CTA Surface System History presented by the Illinois Railway Museum

These photos are available thanks to the family of R. Hill. The Museum was able to procure a large quantity of R. Hill's photographs featuring CTA trolley buses and are making them available for viewing via this website. Some photos are carefully documented (usually the ones that include times), while others have nothing more than a date associated with them. We have done our best to identify the locations and bus numbers for each photo.

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.

CTA Trolley Buses from the R. Hill Photo Collection - Page 3

0081-CTA #Unknown Northwestbound on Elston Going Toward Forest Glen Garage - 08/01/1969 at 9:31am

0082-CTA #9528 on Central Southbound at 350N (Lake St) - 08/03/1969 at 3:40pm

0083-CTA #9499 on Central Northbound at 350N (Lake St) - 07/31/1969 at 6:49pm

0084-CTA #9772 on Central Southbound at 300N (Fulton) - 08/03/1969 at 3:30pm

0085-CTA #9761 on Central Southbound at 200N (West End Ave) - 08/03/1969 at 4:41pm

0086-CTA #9509 on Cicero Southbound at 1200S (Roosevelt) - 08/12/1972

0087-CTA #9720 on Central Southbound at 1400N (Hirsch) - 06/13/1968 at 1:39pm

0088-CTA #9732 at Forest Glen Garage with Motor Bus #8001 - 07/25/1969 at 8:15am

0089-CTA #9517 at Forest Glen Garage with Motor Bus #5190 - 07/25/1969 at 8:15am

0090-CTA #9547 at Forest Glen Garage - 07/25/1969 at 8:16am

0091-CTA #9668 on Belmont Westbound at 4800W (Cicero) - 07/17/1970

0092-CTA #9690 on Belmont Westbound at 4732W (Keating) - 07/17/1970

0093-CTA #9565 on Belmont Westbound at 4700W (Kilpatrick) - 07/17/1970

0094-CTA #9738 on Montrose Westbound at 1038W (Kenmore) - 07/12/1970 at 9:58am

0095-CTA #9616 on North Eastbound at 1066W (West of Kingsbury) - 07/21/1970

0096-CTA #9652 on North Eastbound at 1030W (Kingsbury) - 07/21/1970

0097-CTA #9505 on North Eastbound at 837W (Clybourn) - 07/21/1970

0098-CTA #Unknown on North at Unknown Location - 08/03/1969

0099-CTA #9444 and #9554 at North Ave Garage - 03/17/1973

0100-CTA #9716 on Irving Park Eastbound at 1400W (Southport) - 07/12/1970 at 8:24am

0101-CTA #9528 on Irving Park Eastbound at 1850W (East of Wolcott) - 08/02/1969 at 7:34am

0102-CTA #9739 on the Irving Park Route on Dakin St (3932N) at Broadway (850W) which is the East end of the line, Facing Eastbound - 07/12/1970 at 8:56am

0103-CTA #9743 on the Irving Park Route on Dakin St (3932N) at Broadway (850W) which is the East end of the line, Facing Eastbound - 07/12/1970 at 8:42am

0104-CTA #9739 on the Irving Park Route on Dakin St (3932N) at Broadway (850W) which is the East end of the line, Facing Eastbound - 07/12/1970 at 8:58am

0105-CTA #9743 on Irving Park Eastbound at 1000W (Sheridan) - 07/12/1970 at 7:25am

0106-CTA #9746 on Irving Park Eastbound at 1300W (Clark) - 07/12/1970 at 7:50am

0107-CTA #9605 on Cicero Southbound at 100N (Washington) - 03/22/1973

0108-CTA #9672 on Cicero Southbound at 100N (Washington) - 03/22/1973

0109-CTA #9432 on Cicero Southbound at 150N (West End Ave) - 03/22/1973

0110-CTA #9561 on Cicero Southbound possibly at 134N (Maypole) - 03/22/1973

0111-CTA #9506 Likely on Cicero at Unknown Location - 03/22/1973

0112-CTA #9759 Location Unknown - 03/22/1973

0113-CTA #9704 on Grand Eastbound at 6942W (West of Newland) - 07/22/1970

0114-CTA #9704 on the Grand Route at Nordica Loop (7032W - West Terminal) Pointing South - 07/22/1970

0115-CTA #9614 on the Grand Route Exiting the Nordica Loop (7032W - West Terminal) Starting to head Eastbound - 07/22/1970

0116-CTA #9486 on Grand Eastbound Location Unknown - 08/03/1969

0117-CTA #9678 on Grand Eastbound Location Unknown - 07/22/1970

0118-CTA #9577 on Grand Eastbound at 6310W (Mobile) - 07/22/1970

0119-CTA #9615 on Grand Eastbound at 6750W (East of Oak Park) - 07/22/1970

0120-CTA #Unknown at Unknown Location - 07/25/1969

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