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 15 - CTA Rapid Transit from the Steve Scalzo Photo Collection

00561-CTA #2079-80 on the Lake Street Route at Harlem - 09/04/1966 at 4:07pm

00562-CTA #2179-80 on the Lake Street Route Inbound at Halsted - 09/04/1966 at 3:30pm

00563-CTA #2082-81 on the LDR Route Westbound on Lake Street at Austin - 10/24/1971 at 1:20pm

00564-CTA #2088-87 ont he Dan Ryan Line at 95th - 11/23/1969 at 2:07pm

00565-CTA #2092-91 On the Lake Street Route Westbound at Clark - 05/02/1968 at 5:42pm

00566-CTA #2096-95 on the Lake Street Route Westbound at Laramie - 08/14/1966 at 1:46pm

00567-CTA #2098-97 on the LDR Route at Wabash and Randolph - 10/26/1969 at 9:31am

00568-CTA #2098-97 on the LDR Route Eastbound on Lake at Austin - 10/24/1971 at 1:30pm

00569-CTA #2099-2100 on the Lake Street Route Westbound near Halsted - 09/04/1966 at 2:20pm

00570-CTA #2099-2100 on the Lake Street Route at LaSalle - 09/04/1966 at 2:13pm

00571-CTA #2109-10 on the Lake Street Route at Randolph and Wells - 06/03/1966 at 1:30pm

00572-CTA #2114 on the Lake Street Route at Clark - 09/09/1966 at 5:08pm

00573-CTA #2116-15 on the Lake Street Route Westbound at Laramie - 09/04/1966 at 12:54pm

00574-CTA #2117-18 on the Dan Ryan Line Northbound at 63rd - 10/28/1969

00575-CTA #2120 on the LDR Line Outbound at Cermak - No Date (Slide processing date is 05/1970)

00576-CTA #2121 on the Lake Street Route at Clark - 09/09/1966 at 4:50pm

00577-CTA #2123-24 on the Lake Street Route at Adams and Wabash - 07/03/1966 at 9:10am

00578-CTA #2125-26 on the Douglas Line Inbound at Western - 09/05/1966 at 12:20pm

00579-CTA #2125 on the Dan Rayn Line Inbound at 63rd - No Date (slide processing date is 05/1970)

00580-CTA #2127-28 on the LDR Route at Wabash and Randolph - 10/26/1969 at 9:55am

00581-CTA #2132-31 on the LDR Route at Clark & Lake - 10/26/1969 at 1:40pm

00582-CTA #2135-36 on the Lake Street Route Westbound at Laramie - 09/04/1966 at 12:45pm

00583-CTA #2136-35 on the LDR Route Eastbound at Harlem - 10/31/1976 at 9:16am

00584-CTA #2135-36 on the Lake Street Route Inbound at Harlem - 09/04/1966 at 11:55am

00585-CTA #2144-43 on the Douglas Line Eastbound at 47th - 07/15/1967 at 12:16pm

00586-CTA #2146-45 on the Douglas Line Eastbound at 47th Place - 09/10/1967 at 10:35am

00587-CTA #2146 and 6500s at Des Plaines Yards - No Date (Slide processing date is 09/1965)

00588-CTA #2149-50 on the Douglas Line Outbound at Belt Ry Underpass - 09/23/1967 at 2:12pm

00589-CTA #2150 on the Douglas Line Outbound at 18th Street - 09/07/1966 at 6:09pm

00590-CTA #2151-52 on the Douglas Line Outbound at Damen - 09/05/1966 at 12:00pm

00591-CTA #2153-54 on the LDR Route at Wabash & Randolph - 10/26/1969 at 9:40am

00592-CTA #2154-53 on the Douglas Line at 47th Ave. - 03/27/1967 at 9:27am

00593-CTA #2155-56 on the Douglas Line at 50th Ave. - 03/27/1967 at 3:06pm

00594-CTA #2157-58 on the Douglas Line at Cicero-Berwyn Terminal - 08/04/1967 at 9:45pm

00595-CTA #2158-57 on the Douglas Line Inbound at the Belt Ry Underpass - 09/23/1967 at 2:07pm

00596-CTA #2159-60 on the Congress Line at Des Plaines - No Date (Slide processing date is 02/1966)

00597-CTA #2160-59 on the Douglas Line Westbound at 49th Ave. - 09/08/1966 at 6:16pm

00598-CTA #2162 on the Douglas Line Outbound at Polk - 09/07/1966 at 5:43pm

00599-CTA #2165-66 on the Congress Line Westbound at Damen - 09/05/1966 at 11:55am

00600-CTA #2167 on the Douglas Line Outbound at 47th Ave. - 03/27/1967 at 9:25am

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