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.

Some photos are from the CSL ear while others are from the CTA era. The number is parenthesis under the photo descriptions is simply for our inventory purposes. Please ignore them.

Due to concerns expressed by some about rampant piracy of photos on the internet, restrictions have been placed on posting photos from the Museum's collection here. The requirements set forth state that they must be low res and watermarked. We apologize to the vast majority of our patrons who only use this site as intended, for personal enjoyment and information gathering.

Chicago Streetcars - 101-700 Built by Pullman in 1909

#101
(027-15-01-01)

Front Platform
(027-15-01-02)

#102 Entrance - 1936
(027-15-01-03)

#102 Step - 1936
(027-15-01-04)

#102 Step - 1936
(027-15-01-05)

#108 - 1939
(027-15-01-06)

#118 on Grand
(027-15-01-07)

#127 on Pulaski
(027-15-01-08)

#144
(027-15-01-09)

#172 plus Technical Data
(027-15-01-10)

#177 on Pulaski
(027-15-01-11)

#225
(027-15-01-12)

#225
(027-15-01-13)

#225
(027-15-01-14)

#255 - 1957
(027-15-01-15)

#225 - 1957
(027-15-01-16)

#230
(027-15-01-17)

#272
(027-15-01-18)

#290 - 1934
(027-15-01-19)

#326 Stepwell
(027-15-01-20)

#340 SB on Des Plaines at Congress
(027-15-01-21)

#384
(027-15-01-22)

#385 Platform
(027-15-01-23)

#397 on North Ave.
(027-15-01-24)

#416 - 1937
(027-15-01-25)

#416 - 1937
(027-15-01-26)

#505
(027-15-01-27)

#505
(027-15-01-28)

#510
(027-15-01-29)

#521 - 1935
(027-15-01-30)

#533 & #593
(027-15-01-31)

#550
(027-15-01-32)

#555 - 1933
(027-15-01-33)

#579
(027-15-01-34)

#605
(027-15-01-35)

#605 on Milwaukee
(027-15-01-36)

#610
(027-15-01-37)

#623
(027-15-01-38)

#633 - 1939
(027-15-01-39)

#633 - 1939
(027-15-01-40)

#636 - 1940
(027-15-01-41)

#652 - 1938
(027-15-01-42)

#652 - 1938
(027-15-01-43)

#657 on North Ave.
(027-15-01-44)

#659 - 1938
(027-15-01-45)

#670
(027-15-01-46)

#671
(027-15-01-47)

#673
(027-15-01-48)

#695 on Roosevelt
(027-15-01-49)

#505 with #8000 as a Motor-Trailer Experiment
(027-15-02-01)

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