CTA Surface System History presented by the Illinois Railway Museum

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The numbering system was devised by the late Don Liberko, who worked extensively on cataloging the different styles. It has been enhanced to include new versions.

We are currently working with transfer experts to verify/correct/populate transfer style dates. Currently they are our best estimates. Once solid dates are established (and new styles discovered), the style numbers may change to reflect the correct chronology.

Click on the desired route below to see the hi-res transfer image. PLEASE USE YOUR BROWSER'S "BACK" BUTTON TO RETURN TO THIS PAGE. Routes in parenthesis are on the transfer, but not the main route listed.

Style 2 - 01/01/1933-05/1933

Clock appearance changed, adding bolder minutes and hours.

* - Indicates that the transfer image is courtesy of Bruce Moffat.

  • Archer (38th Br.) *
  • Armitage-Center *
  • Ashland, North *
  • Ashland (Ashland-Downtown) *
  • Belmont (Ext) *

  • Blue Island-26th *
  • Broadway-Devon (TR 1) *
  • Central *
  • Chicago *
  • Cicero *

  • Clark-Wentworth *
  • Clybourn *
  • Cottage Grove (TR 5) (TR 1) *
  • Crawford *
  • Damen, North *

  • Damen, South *
  • Diversey *
  • Division (Downtown) (Ext) *
  • Elston (Ext) *
  • Ewing-Brandon *

  • Fullerton *
  • Fulton-21st (Webster) *
  • Grand
  • Halsted (Halsted-Downtown)
  • Hammond *

  • Harrison (Adams) *
  • Irving Park (Ext) *
  • Kedzie (Calfornia) *
  • Kimball *
  • Lawrence *

  • Lincoln-Indiana (Rosehill) (Lincoln-Indiana-Downtown)
  • Madison (Fifth) *
  • Milwaukee (Armitage) *
  • Montrose (Ext) *
  • Morgan-Racine *

  • Narragansett *
  • North *
  • Ogden *
  • Pershing *
  • Riverview-Larrabee *

  • Roosevelt (Downtown) *
  • South Deering (Ext) *
  • State (Ext) (Lake-State) *
  • Stony Island *
  • Taylor-Sedgwick-Sheffield *

  • Van Buren *
  • Wallace-Racine *
  • Western *
  • Whiting & East Chicago *
  • Windsor Park *

  • 14th-16th *
  • 18th *
  • 22nd (Lawn.) *
  • 26th *
  • 31st *

  • 35th (35th-Pershing) *
  • 43rd-Root *
  • 47th *
  • 51st-55th *

  • 59th-61st *
  • 63rd (Ext.) *
  • 67th-69th *
  • 74th-75th *

  • 79th *
  • 93rd-95th *
  • 103rd (Ext) *
  • 111th *



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