CTA Surface System History presented by the Illinois Railway Museum

These photos are available thanks to the generosity of Kimberly Scalzo. Her husband, the late Steve Scalzo, was a prolific transit photographer. He was also extremely careful to mark the vast majority of his slides with dates and locations. Thanks to these two individuals, we are able to take a walk down memory lane and peer into the past.

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Page 4 - CSL/CTA Streetcars from the Steve Scalzo Photo Collection

00121-CTA #1746 on the Ogden-Randolph Route on Ogden East of Kedzie - 07/1951

00122-CTA #1747 on Lake at Kedzie - 04/01/1953

00123-CTA #1749 on the Lake St Route Turning from Randolph onto Franklin - 01/1952

00124-CTA #1749 EB on Cermak at State - 01/1954

00125-CTA #1749 EB on Cermak near Pulaski - 12/1951

00126-CTA #1749 at Lake and Pine - 01/01/1954

00127-CTA #1750 on the Lake St Route WB at Randolph and LaSalle - 09/1953

00128-CTA #1751 on the Lake St Route EB at Pine and Lake - 02/12/1953

00129-CTA #1751 WB on Cermak at Clark - 01/1954

00130-CTA #1751 on Lake at the Austin Terminus - 03/1952

00131-CTA #1728 WB on Lake at Pine - 03/1953

00132-CTA #1758 on Lake at Kostner - 05/16/1954

00133-CTA #1758 on the Lake St Route on SB on Dearborn at Randolph - 09/1953

00134-CTA #1759 & #1752 on the Ogden-Randolph Route on Ogden at Cermak - 06/1952

00135-CTA #1760 EB on Cermak at Pulaski - 03/21/1954

00136-CTA #1760 EB on Cermak at the CB&O Underpass - 03/21/1954

00137-CTA #1760 on Cermak near Canal - 03/21/1954

00138-CTA #1760 EB on Cermak at State - 01/1954

00139-CTA #1766 on the Lake St Route WB on Kinzie at Pine - 01/1953

00140-CTA #1766 EB on Lake at Pine - 03/1952

00141-CTA #1767 on the Ogden-Randolph Route on Ogden West of Western - 06/1952

00142-CTA #1771 on the Ogden-Randolph Route on Ogden West of Western - 06/1952

00143-CTA #1771 on the Ogden-Randolph Route in Douglas Park - 07/1951

00144-CTA #1775 WB on Cermak at Kostner - 03/21/1954

00145-CTA #1778 WB on Lake at Ashland - 05/1954

00146-CTA #1780 on Lake at Karlov - 11/1952

00147-CTA #1782 on the Ogden-Randolph Route on Ogden at Western - 05/1950

00148-CTA #1782 on the 93rd-95th Route at 95th - 06/1950

00149-CSL #1916 - No Date (Originally from the Volkmer Collection)

00150-CSL #2859 - No Date (Originally from the Volkmer Collection)

00151-CSL #3073 - No Date

00152-CTA #3107 on Ashland - 02/17/1951

00153-CTA #3122 on the Lake St Route Turning from Randolph onto Franklin - No Date

00154-CTA #3122 EB on Cermak at the CB&O Underpass - 04/11/1954

00155-CTA #3123 on the Ogden-Randolph Route in Douglas Park - 06/1952

00156-CTA #3138 on Cicero at 25th - 07/1952

00157-CTA #3144 on the Lake St Route EB on Kinzie at Pine - 06/1952

00158-CTA #3144 on Lake at Kedzie - 04/01/1953

00159-CTA #3144 EB on Lake at Cicero - 05/1954

00160-CTA #3144 on Cermak at Indiana - 02/1950

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