CTA Surface System History presented by the Illinois Railway Museum

Our "CTA Photo Collection" photographs came to us in within a larger donation of images. These specific photgraphs were marked "CTA Photo Collection" and some have no other official markings. Those that do are clearly CTA photos, so we assume the rest are also. As always, we never want to infringe on anyone's photographic rights, so if you spot any that should not be here, please let us know.

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Chicago Motor Coach Rolling Stock - Part 1

----- #61-#72 - GMC 32 passenger -----

#61
(027-02-05-01-01-01)

#62 at Monroe Parking - 08/13/1958
(027-02-05-01-01-02)

#63
(027-02-05-01-01-03)

#64
(027-02-05-01-01-04)

#66 WB on Balbo at Michigan - c1950
(027-02-05-01-01-05)

#69 at Monroe Parking - 08/13/1958
(027-02-05-01-01-06)

#69 at Monroe Parking - 08/13/1958
(027-02-05-01-01-07)

----- #101-#150 - 1917 St. Louis Car 51 passenger -----

Chicago Motor Bus Company #112
(027-02-05-01-02-01)

Chicago Motor Bus Company #127 Looking NE on Lake Shore Drive at 1900W - 1917
(027-02-05-01-02-02)

Chicago Motor Bus Company SB on Sheridan
(027-02-05-01-02-03)

----- #104 - 1934 Yellow Coach -----

#104 at the Sheridan-Devon Loop
(027-02-05-01-03-01)

#104
(027-02-05-01-03-03)

----- #105-204 (1936) & 205-244 (1938) Yellow Coach -----

#127 on Lake Shore Drive near Division
(027-02-05-01-04-01)

#133 Looking N on Sheridan at Foster
(027-02-05-01-04-02)

#143 SB on Michigan
(027-02-05-01-04-02a)

#146
(027-02-05-01-04-03)

#146
(027-02-05-01-04-04)

#169 at Marquette & California - 05/24/1948
(027-02-05-01-04-05)

#181
(027-02-05-01-04-06)

#215 Looking South on the Outer Drive North of North Ave
(027-02-05-01-04-07)

#222 on Michigan at Washington - 1946
(027-02-05-01-04-08)

#232, #242 & #153 at Soldier Field - Fall 1946
(027-02-05-01-04-09)

----- #201 1928 40 passenger -----

#201
(027-02-05-01-05-01)

----- #301-#371 1923 American Motor Bus Corp 69 passenger -----

Chicago Motor Bus #301
(027-02-05-01-06-01)

----- #431-#440 1944 Ford 27 passenger -----

#434 in Grant Park Parking Service
(027-02-05-01-07-01)

#438 in Soldier Field Parking Lot Service
(027-02-05-01-07-02)

----- #500-#570 1923-1924 Yellow Coach 66 passenger -----

#500 in Lincoln Park - 1923
(027-02-05-01-08-01)

#519
(027-02-05-01-08-02)

#525
(027-02-05-01-08-03)

#568 View in Upper Deck
(027-02-05-01-08-04)

#570
(027-02-05-01-08-05)

----- #500-#600 1948 GMC 55 passenger -----

#505 on California at the Congress Expressway
(027-02-05-01-09-01)

#508 at Washington and Michigan
(027-02-05-01-09-02)

#513 - 1953
(027-02-05-01-09-03)

#513 - 1953
(027-02-05-01-09-04)

#514
(027-02-05-01-09-05)

#528 - 1956
(027-02-05-01-09-06)

#549 on Michigan Ave
(027-02-05-01-09-07)

#557 on Michigan Ave
(027-02-05-01-09-08)

#565 - 1955
(027-02-05-01-09-09)

#565 - 1955
(027-02-05-01-09-10)

#565 - 1955
(027-02-05-01-09-11)

#565 - Interior looking toward the back - 1955
(027-02-05-01-09-12)

#565 - 1955
(027-02-05-01-09-13)

#571 Front Stepwell
(027-02-05-01-09-14)

#577 - 1950
(027-02-05-01-09-15)

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