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These photos are available thanks to Art Peterson. He is the curator of the Krambles-Peterson Archive which contains a wealth of historical photos from Chicago transit. Art has generously allowed us to share some of the photos from the archive. When available, he has also provided dates, locations, photographers, and background information on the photos. Thanks so much Art!!


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RT Lines and Stations - Loop (Part 1)



KP0829-CTA Loop, Looking east our of Tower 18 - 06/25/1954




KP0830-CTA Loop, Garfield train turning onto Wells Street - c1957




KP0831-CTA Loop, Looking east past Tower 18 onto the Loop - c09/1959




KP0832-CTA Loop, The old and new Tower 18s - 05/25/1969




KP0833-CTA Loop, The old and new Tower 18s looking west through the interlocking - c08/1969




KP0834-CTA Loop, A work crew in the midst of demolishing old Tower 18 as a Ravenswood train comes through the work zone and #S-324 on the work train waits to haul away remnants of the old tower - 09/13/1969




KP0835-CTA Loop, Bicentennial rapid transit cars at Tower 18 along with a bicentennial bus at street level - 08/01/1975




KP0836-CTA Loop, View from inside Tower 18 looking east at an unusual move. The Dan Ryan train is crossing east of the tower in front of the Ravenswood train. This was necessitated by track blockage. - 03/20/1978




KP0837-CTA Loop, The shutdown of the Green Line afforded the opportunity to do some track work around Tower 18. Here the diamonds have been removed and will be replaced. - 09/12/1994




KP0838-CTA Loop, The Green Line shut down also opened up the opportunity to do some structural renewal around Tower 18. You can also see some structural renewal work completed on Lake Street near the top of the photo. - 11/13/1994




KP0839-CTA Loop, Semaphore signal on Lake east of Wells - c09/1967




KP0840-CTA Loop, View eastward along Lake Street from Tower 18 - 08/06/1991




KP0841-CTA Loop, Looking north on LaSalle toward the 'L' structure - c1951




KP0842-CTA Loop, #1764 on the end of a Lake Street train near Lake & LaSalle - 06/18/1952




KP0843-CTA Loop, the view looking South-Southeast through LaSalle & Lake - 11/04/1968




KP0844-CTA Loop, Looking east through Clark & Lake with a Lake Street train of 4000s in the station - c1954




KP0845-CTA Loop, Douglas train approaching Clark & Lake with a North Shore train in the bakcground and motor bus #1604 at ground level - 06/21/1958




KP0846-CTA Loop, Clark & Lake Inner Loop Platform - 10/27/1971




KP0847-CTA Loop, Riders ascend the stairs at the southwest corner of Clark & Dearborn - 10/27/1971




KP0848-CTA Loop, Demolition of the Clark & Lake station for reconstruction - 03/26/1992




KP0849-CTA Loop, Staging of construction materials at Clark & Lake - 03/28/1992




KP0850-CTA Loop, Looking west at the Clark & Lake reconstruction progress - 09/04/1992




KP0851-CTA Loop, Looking east from Clark & Lake showing a westbound 251-class car - 06/18/1952




KP0852-CTA Loop, Looking east from Clark & Lake showing a westbound 2858-class car - 06/18/1952




KP0853-CTA Loop, Looking east from Clark & Lake showing a westbound 4067-class car working a Douglas 'B' trip with a packed front platform - 06/20/1958




KP0854-CTA Loop, #2069 leads a westbound train at State & Lake - 05/13/1993




KP0855-CTA Loop, #6389 on the tail end of an eastbound train at State & Lake - 01/13/1977




KP0856-CTA Loop, A train of flat door 6000s Douglas 'A' train westbound approaching State & Lake - 06/20/1958




KP0857-CTA Loop, Looking west on Randolph at the Randolph-Wabash Outer Loop station house - 05/14/1955






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