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.

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.

Page 26 - CTA Rapid Transit Cars from the Steve Scalzo Photo Collection

01001-CTA #6695-96 on the Douglas Eastbound at 50th Ave - 10/26/1969 at 11:03am

01002-CTA #6703 on the Douglas Inbound at Polk - 09/07/1966 at 6:04pm

01003-CTA #6706 on the Douglas Inbound at Polk - 09/07/1966 at 6:58pm

01004-CTA #6716 on the Douglas Inbound at 46th - 09/06/1966 at 6:07pm

01005-CTA #6717 on the Congress Line Outbound at Ogden - 06/07/1966 at 5:38pm

01006-CTA #6718 on the Douglas Inbound at Paulina - 09/07/1966 at 5:23pm

01007-CTA 6000s Southbound at Wabash and Lake - 10/23/1973 at 4:33pm

01008-CTA 2000s and 6000s - 07/24/1964

01009-CTA 6000s and 2000s - 07/24/1964

01010-CTA 6000s at Kimball - No Date (Slide processing date is 04/1963) (Thanks to Art Peterson for help on location)

01011-CTA #53 and SOAC at Skokie Shops - 01/25/1976 at 1:20pm

01012-CTA 2000s and SOAC at Skokie Shops - 01/26/1975 at 1:27pm

01013-SOAC Interior - 01/26/1975 at 1:40pm

01014-SOAC Interior - 01/26/1975 at 1:40pm

01015-SOAC Interior - 01/26/1975 at 1:40pm

01016-SOAC on the Skokie Swift Northbound at Dempster - 10/26/1975 at 2:05pm

01017-SOAC on the Skokie Swift in the Dempster Wye - 01/26/1975 at 2:10pm

01018-SOAC on the Skokie Swift Southbound at Dempster - 02/08/1975 at 11:23am

01019-SOAC on the Skokie Swift Southbound at Searle - 02/08/1975 at 11:58am

01020-SOAC on the Skokie Swift Northbound at Kostner - 02/08/1975 at 12:19pm

01021-SOAC on the Skokie Swift Southbound at Kostner - 02/08/1975 at 12:31pm

01022-SOAC on the Skokie Swift Southbound at Crawford - 02/08/1975 at 1:01pm

01023-SOAC on the Skokie Swift Southbound at Prairie - 02/08/1975 at 1:12pm

01024-SOAC on the Skokie Swift Northbound at Asbury - 02/08/1975 at 1:46pm

01025-SOAC on the Skokie Swift Southbound at Custer - 02/08/1975 at 2:04pm

01026-SOAC on the Skokie Swift Inbound at Niles Center - 02/08/1975 at 2:57pm

01027-CTA #S-1 (x4358), #S-359 (x4138), #4410, #4409, #S-360 (x4175) on the Ravenswood Southbound at Sedgwick - 05/27/1973 at 12:25pm

01028-CTA #S-1 (x4358), #S-359 (x4138) in Des Plaines Yard - 05/27/1973 at 2:45pm

01029-CTA #S-1 (x4358) and #S-359 (x4138) on the Englewood Branch at Ashland - 05/27/1973 at 4:20pm

01030-CTA #S-5 - No Date (Slide pricessing date is 11/1973)

01031-CTA #S-104 on the Skokie Swift Northbound at Asbury - 05/27/1973 at 9:45am

01032-CTA #S-104 on the Skokie Swift Northbound at Dempster - 05/27/1973 at 10:18am

01033-CTA #S-104, #4335-36, #4456 on the Skokie Swift in the Dempster Tail Track - 05/27/1973 at 10:20am (Thanks to Art Peterson for help on location)

01034-CTA #S-104 on the Skokie Swift Southbound at Skokie Blvd - 05/27/1973 at 10:30am

01035-CTA #S-104, #4335-36, 4455-56 on the Skokie Swift Southbound at Skokie Blvd - 05/27/1973 at 10:29am

01036-CTA #S-104 on the Skokie Swift Southbound at Asbury - 05/27/1973 at 10:49am

01037-CTA #S-104 on the N-S Southbound at Loyola - 05/27/1973 at 11:52am

01038-CTA #S-105, #S-104, #S-606 in Howard Yard - 07/09/1967 at 4:10pm

01039-CTA #S-105 - No Date (Slide processing date is 11/1973)

01040-CTA #S-108 at Skokie Shops - No Date (Slide processing date is 11/1973)

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