few still run today.

The book features 230 classic black-and-white images, each with detailed captions, in 10 chapters:

1. Early Traction
2. Consolidation and Growth
3. Trolleys to the Suburbs
4. Trolleys on the “L”
5. Interurbans Under Wire
6. The Streamlined Era
7. The War Years
8. Unification and Change
9. Trolley Buses
10. Preserving History

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Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 09/25/2017
Series: Images of Rail
Pages: 128

Meet the Author

David Sadowski has been interested in streetcars ever since his father took him for a ride on one of the last remaining lines in 1958. He grew up riding trolley buses and “L” trains all over Chicago. He coauthored Chicago Streetcar Pictorial: The PCC Car Era, 1936–1958, and runs the online Trolley Dodger blog. Come along for the ride as we travel from one side of the city to the other and see how trolley cars and buses moved Chicago’s millions of hardworking, diverse people.

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I just finished reading your book and I enjoyed it very much. Good, clear, concise, and informative writing.

I must compliment you on the choice and presentation of the photographs. It is obvious that you spent much time and effort to present these wonderful photos as perfectly restored as possible.

So many times the authors of books that are primarily “picture books” seem to have a complete disregard for the condition of the photos reproduced. I’ve often seen photos that are yellowed with age, water stained, ripped, folded, and scratched. Other times a book might contain photos that are not properly exposed, are crooked, out of focus, or the composition could have been easily corrected with a little cropping.

The photos in your book are absolutely fantastic! They are pristine, sharp, and have absolutely no blemishes at all. You also packed a lot of information into the captions as well. It’s a fine book and you should be proud, as I’m sure you are, to have your name on the cover.

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More CA&E in Color

August 26, 2017January 2, 2021David Sadowski 19 Comments

CA&E 410 (plus one), westbound at Fifth Avenue in Maywood.

A friend recently gave me a stack of Chicago Aurora & Elgin slides, which make up the bulk of today’s post. Some we have run before, but I don’t think too many of you will mind seeing them again, this time from a different source. Others, you haven’t seen.

Scanning an image is just a starting point in this whole process. Mostly, these were dupe slides made using Kodachrome, which is not what commercial labs used for this purpose. A regular lab would have used special low-contrast Ektachrome duplicating film.

Contrast is your enemy when copying things film-to-film, and Kodachrome is contrasty– great for original slides, not as good for dupes. So these were likely homemade dupes, and a lot of them were not color-corrected. I spent a great deal of time working these over in Photoshop, but in some cases, imperfections remain.

I don’t think there is a single image that I didn’t try to improve in some way, and I included a few of the original scans, just to show you how some of them looked before corrections were applied.

As always, if you have location information, or other factual tidbits to share, don’t hesitate to either leave a Comment on this post, or drop us a line at:

thetrolleydodger@gmail.com

Enjoy!

-David Sadowski

PS- Each image has a unique number. When referring to individual images, please use the image name/number, i.e. pict763. To find this, hover your mouse over the image.

CA&E 456 on a snowy Chicago day. I’m wondering if this is Wells Street Terminal.

A CA&E train headed up by one of the ex-North Shore Line woods that CA&E purchased in 1946. This one could be car 141. The train is heading west, crossing over Union Station.

A six-car CA&E train at the Halsted curve.

CA&E 428 plus one at Pulaski Road on the Garfield Park “L”.

A classic view of the CA&E in Elgin, with a beautiful reflection from the Fox River. A sign advertises the Rialto Theatre, which burned down in 1956. The fiim being advertised, The Big Sky starring Kirk Douglas, was released in August 1952, which is most likely when this picture was taken. George Foelschow adds: “Four cars at the Elgin terminal. This must be a fantrip, as single cars were the rule on the Elgin branch, except for weekday rush hours and Sunday afternoons for visitors to the Elgin State Hospital.”

310 on a fantrip on the Mt. Carmel branch. I believe the date was 1955.

A westbound CA&E train crossing over the C&NW/PRR at Rockwell, shortly before sundown.

CA&E 426 near West Chicago, on its way to the Aurora terminal. (A. C. Kalmbach Photo)

A CA&E train crossing over Route 83 in 1955. (A. C. Kalmbach Photo)

CA&E 403 at the Wheaton station. (Steven P. Hyett Photo)

CA&E 415 at Wheaton Yard, in War Bond livery (probably during the Korean War). (Stephen P. Hyett Photo)

CA&E 20 at Wheaton Yard. This car is now at the Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin. (Stephen P. Hyett Photo)

CA&E bus 101 at Wheaton Yard. (Stephen P. Hyett Photo)

CA&E loco 2001 in Maywood. (Stephen P. Hyett Photo)

CA&E 427 at the Aurora Terminal. (Stephen P. Hyett Photo)

CA&E 421 at the Wheaton station. (Stephen P. Hyett Photo)

A CA&E train at the Sacramento curve on the Garfield Park “L”. You can see that construction is already underway at left on a ramp that will connect with the temporary trackage in Van Buren Street, which was used from 1953-58 (but not by the interurban, which cut back service to Forest Park). The area to the right of the ramp is where the new Congress Expressway was to be built. This picture was probably taken circa 1952. George Foelschow: ” The view is looking northeast, presumably from the Sacramento station platform, not southeast.”

This looks to be the same train as in the previous picture, taken a few seconds later. CA&E 460 is at the head of a westbound Aurora-Batavia Limited.

CA&E 414 is at the head of a westbound Aurora-Batavia Limited train at one of the west side Garfield Park “L” stations. This and the next few pictures were all taken at this same location, a station near a curve. The consensus is this is the Kedzie station, which was near a curve. CA&E trains stopped there, which would have given the photographer more time to get a shot of each car. We are looking east, and the Sacramento curve is in the distance about two blocks away.

CA&E wood car 34 heads up this westbound train.

CA&E 318 is at the front of a three-car westbound train.

Two “Roarin’ Elgin” trains pass on the Garfield Park “L”. Cliff W. says we are “looking east from Pulaski with the single crossover just east of the station visible.”

CA&E 457 heads a westbound train at Kilbourn.

CA&E 458 heads westbound at Laramie, along with two other curved-sided cars, all built in 1945 by St. Louis Car Company.

CA&E 459. George Foelschow: “This is the Collingbourne flag stop on a banked curve on the Elgin branch, presumably on a fantrip.”

CA&E 459 at Raymond Street in Elgin, June 9, 1957.

CA&E 451. Mike Schattl: “The location is the bridge over the CNW in Wheaton.”

CA&E 423 (plus one) head east towards Chicago, while a freight is on a nearby spur line. Bill Shaptokin says this and the next two pictures are “at Renwick — interchange with the MILW south of Elgin.”

CA&E 3003 and 3004 hauling freight.

3003 and 3004 again, with a fairly substantial (for the CA&E) freight train.

CA&E 421. Bill Shapotkin says this is “Dunham Rd on the Elgin Branch. The car is E/B.”

The same picture as it looked before color restoration in Photoshop.

A single CA&E car on a single-track right of way, which could mean the Aurora, Batavia, or Elgin branches west of Wheaton.

A single car near the Fox River. Bill Shapotkin: “This pic is in Batavia (NOT Aurora). Shot is between Batavia Station and Glenwood Park.” On the other hand, George Foelschow writes, “This is most assuredly on the south side of Elgin, near the point of changeover between trolley and third rail. Not for nothing is Elgin, my hometown, called “The Bluff City”, also the name of the municipal cemetery, served at one time by Grove Avenue streetcars.”

Nancy Grove Mollenkamp: “This slide was identified by someone in a Wheaton FB group as being taken in 1952 at Jewell Road in Wheaton. Another person in the group said he believed it was looking south. He thinks that is Electric Avenue on the right or west.”

CA&E cars at Lockwood Yard, including 48 and 314. Cliff W.: “In the wide shot there are Met cars in the right background. This is the south storage track with Flournoy in the foreground.”

CA&E 48 at Lockwood Yard.

CA&E 314 at Lockwood Yard.

This picture may possibly have been taken just west of Laramie.

CA&E 459 and 452 are part of an eastbound train somewhere in either Oak Park or Forest Park, where the B&OCT ran parallel to the interurban.

Here, we are looking west along the CA&E right-of-way at possibly Central or Austin. In the rear, you can see a large gas holder in nearby Forest Park. Andre Kristopans: “Photo on ground level with middle track is at Gunderson station. Middle track was so CAE could pass L trains. Abandoned after Westchester L’s were dropped in 1951.” Gunderson is a short distance west of Ridgeland. The street was named after the developer who first built homes in this area. The new (early 1900s) development explains why there was a rapid transit stop on a sidestreet. When the CTA rebuilt this line in the late 1950s, they chose not to put a stop at either Gunderson or Ridgeland. Instead, auxilliary entrances were added to the Oak Park and Austin stops, at East Avenue and Lombard, respectively.

Westbound CA&E car 428 crosses the B&OCT in Forest Park. This was also where the Chicago Great Western, now long abandoned, branched off.

The same location as the previous picture, with the iconic gas holder visible. The crossing was located between Harlem and DesPlaines, at approximately the same location where there is now a flyover eliminating this bottleneck.

I believe this is DesPlaines Avenue, and we are looking west. This picture was taken before the station was reconfigured in 1953. At this time, the station was located on the east side of DesPlaines, behind the photographer. The Acme Feeds towers, located at 7715 W. Van Buren are visible at right. These towers caught fire in 1980 and were demolished.

CA&E 418 is westbound approaching the DesPlaines River, passing by Concordia Cemetery.

CA&E 454 is westbound, about to cross First Avenue in Maywood.

CA&E 429 heads east near Commonwealth Edison just west of the DesPlaines River. Meanwhile, 452 heads west.

One of the St. Louis-built 1945 cars (454?) crosses First Avenue in Maywood, heading east. We are looking north. There was a Refiner’s Pride gas station located between the CA&E and Chicago Great Western tracks, on the west side of First.

Shapotkin: "Yes, this IS Glen Oak. If you look hard enough, you can see the house I grew up in (at right in the distance)."

A westbound six-car train of CA&E woods stops at Glen Oak. Bill
Shapotkin: “Yes, this IS Glen Oak. If you look hard enough, you can see the house I grew up in (at right in the distance).”

CA&E 310 on a fantrip at Glen Oak.

CA&E 422 and 434 at Wheaton station.

Not sure where this curved-sided CA&E car is. Cliff W.: “The single Saint Louis car going over the bridge is passing over Liberty Street in Wheaton directly north of the shops and approaching the bridge over the C&NW on the Elgin branch. If you look very closely at the far right of the picture you can see a CA&E car sitting in the yard.” Bill Shapotkin: “This car is x/o Liberty Drive in Wheaton (on the Elgin Branch): (View looks E/B on Liberty).”

CA&E 454 is westbound at the bridge over Winfield Creek (on the Elgin branch near Lincoln Avenue).

A CA&E train passes a two-car train of CTA Met “L” cars at the Halsted Curve.

The CA&E’s Lockwood Yard, also known as “The Orchard,” was a small storage area just west of Laramie. This view is looking northwest across the main line.

CA&E 52 pilots a three-car train of woods on the old Met main line near Racine. You can see the new (in 1953) ramp at left, heading down to the Van Buren Street temporary trackage, which would shortly be put into use. It connected with the “L” structure at Aberdeen. Expressway construction is underway at right.

Much the same location as the previous picture, but perhaps a year earlier in 1952, as construction of the ramp has just started. This was very late in the afternoon, and it was difficult to correct for the yellowish-reddish late afternoon light. But don’t forget, they called it the “Sunset Lines” for a reason!

Racine station on the old Met main line, with the Throop Street Shops in the background. This picture was taken sometime between 1950 and 1953, as there are some “flat door” 6000s present (along with Met car 2880).

Throop Street Shops in its last days (1953)

CA&E 404 eastbound at Marshfield Junction, where three different Met lines (Douglas, Garfield, Logan Square/Humboldt Park) came together. Note the CA&E-only platform at right.

A train of CA&E woods, headed up by 302, goes up the ramp to cross over the C&NW/PRR right-of-way at Rockwell. The “L” was raised up when the line it crossed was elevated onto an embankment. That explains why there are brick bases for some of the “L” support columns.

The CA&E crossing the C&NW/PRR at Rockwell.

Not sure of this location. Cliff W. says this we are “at Prince Crossing on the Elgin branch looking west.” Bill Shapotkin: “View looks N/W.”

CA&E 454 is eastbound at Jewell Road in Wheaton on the Elgin branch.

A line-up of cars at Wheaton Yard.

Wheaton yard.

From left to right: 430, 315, 425, and 310 at Wheaton Yard.

Some ex-North Shore Line woods are in dead storage at the west end of Wheaton Yard, circa 1954, shortly to be scrapped.

Cars 435 and 436, possibly in dead storage at the same location as the previous picture, circa 1953-57 when the CA&E no longer needed so many cars.

CA&E electric locos 2002, 2001, 3003 and 3004 in Wheaton.

CA&E 310 on the west side of Mannheim Road near Roosevelt. The occasion was a fantrip.

According to what’s written on this slide, CA&E locos 4004 and 4005 are in North Aurora in August 1952. On the other hand, Bill Shapotkin writes: “This pic is Aurora Ave on the Aurora Branch.”

The same picture before color restoration in Photoshop.

CA&E 310 in 1955 on the Mt. Carmel branch on a fantrip.

CA&E 310 on the same fantrip as the previous picture.

The previous picture as it appeared before color restoration.

The 310 running along the west side of Mannheim near Roosevelt Road.

CA&E 406 in fantrip service at State Road on the Batavia branch. Due to the width of the crossing, trains switched from third rail to overhead wire at this location.

CA&E 406 and 418 at the end of the line in Aurora.

Loco 2001.

Locos 2001, 2002 and train.

CA&E 453 is eastbound at Batavia Junction as a Chicago Local.

CA&E 458 eastbound at Warrenville.

Recent Correspondence

Hundreds attempt to board the special train at Clark and Lake.

Steve DeRose writes:

You have managed to get me in one of your photographs of the 4000s at Clark and Lake (see above).

Here is the shot I got from that image. I did not get a poster. If I had, I would have folded it flat to fit it in my satchel (which you can glimpse hanging from my left shoulder).

I did not ride the 4000s this day. I did ride the 2400s. Most of my photographs (and videos) were shot on the Inner Loop @ Quincy and Wells.

Also, after having a late lunch at Mr. Beef On Orleans, I was walking to the Chicago Brown Line “L” station and espied the 4000s deadheading back to Skokie Shops.

My images are Creative Commons – Noncommercial – Allow Derivative Works – Share Alike. I’m not a copyright czar.

-Steve De Rose 8=)}

My picture originally ran in our post Chicago’s “L” Turns 125 (June 7, 2017). I guess, by looking at your picture, that you are the guy in gray, kneeling behind the person with the white shirt.

Thanks for sharing these pictures with our readers. FYI, the CTA is still selling those same posters through their gift shop, so you still have a chance to get one.

New CD Releases

We are fortunate this time to have two new traction titles to go along with a new steam release:

DC
DC Transit, 1959
# of Discs – 1
Price: $14.95

DC Transit, 1959
Streetcars have now returned to Washington, D.C., but this vintage 1959 hi-fi recording reminds us of the system we once had. This excellent quality recording documents both PCCs and historic car 766 in action, with both trackside sounds and a night ride over private right-of-way to Cabin John. Capital Transit became DC Transit in 1955.

Total time – 49:47

SN
Sacramento Northern Electrics
Pacific Electric
# of Discs – 1
Price: $14.95

Sacramento Northern Electrics
The Sacramento Northern Railway (reporting mark SN) was a 183-mile (295 km) electric interurban railway that connected Chico in northern California with Oakland via the California capital, Sacramento. It ran directly on the streets of Oakland, Sacramento, Yuba City, Chico, and Woodland and ran passenger service until 1941 and freight service into the 1960s. Electric operation ceased in 1965.

These recordings, which make up the bulk of this CD, were made on the SN in 1962, and feature both trolley freight operations, mainly in city streets, plus fantrips using passenger combine 1005, which had been saved for use as a maintenance-of-way car. A very rare recording!

Pacific Electric
We hear the distinctive sounds of the Big Red Cars in their final days of operation on the 20-mile LA to Long Beach line in 1961. Who could have known that, 30 years later, this same line would be reincarnated as “light rail,” running in almost the same exact right-of-way? Pacific Electric may be long gone, but it is certainly not forgotten!

Total time – 49:11

Sacramento Northern Maintenance of Way car 302 at Mallard, California on November 29, 1953 on a Bay Area Electric Railroad Association fantrip. Don’s Rail Photos says, “1020 was built by Hall-Scott Motor Car Co in 1913, as OA&E 1020. It became SF-S 1020 in 1920 and SN 1020 in 1928. It was renumbered as MW302 in 1941 and went to Western Railway Museum in 1962.” (William R. Smith Photo)

NW
Norfolk & Western
Virginia Blue Ridge
# of Discs – 1
Price: $14.95

Norfolk & Western
The bulk of this record documents the final days of steam power on the Norfolk and Western in 1959, both freight operations and the final fantrip with the famous J-611 that truly signaled the end of an era. Except for the occasional fantrip now with the 611, steam may be long gone from the N&W, but it certainly went out in great style, as you will hear on these classic recordings.

The N&W did not even begin the transition to diesel until 1955, being the most notable proponent of steam in the 1950s.

Virginia Blue Ridge
The Virginia Blue Ridge Railway (reporting mark, VBR) was a small, historic short line system tucked away near the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Because of this, as well as the road’s secluded nature, it received little coverage and often went unnoticed by rail enthusiasts. However, the VBR offered all the things which made short lines fascinating; friendly service, a leisurely schedule, and small power. It also gained recognition for utilizing steam locomotives into the early 1960s. When first conceived the VBR was envisioned as a logging/timber operation. However, this traffic was short-lived and after nearly going under the railroad returned to prosperity beginning in the 1930s by hauling other natural resources. As the years passed, the VBR’s customer base dwindled and service was eventually discontinued in 1980. The recordings heard here were made in 1959.

Total time – 54:11

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An Easter Parade of Traction

April 16, 2017June 26, 2023David Sadowski 11 Comments

The throngs of people in this June 1926 photograph were attending the Catholic Church’s 28th International Eucharistic Congress in Mundelein. Note the variety of rail cars being used to move the masses. After the Congress ended, ridership on the North Shore Line’s Mundelein-Libertyville branch was sparse enough that service was provided by a single city streetcar.

As this is Easter weekend, here is a veritable “Easter Parade” of Illinois traction pictures for your enjoyment. No matter what your religious preference may be, we hope that you will not pass over them.

-David Sadowski

CTA 1767, signed for Route 58 – Ogden, is actually heading east on Randolph at Green Street in this early 1950s view.

Randolph and Green Streets today.

CSL 5644 is on Lincoln Avenue and signed to go to both Riverview Park and Harrison and State. 5644 was known as a Brill-American-Kuhlman car. Don’s Rail Photos says, “5622 thru 5650 were built by Brill in 1909, #16952, for Southern Street Ry which was a subsidiary.” (Southern Street Railway was one of the underlying companies that formed CSL.) Jim Huffman adds, “Probably a Riverview-Larrabee or aka Lincoln-Riverview car. Route Western & Roscoe crossover (later a loop west side of Western), EB to Damen, SB to Belmont, EB to Lincoln, SB to Larrabee thence into Downtown. Ended Sept 1947. A shuttle bus service on Roscoe to the Lincoln Ravenswood station remained for many years. Clybourn was another route that also at times that loop on Western, Clybourn’s actual crossover was at Western, but tracks continued north onto Western with switches into that loop. Western NB short turn cars also used that loop. At times there were cars from three routes in that loop. There were not that many turn-around loops with that many routes.” (Joe L. Diaz Photo) Mike Franklin adds, “Looking NW on Clybourn Ave from the NE side of North Ave. The gasometer in the distance was one of two located between Marcey and Kingsbury Sts, just north of Willow St. Everything in this photo was razed sometime between 1955 and 1960. (Vol. 2 [various years] of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps accounts for every building in the photo.) Thanks to Jim Huffman for his detailed explanation of the various routes.”

CSL 7005, still looking shiny, at the Madison-Austin loop. I would date this picture to circa 1937 as the paint has not yet dulled on the car.

The same buildings are across the street from the east side of the Madison-Austin loop even today. But the flow of vehicles through the loop has been reversed, compared to how it was in streetcar days.

CTA Pullman 691 at Belmont and Central in November 1948. (Jack Gervais Photo)

CSL 6200 on the Windsor Park line. This was a Multiple-Unit car. Don’s Rail Photos adds, “6200 was built by CSL in 1924. It was rebuilt as one man service in 1932.” Andre Kristopans adds, “One funny thing about this location, when the CTA started the automated stop announcements on the buses, the southbound stop, which is where the B&O crossing was a bit south of 83rd Place, is announced as “Commercial Avenue at Railroad crossing”, even though the tracks have been gone since the 1970’s sometime!” (Joe L. Diaz Photo)

Here, CSL 2811 is outbound on the Riverdale line private right-of-way, headed for Michigan and 119th. (Joe L. Diaz Photo)

CSL 6238 on the 67-69-71 line. This was known as a Multiple-Unit car. Don’s Rail Photos adds, “6238 was built by Lightweight Noiseless Streetcar Co in 1924. It was rebuilt (for) one man service in 1932.”

CTA Marmon trolley buses 9586 and 9594 at the North Avenue garage.

CTA Marmon trolley bus on North Avenue.

CTA trolley bus 9462 at the Cicero and Montrose loop. The McDonald’s at rear says 9 billion hamburgers have been sold, which would help date this photo to perhaps the mid-1960s. I believe this was the first McDonald’s in the City of Chicago.

CTA trolley bus 9631 is westbound on Belmont at Cicero circa 1970.

9462 at the Cicero and Montrose loop.

Illinois Central electric suburban cars 1125 and 1226 in downtown Chicago on July 17, 1965.

Don’s Rail Photos says: “415 was built by St Louis Car Co in 1924, #1324, as CO&P (Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria) 64. It became C&IV (Chicago & Illinois Valley) 64 in 1929. It was rebuilt as IT (Illinois Terminal) 415 on September 16, 1934. and sold to Illinois Electric Railway Museum on October 19, 1956.”

Chicago and Joliet Electric car 242, known as the “Ottawa,” after the 1934 abandonment.

As Loop ridership increased, platforms were extended to create more room to berth trains. Eventually, some stations on the Van Buren and Wells legs of the Loop had continuous platforms connecting them—which may have inspired continuous platforms in Chicago’s two first subways. Here, Randolph and Wells is being extended in the early 1920s to connect with Madison and Wells. We are looking north.

Here, we are looking north on Wabash at Van Buren, near Tower 12, circa the 1940s.

This is the old State and Van Buren station on the Loop “L”, looking east towards Tower 12. This station was closed in 1972 and demolished. It has since been replaced, due to its proximity to the Harold Washington Library.

A snowy scene at Wabash and Lake, site of the tightest curve on the “L”.

CTA gate car 1050 at Howard on the Evanston shuttle.

We originally ran another version of this photo in our post Chicago Rapid Transit Photos, Part Five (Spetember 26, 2016), where it was identified as Noyes Street in Evanston looking south. This version of the photo has less cropping and is dated August 10, 1928. Work is underway on elevating this portion of the Evanston “L”.

This is an inspection train at the Lake Street Transfer “L” station, which provided connections between the Lake Street “L”, on the lower level, and the Metropolitan above. The higher level station was closed in February 1951, when the Dearborn-Milwaukee subway opened.

CRT 1715 at Marion Street in Oak Park on the ground-level portion of the Lake Street “L”. It is signed as a local and is about to head east. This car was originally built by St. Louis Car Conpany in 1903 for the Northwestern Elevated Railway as car 715 and was renumbered to 1715 in 1913.

CTA 1780 heads up an “A” train at Marion Street in Oak Park. The ground-level portion of the Lake Street “L” was relocated onto the nearby C&NW embankment in 1962. This picture was probably taken between 1948 and 1955.

A CRT gate car on the Stock Yards branch of the “L”.

This picture, taken on May 21, 1934, shows how the CRT Stock Yards “L” branch was extensively damaged by fire two days earlier. Service west of Halsted did not resume until January 16, 1935.

The single-track Stock Yards loop.

CRT 4318 is headed for Westchester, a branch off the Garfield Park “L”. This appears to be the 11th Avenue station in Maywood, and most likely, prior to 1943, when all the CRT’s steel cars were diverted to run in the new State Street Subway.

CA&E 46 on the west end of a six-car train at Laramie Yards.

CA&E 424 loops at DesPlaines Avenue circa 1953-57, with a Chicago Great Western freight train in the background. We are looking north.

The CA&E off-street terminal at Aurora. There is a sign indicating this is the new terminal, opening on December 31st (1939). Since there are trains in the station, I would date this picture to circa 1940. Previously, trains ran on city streets in downtown Aurora.

This view of the CA&E Aurora terminal is from the early 1950s.

The CA&E Wheaton station in the early 1950s.

A view of the CA&E Wheaton Yards.

This picture shows CA&E car 425 at Glen Oak on a Central Electric Railfans’ Association fantrip. The date was September 2, 1940.

CA&E wood car 318, at right, is making a photo stop at Clintonville on the Elgin branch, during an early Central Electric Railfans’ Association fantrip. Presumably the 415 at left is a regular service car.

A close-up of the previous picture.

Not-So-Recent Correspondence

We recently acquired a letter and some photographs that were sent by the late William E. Robertson (1920-2003) of Wilmette, Illinois to George (Campbell?):

Sep/22/1951

Dear George,

Here are a few photographs taken on the North Shore Line some years ago, hope they will be of general interest. Regret delay in posting them to you, after your promptness in (sending) Fort Dodge photos to me!

In two weeks I am taking a big eastern trip through Canada and New England where I hope to get many electric railway pictures. Will not be home until the opening of November, but still look for(ward to) your visit here. No other news for now.

Sincerely, Bill

Bill Robertson was part of the “Greatest Generation” of early railfans. The letter does not say whether Mr. Robertson took these photos, but that’s a good inference.

Among other things, Bill Robertson was an inventor, and had a few patents in his name, including one for a “High-Speed Transportation System.” This must have had some utility, as it has been cited by several other later patents.

Chances are, Bill Robertson took all six pictures. The captions shown are his:

#1 Sweeper on Greenleaf Avenue in Wilmette, Ill., Shore Line Route. Jan/31/1940.

#2 Waukegan city car barn, North Chicago, Ill. This car long since scrapped, photo taken in September 1939.

#3 Shore Line train, Greenleaf Avenue, Wilmette, Ill. Taken about 1944. Southbound.

#4 North Chicago barns, Birney car that later went to Milwaukee, Wis. Scrapped in 1947. Photo taken in September 1939. Car shown in 2 at left.

#5 Chicago Limited in Milwaukee, date unknown, but after 1939.

#6 Worst North Shore wreck, at Burlington Road, Kenosha, Wis. Sunday night, Feb. 23, 1930. 11 killed, 100 injured and one car so smashed it was never returned to service (No. 745).

Recent Correspondence

Jack Bejna writes:

Hi Dave,

Another great post! I can’t imagine how you find the time to put these excellent posts together; I’m just glad you do! If your readers haven’t sat in front of a computer Photoshopping for hours on end to improve a single image they can’t possibly know how much work goes into your posts. I’m sending along some images of the Wheaton depot and shop areas.

Thanks for all the wonderful photos you have shared with our readers. You do a fantastic job! I appreciate your kind words.

North Shore Line Abandonment Petition

In 1962, the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railway petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon the entire interurban. The railroad convinced the ICC that there was no hope to restore profitability in this era before government subsidies. The last trains ran in the early hours of January 21, 1963.

There were various groups trying to save the railroad. This document, published by the North Shore Line, tends to undercut various arguments made by these outside groups. An impression is conveyed that operations were already quite lean, and that further significant cost savings were not realistic.

In sum, the only thing that could have saved the interurban at this stage would have been subsidies. That shouldn’t be much of a surprise. The Chicago Transit Authority had reached the same conclusion in the late 1950s, and it is only due to such subsidies, staring in the mid-1960s, that we have any public transit to speak of in this country today.

At any rate, this makes fascinating reading for North Shore Line fans.

-David Sadowski

Finally, Tom Morrow writes:

An Electric Transit Easter Parade cannot be complete without Pullman 441 from Dayton. Circa 1962.

Photo by Cliff Scholes.

Take care.

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An Interurban Legacy

March 24, 2017March 25, 2017David Sadowski 8 Comments

A modern EMU carries passengers on the CSS&SB while a vintage steeple cab hauls freight on the Iowa Traction.

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is by guest contributor Kenneth Gear, long a friend of this blog.)

The demise of America’s electric railways, its interurban and trolley lines, was swift and merciless. What the financial hardships of the Great Depression didn’t destroy, the automobile finished off by the end of the 1960s.

All that remains of some of these railways, if anything remains, is a bike trail on the right of way, some preserved equipment, photographs, or sound recordings on record albums.

In some cases, however, rail service managed to continue, where a few freight customers remained the railroad could survive on a starvation diet. Abandoning all but a few miles of track, deactivation of the electric traction system, and the use of diesel locomotives kept the railroad from completely disappearing.

This, with the exception of the South Shore Line for passengers and Iowa Traction for freight, is how most of the common carrier remnants of the age of electric railways look today.

In my railfan travels I have made an effort to seek out and photograph these survivors. While I haven’t gotten every one on my list I did visit a few and I’d like to share to the photos. In some cases I was only able to get a few locomotive roster shots but other times, I was lucky enough to find a moving train and follow to various places along the line. I also photographed railroads that were never part of an electric railway but, coincidentally or not, share their corporate title with some long gone traction company. I included these photos as well.

I have cobbled together (mostly from Wikipedia) a brief history of each the railways.

THE RAILROADS I’VE PHOTOGRAPHED:

Baltimore & Annapolis

Cedar Rapids & Iowa City

Chicago South Shore & South Bend

Greenville & Western

Piedmont & Northern

South Brooklyn

Southern Indiana

Tulsa Sapulpa Union

IN NAME ONLY

Western New York & Pennsylvania

Indiana Rail Road

Shore Fast Line

The Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad ran between Annapolis and Clifford Maryland.

B&A electric passenger operation between the two cities continued until 1950, at which time the rail line became solely a freight carrier, operating buses for passenger service. Freight service to Annapolis continued until June 1968 when the Severn River Trestle was declared unsafe. In the 1980s the line was completely shut down. The right of way now serves as part of the Baltimore light rail system and as the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail.

I happened to stumble upon Baltimore & Annapolis SW-9 87 while railfanning the Carolina Southern RR at Chadbourn, NC. This locomotive was built by EMD in 1953. June 22, 1998.

The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway is also known as the Crandic. The Crandic began operations in 1904, providing interurban service between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Iowa. While freight was important to the Crandic in the early years, it was better known for its passenger interurban operations. After passenger operations were discontinued in 1953, freight became the primary source of traffic for the Crandic. At the same time, the electric-powered locomotives were replaced with diesel models.

In August of 2006 while on my way to Mason City, IA to photograph Iowa Traction, I stopped off to see what I could find in Cedar Rapids. Near 8th Avenue SW I spotted Cedar Rapids & Iowa City SW-900 #99 switching the ADM plant.

Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, America’s last interurban, began in 1901 as the Chicago & Indiana airline railroad, a streetcar route between East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. By 1908 its route had reached South Bend via Michigan City. The company leased the Kensington & Eastern Railroad (an Illinois Central subsidiary) to gain access to Chicago. Passenger service between South Bend and Chicago began in 1909. The Lake Shore added freight service in 1916. It was renamed the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad in 1925 when Samuel Insull acquired it. The post-World War II decline in traffic hurt the company, and it was bought by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in 1967. In 1977 the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) began subsidizing the passenger operations and in 1984 the Venango River Corporation (VRC) purchased the South Shore from the C&O. Venango declared bankruptcy in 1989. In 1990 Anacostia & Pacific Company acquired the South Shore. The NICTD purchased the passenger assets.

Because the freight and passenger operations of this railroad are conducted (pun intended) by different entities, I think it is not off topic to include it on my list of former electric railway. after all, the freight trains are diesel powered.

CSS&SB South Shore Freight GP-38-2s 2004/2009 & 2003 at the Carroll Avenue shops in Michigan City IN. (10-15-09)

South Shore Freight GP38-2s 2002/2007 running lite on 11th Street in Michigan City IN on a rainy October 15, 2009.

The Piedmont & Northern Railway was a heavy electric interurban company operating over two disconnected divisions in North and South Carolina. Unlike similar interurban systems the Piedmont & Northern survived the great depression and was later absorbed into the Seaboard Coast line in 1969 and eventually absorbed by CSX. The North Carolina Department of Transportation bought 12 miles of the railroad from Mt. Holly, NC to Gastonia, NC in May 2010 and awarded a contract to Patriot Rail Corporation to restore the track and operate trains. Iowa Pacific took over operation of the line on August 1, 2015.

By the time I visited the P&N, Patriot Rail had already given up on the railroad and nothing was running. I found Piedmont & Northern GP-15-1s # 1434 & 1451 at Renlo, NC. The locomotives had no work to do but at least they were sitting in good sunlight in a wide open area and I was able to get good roster shots. Knowing the engines weren’t going anywhere anytime soon, I ventured back at nightfall with my night photo kit and popped off a few flashbulbs. (October 5, 2014)

Another short line operating on Ex-P&N tracks is the Greenville & Western.

The Greenville & Western Railroad operates on twelve miles of the former Southern division of the Piedmont & Northern Railway between Pelzer and Belton, SC. In 1910 the Greenville Spartanburg & Anderson Railway was formed to build an interurban railroad between its namesake cities. The Pelzer-Belton segment was built as part of its mainline from Greenwood to Greenville between 1910-1912. This line became part of the P&N in 1914, SCL in 1968 and CSX in 1986. CSX sought to abandon the line from Belton to Pelzer but the abandonment was rejected by the Surface Transportation Board. Effective October 21, 2006 GRLW assumed ownership and operation of the line.

Photo Captions (numbered in upper left corner):

1. Greenville & Western GP-9s # 3751 & 3752 about to depart the ethanol plant at Cheddar and head to the CSX interchange at Pelzer, SC.

2, 3, & 4. Greenville & Western GP-9s # 3751 & 3752 power an ethanol train at Williamston, SC. October 8, 2014.

5. Not much of the Ex-P&N’s interurban past is evident today but at Belton, SC there is some side of the road running that harkens to the past. GRLW GP-9s are in the yard waiting for the next trip out.

6 & 7. Greenville & Western GP-9s # 3751 & 3752 at Belton. Both units are ex-B&O and look grand in GRLW’s classy paint scheme.

8. The Greenville & Western interchanges with the Pickens RR in the Belton yard. Here Pickens U18B # 9504 delivers a cut of cars late in the afternoon of October 8, 2014.

9. Greenville & Western GP-9 # 3752 was built by EMD in July of 1957 and is Ex-B&O # 6554.

10. Greenville & Western GP-9 # 3751 takes three cars to Cheddar as it passes through Belton.

11. Greenville & Western GP-9 # 3751 at Cheddar, SC This locomotive was built by EMD in May of 1957 and is Ex-B&O # 6513. (October 8, 2014)

12. On another day, Greenville & Western GP-9 # 3751 again passes through Belton on it’s way to Cheddar, SC. (October 9, 2014)

The South Brooklyn Railway started as The South Brooklyn Railroad and Terminal Company and was incorporated September 30, 1887 to build from the end of the Brooklyn Bath & West End Railroad (West End Line) at 38th Street and 9th Avenue northwest to the foot of 38th Street, and was leased to the BB&WE, allowing BB&WE trains to run to the 39th Street Ferry. Then the Prospect Park and South Brooklyn Railroad connected the Culver Line to the South Brooklyn Railroad in 1890, and the latter was bought by the Long Island Rail Road in 1893. The LIRR obtained the South Brooklyn Railway & Terminal Company lease on the land in 1897 and used steam powered locomotives. As these locomotives could not be used for freight operations, the line was electrified in 1899. After foreclosure of the South Brooklyn Railroad & Terminal Company in December 1899, the company was reorganized as the South Brooklyn Railway on January 13, 1900.

The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company acquired the railway on August 31, 1902, but the LIRR still ran the trains until 1903 or 1905. After the cessation of LIRR operations, the BRT started passenger service and transferred freight service to a subsidiary, Brooklyn Heights Railroad, which provided freight service with three locomotives, with a fourth delivered in 1907. It carried mail for the United States Postal Service, as well as lumber, cement, sand, stone, ashes, pipe, marble for headstones, and granite for curbstones. On February 28, 1907, the South Brooklyn Railway and the Brooklyn Heights Railroad were split from each other, but both were still owned by the BRT. The South Brooklyn Railway was a separate subsidiary company that carried both passengers and freight. In 1913, all of the BRT’s lines were reorganized, and all ownership of freight operations was transferred to the South Brooklyn Railway. The railway, along with the other non-rapid transit properties were transferred to the New York City Board of Transportation on June 1, 1940. In 1946 the railway purchased two Whitcomb ex-US Army diesel locomotives. Operations were transferred to the New York City Transit Authority on June 15, 1953. Passenger service ended on October 31, 1958, and thereafter the South Brooklyn Railway started using the surface trackage solely for freight. In 1960, two more diesel electric locomotives were bought. On December 27, 1961, the line was de-electrified, due to the high cost of refurbishing the overhead trolley wire. Electric locomotives #4, 5, 6, and 7, which had third rail conduction shoes, were given to the NYCTA for subway and elevated operation. In 1994, the last non-NYCTA customer on the line closed; the South Brooklyn Railway was then used almost exclusively for subway connections to the LIRR.

Photo Captions (numbered in upper left corner):

1, 2, & 3 When I took these photos of the South Brooklyn Railway they still had on line freight customers that needed service. GE 50T locomotives # N2 & N1 deliver one car to the Bush interchange yard for pick up by the New York Cross Harbor RR.

4. N2 has cut away from N1 while the NYCH crew, with Alco S-1 # 22, is in the background coupling up to the lone car that SBK delivered.

5, 6, & 7. SBK GE 50T N1 and NYCH Alco S-1 # 22 are side by side at the Bush interchange yard, Bush Junction, Brooklyn, NY in May of 1992.

8. SBK GE 50T # N1 at Bush Junction in Brooklyn, NY. Note the interesting array of trackage in the pavement of 2nd Avenue. The street trackage is used by the NYCH RR to return to Bush Terminal a few blocks away.

9. On June 5, 1993 the New York Cross Harbor RR held an open house and yard tour at Bush Terminal. South Brooklyn 50T N1 was on hand that day and was posed with freight cars (box cars for recycling materials) at the entrance of the yard.

10. SBK 50T # N1 takes the box cars a short distance and drops them at the recycling plant.

11. SBK N1 and N2 travel lite along the street trackage heading back to home rails. On the way the tracks cut through the corner of the Bush terminal building at 41st Street & 2nd Avenue. NYCH follows behind.

12. SBK 50Ts # N2 and N1 with a cut of NYCTA R30 subway cars heading for scrap. Bush interchange yard, Brooklyn NY 6-5-93.

13. SBK 50T N1 with scrap NYCTA R30 subway cars.

14. South Brooklyn 50Ts N2 & N1 at Bush interchange yard with the Manhattan skyline in the distance. Brooklyn NY.

15. SBK GE 50Ts N2 & N1 and NYCH S-1 22 at the Bush interchange yard Brooklyn NY. (6-5-93)

The Southern Indiana Railroad was once part of the Indiana Railroad. It started as the Indianapolis and Louisville Traction Company organized to build track between Seymour and Sellersburg as part of the Interstate Public Service Company interurban line which extended from Indianapolis to Louisville. The track was completed in 1907. It was the first railway in the country to operate on a 1200 volt high tension, direct current system. The Indiana Railroad abandoned operations and the last train operated on October 31, 1939. The Southern Indiana RR began operations the same year on the six miles of track between Speed and Watson, IN where an interchange is made with CSX. The Railroad is now owned by Essroc Cement Company. (From Lake Iola Interurban Site historic marker and THE AMERICAN SHORTLINE RAILWAY GUIDE)

Photo Captions (numbered in upper left corner):

1, 2, 3, & 4. When I arrived in Speed, Indiana early on the morning of October 7, 2015 the Southern Indiana Railroad was already hard at work switching the ESSROC Cement plant. SIND S-2M # 103 (Ex-Pickens RR # 7 and was repowered by GE with a Cummins engine) is looking great in it’s traction orange paint. The tracks being embedded in the pavement of the cement plant’s driveway almost gives the appearance of street tracks, another nod to this railroad’s interurban past.

5. On the road…SIND S-2M # 103 is crossing Utica Street in Sellersburg. The road’s enginehouse is located here a short distance away.

6. S-2M 103 is on the move near Jeffersonville, IN

7. Southern Indiana S-2M 103 travels through the back yards of Watson on it’s way to the CSX interchange.

8. Another view of Southern Indiana S-2M 103 at Watson.

9. To me this photo has a very strong traction “feel” to it. With the traction orange locomotive, pole line, and side of the street running all that is missing is over head wire and a trolley pole. S-2M 103 is arriving at the CSX interchange at Watson.

10. Southern Indiana S-2M 103 at Watson, IN 10-7-15.

11. Southern Indiana S-2M # 103 crossing Watson Depot Road in Watson, IN.

12. with the Interchange work is finished number 103 heads back to speed lite.

The Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway got it’s start in 1907 with the incorporation of the Sapulpa and Interurban Railway. The line operated as an interurban streetcar line using trolley cars around Sapulpa, Oklahoma. By 1917 the line underwent bankruptcy and reorganization, being incorporated as the Sapulpa Electric Interurban Railway. This same year the line was extended north to connect with the Oklahoma Union Railway out of Tulsa. In 1933 the railway once again hit upon tough times and was in receivership and operated under the name Oklahoma Union Salvage Company. The company was purchased in 1934 by George F. Collins who owned and operated a Sapulpa glass plant known as the Liberty Glass Company. The line has remained in the Collins family’s control since that time forward. It was at this time the line became a freight railroad operation only with the glass plant being one of its principal customers. The line continued to be powered by electric overhead wire using freight box motors for motive power. In 1934 the name was changed to the Sapulpa Union Railway Company and to the Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway in 1943. The electric overhead wires came down in 1960 with the purchase of diesel electric locomotives. The line continues to operate serving industry between Sapulpa and Tulsa, Oklahoma. (condensed from the TSU Rwy. website)

Photo Captions (numbered in upper left corner):

1. Tulsa Sapulpa Union Railway sign at the enginehouse in Sapulpa, OK.

2. Tulsa Sapulpa Union SW-1200 # 108 switching the Sinclair refinery in Tulsa OK on September 26, 2008.

3 & 4. Tulsa Sapulpa Union SW-1200 # 108 is crossing 37th Street SW in Tulsa, OK.

5 & 6. A couple more shots of Tulsa Sapulpa Union SW-1200 # 108 switching the Sinclair Refinery.

7. Number 108 with the City of Tulsa in the background.

8, 9, & 10. Tulsa Sapulpa Union SW-7 1905 (formerly #107) at the engine house in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (9-26-08)

Western New York & Pennsylvania

Although this ALCO powered railroad operates on former Erie and Pennsylvania railroad trackage, it bears the name of a former interurban line that once operated in the same area. The Western New York & Pennsylvania Traction Company began operations in 1894 and connected Olean, NY and Allegany, PA. The line ceased operation in 1921.

1. WNY&P M-630 # 631 at the Olean, NY locomotive facility.

2. WNY&P C-430 # 430 at Olean, NY

3. WNY&P C-630 # 630 Olean NY 10-3-09

Indiana Railroad

This railroad operates tracks once belonging to the Illinois Central and Milwaukee Road. Nonetheless its locomotives carry the name of that famous Midwest Interurban– the Indiana Railroad. IR hung on for a few years after the depression but in 1941 a wreck with fatalities south of Indianapolis put an abrupt end to the last operation of interurbans in Indiana (other than the South Shore Line).

1. Indiana Rail Road SD40-2 # 42 leads train HWPAT at Jasonville, IN. (6-7-09)

2. There is no missing the Indiana Rail Road name in logo on Indiana SD40-2 # 42.

3. An SD-9043MAC on a unit coal train is not what immediately springs to most railfan’s mind when interurban railways are mentioned. However, with the name of a former traction company emblazoned on the locomotive, that was exactly what I was thinking about while watching this train. Indiana Rail Road # 9005 and 9006 power a coal train at Switz City IN.

Shore Fast Line Railroad

This New Jersey short line started running trains on former Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines and Central Railroad of New Jersey tracks owned by NJ Transit and Conrail in 1983. Interestingly, the management decided to name the railroad for, and paint the locomotives in the paint scheme of, the Atlantic City & Shore Railway known as the Shore Fast Line. The Shore Fast Line was an electric interurban railroad running from Atlantic City to Ocean City, NJ, by way of the mainland communities of Pleasantville, Northfield, Linwood and Somers Point. The line ran from 1907 until 1948. The Shore Fast Line short line railroad changed ownership and its corporate name in 1991 becoming the Southern Railroad of New Jersey.

1. Shore Fast Line SW-1200 # 1145 at Winslow Junction, NJ. (5-30-90)

2, 3, & 4. Shore Fast Line U30B # 2884 at Winslow Junction, NJ. 5-15-91 The triangles on the nose of the 2884 are the same as the ones that were painted on the ends of the AC&S Railways streetcars!

Bob Reuter adds:

The B&A engine shown (#87) was only used for a very short time, the number of the unit is actually the year it was acquired. Attached is a photo of unit #50 which was used for almost the entire time the B&A used diesel. This photo was taken in 1977 as it rolled out of the shop in its brand new paint scheme. (This engine is currently at the B&O railroad museum.)

Photo credit: Bob Reuter

Former employee of the B&A RR

Recent Correspondence

Dan Bosque writes:

I am researching a family group that lived at the intersection of Larretta Ct (aka Loretta Ct) and Tilden Street (later renamed Carpenter) in Chicago. This area was surrounded by Aberdeen, Van Buren, Morgan and Congress (now the Eisenhower Expressway).

The time period of interest is 1900 to 1940 during which the Garfield Park branch of the L train ran along Tilden, perhaps along properties on the south of Tilden Street.

Would someone have photos of the tracks in this area that might show buildings in the background?

Beside an image, I’m trying to get a sense of living along narrow streets with lots of residents and a train going through the neighborhood repeatedly.

I did find a photo showing the end to Tilden at Racine with a streetcar on Rancine going under the elevated tracks. It showed a Tilden street sign but not anything for Tilden street. If the Google car was there, I’d move it’s position ahead and point it left.

We have (in previous posts) run various pictures of the Metropolitan “L” on the near west side. If you type “Garfield” in the search window at the top of this page, these should come up. Otherwise, we’ll see if our readers have more pictures to share, thanks.

Miles Beitler writes:

I just found these 1950s railfan videos. They include action shots of CTA 6000s, 4000s, wood cars, PCC streetcars, Red Rocket streetcars, buses, North Shore Line and CA&E trains, Diesel and Steam locomotives, Illinois Central and South Shore trains. Also you can see the CTA yards at Laramie, Logan Square, and Wilson.

Thanks very much. These videos should be of particular interest to our readers.

Some of these films were made circa 1952-54, since red Chicago streetcars are seen running in service. The CA&E portions were taken prior to September 20, 1953, when service was cut back to Forest Park. There are also shots of Milwaukee streetcars.

The South Shore Line video includes film of East Chicago street running, which was relocated adjacent to the Indiana Toll Road in 1956. You can tell this is East Chicago, because it’s double-tracked. The South Shore’s other street running in Michigan City and South Bend was almost entirely single-track.

Alan R. writes:

I was wondering if you had any information or photos concerning the Grand Trunk Western Railroad that ran commuter service within Chicago up until at least 1935. My main interest is the Main Line-Illinois, which ran on what has been freight rail lines since then I believe, with limited commuter service until 1971. Here’s a link to where I found out about these trains. These were probably not trolleys but I’m not sure. There is one station building remaining at Chicago Lawn which I’ve seen along with the steps of the station at 59th St. Further along that line there are probably more station buildings standing. Any photos from anywhere on this line would be incredible imo.

http://www.chicagorailfan.com/msgtw.html

I am not an expert on the Grand Trunk Western, which was never electrified, always being either steam or diesel, so I asked a couple friends for their thoughts.

Andre Kristopans:

Well, I don’t know a heck of a lot about GTW commuter service, but I do know a little. Service ran until the 1950’s apparently with a couple of trains each way between Dearborn Station and Harvey. There was a station at 63rd/Central Park that was in use for thru trains until 1971 as far as I know. There were other stations that still existed into the 1970’s such as the one in Harvey (at Racine?) and one at Central Park and 82nd or so. But now the only ones are remnants at 59th and 63rd. By the way, that was a very late elevation, after WW2.

Bill Shapotkin:

As for the GTW suburban service, here is what I have/know:

Operated until 1934 (to Harvey). Until circa 1917, it operated all the way to Valparaiso, IN. Indeed, the stairs to the 59th St station are still standing (as per a Google Earth view a few days ago), as is the depot (which has served as a home for at least two unsuccessful restaurants over the years at 63rd).

There were numerous other stops as well. There are signs (evidence) of the Ashland station (platform railings). A trip along the line about 6 years ago revealed little other evidence of stations, except that the depot at Griffith remains (it has been moved and is part of the museum there). The depot at Sedley, IN (now a private home) remains, as does the depot at Valparaiso (which I understand has been recently removed).

I have pix of the depot at Eldson (51st St). Have a photocopy of a timetable (back when service ran to Valpo).

Have been at virtually all the station locations along the line…with pix at each (as they exist today). For whatever reason, the station at Harvey (which I understand stood until the early 1970s) managed to be very camera-shy (interestingly, pix of the nearby B&OCT station is Harvey do exist).

The GTW intercity trains (which made their last trips on Friday, April 30, 1971 (Amtrak eve) did serve both the stations at 63rd (known as “Chicago Lawn”) and Valparaiso.

We thank both Andre and Bill for sharing this.

One of our regular readers writes:

Here is a four minute clip of an action sequence from the 1953 film “City That Never Sleeps” which was mostly filmed on location in Chicago. I thought you might be interested since the action takes place on the L tracks with two 4000-series trains traveling in opposite directions.

In this scene, gangster Hayes Stewart — who has just murdered Chicago Police detective John Kelly — is pursued by officer John Kelly, Jr., the victim’s son. The part of Hayes Stewart was played by actor William Talman. He started his career playing criminal types, but is best known for his portrayal of district attorney Hamilton Burger in the “Perry Mason” TV series. The part of patrolman John Kelly, Jr. was played by Gig Young, a charismatic actor who unfortunately never achieved his true potential.

In the film, the dispatcher gives the location as “between Kinzie and the river just east of Wells” which would indicate the old North Water Street terminal or possibly the Merchandise Mart. However, that was artistic license; the actual spot where this was filmed was between Grand and Division on the “Evergreen Connector” portion of the Logan Square line. With the opening of the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway in 1951, this portion of the L was no longer used in revenue service, but it was retained for equipment transfers since it was the only connection between the Logan Square route and the rest of the L system.

I continue to enjoy your website. Keep it up.

I assume that when this was filmed, the third rail was turned off. When actor Bill Talman fell onto the third rail, it looks like he was holding some sort of prop in his hands which made it look like an electric spark. Perhaps if he had given up smoking sooner, he might have been able to outrun the policeman.

Thanks… and thanks also to Kenneth Gear for another great post! Keep those cards and letters coming in.

-David Sadowski

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Tip of the Iceberg

March 10, 2017May 4, 2017David Sadowski 14 Comments

A remarkable photograph, this shows a group of early Chicago streetcar conductors and motormen, some displaying the tools of their trade (controller handles and switch irons). I am sure it was a tough job, and they look like a bunch of tough men. While Chicago’s population has always been diverse, integration did not come to their ranks until October 1943, thanks in part to wartime manpower shortages. (And I do mean “manpower,” since the CTA did not hire its first female bus driver until 1974.) I am wondering if this photo shows employees of the Chicago City Railway. If anyone can shed light on this photo, please let us know.

Lately, we have been hard at work on our upcoming book Chicago Trolleys. Meanwhile, new images have been piling up. It’s about time we started sharing them with you. Today’s batch is just the “tip of the iceberg,” so to speak.

The group picture above is just such an image. It came to us by way of a very large 11″ x 14″ negative. This in itself is rather remarkable. It was too big to scan all at once, but necessity is the mother of invention.

I scanned the image in quarters, and then discovered free software from Microsoft that flawlessly “stitched” the four back together. As old as this negative seems to be, it may not be the original. I have a feeling this neg was made from a glass plate.

Glass plate negatives are fragile, and there was some damage to the image, which I corrected using Photoshop. This took many hours of work, but the results speak for themselves. Chances are, this picture was taken between 1895 and 1915.

There are eight million stories in Railfan City.

-David Sadowski

Here is how the image originally looked, before I spent several hours eliminating the scratch using Photoshop.

The man in the middle not only has pointy shoes, but holds a switch iron.

Note the controller handle.

Perhaps this badge may offer a clue as to which private operator these men may have worked for. One of our readers thinks the badge might say “C & S C,” which could stand for the Calumet and South Chicago Railway Company, which was formed in 1908 through a merger of the South Chicago City Railway Co., and Calumet Electric Street Railway Co. It operated on the far south side of Chicago. In 1914, it became one of the underlying companies that formed the Chicago Surface Lines. Of course, it’s pretty hard to make out. On the other hand, James Fahlstedt writes: “My take on the hat badge is that it reads CCSR. For what it is worth, it is put on the hat with and band or strap rather than fastened directly to the hat with split pins or similar device. The thing that I do not understand is that it is a metal badge. My CCR badge is leather. Could it read CGSR? Another thing I noticed is that there is something on the left side of the badge on the same line as the mystery letters that is totally illegible. Is a puzzlement.” CCSR probably stands for Chicago City Street Railway. Perhaps the mystery has been solved.

Recent Finds

CTA PCC 7256 heads south on State Street at Van Buren in the 1950s.

This mid-1950s view of PCC 4406 is at Clark and Birchwood, it having just left Howard Street, north end of Route 22.

CTA trolley bus 9193 on a March 2, 1958 Omnibus Society of America fantrip, at Kedzie Garage. Andre Kristopans: “This is in BACK of Kedzie, facing south. The wire came in off Kedzie between the carhouse and the washhouse, looped around in back and split into the three wired bays.”

CTA Marmon-Herrington trolley bus 9737 heads east at Lawrence and Austin in August 1969. (Gerald H. Landau Photo)

On January 1, 1954, eastbound CTA 1769 turns from Pine onto Lake Street, crossing the Lake Street “L” at grade. Streetcars were replaced by buses on May 30 that same year.

CTA Pullman PCC 4169 at the south end of Route 36 – Broadway-State, near 119th and Morgan, probably in the early 1950s. (Eugene Van Dusen Photo)

Passengers get off CTA trolley bus 9514, which is heading eastbound on Roosevelt at State in April 1964. The Roosevelt Road station on the South Side “L” was closed as of January 1963, when the North Shore Line quit. From 1949-63, NSL had exclusive use as N-S trains were routed through the State Street subway. These tracks were put back into regular service in 1969, with the opening of the Dan Ryan line, but the station was demolished and was not replaced by a new one until 1993, with the opening of the Orange Line.

Roosevelt and State today.

This photo shows the Kilbourn station on the Garfield Park “L” around 1954. By then, the station had been closed, and the stairways removed, in order to reduce running time due to the slow 2.5 mile temporary trackage at ground level east of Sacramento. The two-car train of CTA 4000s is about to cross the Congress Expressway, but the highway does not appear to be open yet. The “L” tracks were higher than normal at this location to cross railroad tracks just west of here. The line was relocated into the expressway median in 1958.

The CRT 42nd Place Yard, the end of the line for the Kenwood “L” branch, probably in the late 1920s.

The Stock Yards “L” branch, looking east to Exchange, as it appeared on June 7, 1927.

The North Side “L”, looking south from Montrose. On the right, you see the ramp leading down to the Buena Yard.

CRT trailer 3237, possibly at Skokie Shops.

CA&E 315 at an unknown location.

Chicago, Aurora & Elgin cars 407 and 432 at the Forest Park terminal in September 1955. CA&E service was cut back to here two years earlier. 407 was a Pullman, built in 1923, while 432 was a 1927 product of the Cincinnati Car Company. Riders could change here “cross platform” for CTA Garfield Park “L” trains.

CTA PCC 4265, a Pullman product, heads north on State at Lake circa 1948, while Alfred Hitchcock’s film Rope plays at the State-Lake Theater. This has since been converted into production facilities for WLS-TV.

Here is a nice side view of CSL 4005 at Kedzie Station (car barn). At this time, the 83 Prewar PCCs were assigned to Route 20 – Madison.

Faced with a manpower shortage during World War II, some transit lines hired female operators (although the Chicago Surface Lines did not). Here, we see Mrs. Cleo Rigby (left) and Mrs. Katherine Tuttle training in North Chicago on June 25, 1943. That would be for the North Shore Line’s city streetcar operations, which were mainly in Waukegan.

A northbound two-car Evanston shuttle train is held up momentarily at Howard in the 1950s, as track work is going on up ahead. The rear car is 1766. Don’s Rail Photos says, “1756 thru 1768 were built by Jewett Car in 1903 as Northwestern Elevated Railway 756 thru 768. They were renumbered 1756 thru 1768 in 1913 and became CRT 1756 thru 1768 in 1923.” Wood cars last ran on Evanston in 1957. Notice that the station is also being painted.

CTA postwar PCC 4404 is heading south, turning from Archer onto Wentworth on June 20, 1958, the last full day of streetcar service in Chicago. This was the last photo of a Chicago streetcar taken by the late Bob Selle.

A close-up of the previous photo shows some evidence of Bondo-type patch work on 4404.

CTA 7051 is southbound at State and Delaware on route 36 Broadway-State in the early 1950s. We ran another picture taken at this location in our post Recent Finds, Part 2 (December 12, 2016), showing a PCC going the other way. (Walter Hulseweder Photo)

The controller car of CTA Red Pullman 144, as it looked on a mid-1950s fantrip. This car is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum. (Chuck Wlodarczyk Photo)

CTA Red Pullman 225 at 77th and Vincennes on a mid-1950s fantrip. This car is preserved at Seashore Trolley Museum in Maine. (Chuck Wlodarczyk Photo)

CTA Red Pullman 445 is on Route 21 – Cermak circa 1950. Behind it, you see the Lakeside Diner and Boulevard Buick, the latter located at 230 E. Cermak. Today, this is near the location of McCormick Place.

CTA Red Pullman 104 is at Cermak and Prairie, east end of Route 21. This was just a few blocks away from Kodak’s Prairie Avenue processing plant, located at 1712 S. Prairie Avenue. Many a railfan’s Kodachrome slides were developed and mounted there, until the facility closed in the mid-1980s. You can read more about it here. The landmark R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. Calumet Plant, also known as the Lakeside Plant, is at rear. The plant closed in 1993, after Sears discontinued their catalog, and the building is now used as a data center.

CSL “Big” Pullman 183 is eastbound on Roosevelt at Ashland on January 15, 1937, while 5502, an Ashland car, is turning west onto Roosevelt to jog over to Paulina. That’s Immanuel Lutheran Church in the background.

CTA 7238 on State street in the early 1950s. The clock at right belongs to C. D. Peacock jewelers, a Chicago institution since 1837. (Water Hulseweder Photo)

Chicago, South Shore & South Bend car 31 and train at Wilson, Indiana, on an early CERA fantrip (possibly September 20, 1942). Mitch adds, “The photo of the South Shore Line fan trip, 1942 in this episode of “The Trolley Dodger,” appears to be at Power Siding, between Sheridan and the Highway 12 crossing west of Michigan City.”

Here, we see a rare shot of a CSL trolley bus on North Avenue in 1940. While route 72 – North was not converted to trolley bus until July 3, 1949, there was wire between the garage near Cicero Avenue and Narragansett. TBs ran on Narragansett until 1953, when route 86 was combined with the one-mile extension of North between Narragansett and Harlem. This TB is signed for route 76 (Diversey), which used TBs until 1955. The destination sign also says North-Lamon, site of the garage, but the slope of the street would indicate the bus is actually heading west. There is TB wire special work turning off to the right in the background, perhaps indicating that the bus has just left the garage. Andre Kristopans: “I THINK WB about Lavergne, pulling out.” There would be streetcar tracks on this section. Andre again: “There are car tracks. You can barely see a couple of hangers to the right of the bus. North Av is very wide at this point, almost 6 lanes, and TT’s did not share wire.”

North Shore Line wood car 300, during its time as the Central Electric Railfans’ Association club car, probably circa 1939-40.

Don’s Rail Photos says, “300 thru 302 were built by Jewett in 1909 as mainline coaches. As the steel cars arrived, they were downgraded to local and school tripper service. In 1936 they became sleet cutters. In 1939 300 was turned over to the Central Electric Railfans Association as a private car. The ownership remained with the CNS&M, but the maintenance was taken over by CERA. During the war, with many members in service, CERA relinquished control, and the car was scrapped in 1947. 301 and 302 were retired in 1939 and scrapped in 1940.”

Perhaps someone can help us identify the location of car 300, somewhere along the Shore Line Route.

New Site Additions

This picture has been added to our post The Great Chicago Interurbans – Part Two (CNS&M) (February 5, 2017):

The Angel’s Flight funicular on June 13, 1961. (George Basch Photo)

This one’s been added to Night Beat (June 21, 2016):

A South Shore Line train at the old Gary station in August 1970.

Here’s another one for More LVT Photos & Trolley Dodger Mailbag, 12-14-2015:

A rear view of two Lehigh Valley Transit ex-Cincinnati & Lake Erie “Red Devils” shows how their squared-off ends were not designed for multiple-unit operation. By comparison, car 1030, adapted from Indiana Railroad car 55, had a rounded end and was designed for multiple unit operation. Presumably, this is the Fairview car barn in Allentown. Liberty Bell Limited interurban service ended in 1951.

Recent Correspondence

Jack Bejna writes:

Hi Dave, here’s a few more of my CA&E images. All of these shots were cleaned up with Photoshop.

PS: The Julie Johnson collection website is back on line as of this morning (March 2). Great collection and I’m in it all the time.

Thanks very much!

Here’s a head-on shot of CA&E cars 48 (Stephenson 1902) & 316 (Jewett 1913).

CA&E 30, my shot near the shops circa 1955.

CA&E 18 looking good in this shot.

A train of the first cars with just the top of the old dispatcher tower in the background.

Here is an image of the old tower, just about the only one from this angle.

This is my shot of the new Dispatchers tower, circa 1955.

Here’s one more that I think you’ll like. It looks like CA&E 310 (Hicks 1908) just came out of the paint shop, and boy did they do a nice job!

One more for you that I completed this morning. It’s CA&E 319 (Jewett 1914) heading a line of cars. I got the original from Hicks Car Works, which is the JJ collection. It was a really bad picture and it took about 4 hours to complete.

James Fahlstedt writes:

I just recently discovered your blog and really enjoy it. First of all, I do not know much regarding Chicago traction, but have always been a fan. I love the city, I loved the interurbans (I was fortunate to have ridden all three of the big ones) and I even love the buses. I have made a small purchase of your books and videos and plan to buy more as my finances allow.

Second, I like the way those who know things seem to be willing to share their knowledge. I firmly believe that knowledge is something to be shared, not hidden.

Third, I like that the photos on the blog are of a sufficient resolution that they can actually be seen and enjoyed.

Anyway, if I know anything appropriate, I will pitch in.

Great, thanks! Glad you like the site.

Eric Miller writes:

I am looking for a photographer named C. Scholes to return some photo prints.

We posted a 1952 photo by a C. R. Scholes in One Good Turn (January 20, 2017). That’s all the information we have. Perhaps one of our readers can help further, thanks.

Mr. Miller replies:

That would be great!

Here are some shots of “Betty” making the rounds in Uptown, Dallas for you.

(Editor’s note: This is the the McKinney Avenue trolley, aka the M-Line.)

Scans of several new publications have been added to our E-book Chicago’s PCC Streetcars: The Rest of the Story, available in our Online Store. These include:

Surface Service (CSL employee magazine), February 1942, March 1942, July 1943, June 1945, and June 1946

CTA brochure advertising National Transportation Week, May 1960

Hi-res scan of 1957 CTA Annual Report

Gorilla My Dreams

While this isn’t transit related, I figured our readers might enjoy seeing these pictures, which show a publicity float for the 1949 film Mighty Joe Young. This was a sort-of remake of King Kong, which reunited much of the same creative team involved with the 1933 original, including Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Robert Armstrong. Ruth Rose, Marcel Delgado, and Willis O’Brien. If anyone knows where this parade may have taken place, please let me know.

-David Sadowski

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