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 17a - 08/25/1955 (Sundays 07/17/1955)

Clock and "S" changed to red, RT changed to dots, Humboldt Park branch removed. "T" and "C" repositioned.

  • Addison (Limited) (Depot Shuttle)
  • Archer (Express) (Depot Shuttle)
  • Ashland (Southport) (Stock Yards) (Downtown) (35th)
  • Belmont (Armitage)
  • Blue Island-26th

  • Broadway
  • California, South (Cicero, South)
  • Central (Limited) (California, North) - Plate BH
  • Central (Limited) - Plate BH2
  • Cermak (Douglas Park Ext)

  • Chicago
  • Cicero (Austin)
  • Clark-Wentworth - Plate DV
  • Clark-Wentworth (Broadway-State) - Plate BE
  • Cottage Grove (Depot Shuttle)

  • North Damen (Foster-Central)
  • Diversey (Logan Square) (Depot Shuttle)
  • Division
  • Douglas (Ohio-Depots) (Depot Shuttle)
  • Elston (Clybourn)

  • Foster-Northwest (Touhy) - Plate BU
  • Foster-Northwest - Plate BU2
  • Fullerton (Ex)
  • Garfield (Limited) (Indiana) (Depot Shuttle)
  • Grand

  • Halsted (Downtown)
  • South Halsted (South Western) (South Kedzie)
  • Harrison (Adams)
  • Irving Park
  • Irving Park-Narragansett-North (Laramie)

  • Jackson (Limited) (Washington) (Depot Shuttle) - Plate CB
  • Jackson (Express) (Depot Shuttle) (Washington) (Express) - Plate CB2
  • Jeffery (Limited) (Depot Shuttle) (South Shore) (Hyde Park)
  • Kedzie-California
  • Kedzie-Homan (North Western) - Plate CE

  • Kedzie-Homan (North Western) - Plate CE2
  • Kimball (Harlem) (Cicero, North)
  • Lawrence (Ext) (Bathing Beach)
  • Lincoln-Larrabee (Lincoln-Wabash)
  • Madison

  • Michigan-State-Wacker (Independence) (Monroe Parking Lot) (Depot Shuttle)
  • Milwaukee (Limited) (Depot Shuttle)
  • Montrose (Skokie-Howard) - Plate CM
  • Montrose (Skokie-Howard) - Plate CM2
  • North (Limited) (Lake)

  • North-Narragansett-Irving Park (Laramie)
  • Ogden (Ext)
  • Pershing
  • Peterson (Higgins)
  • Pulaski

  • South Pulaski (Morgan-Racine)
  • Roosevelt
  • Sheridan (Limited) (Devon) (Lunt) (Depot Shuttle) - Plate CT
  • Sheridan (Limited) (Devon) (Lunt) (Depot Shuttle) - Plate CT2
  • Sheridan (Limited) (Lunt-Touhy) (Devon) (Depot Shuttle) - Plate CT3

  • South Chicago-Ewing (Express)
  • South Deering (Windsor Park)
  • State - Plate DU
  • State (Depot Shuttle) - Plate DU2
  • South Park (Limited) (Yates-95th) (Depot Shuttle) (Bathing Beach)

  • Stony Island
  • Taylor-Sheffield (Roscoe) (East Belmont)
  • Van Buren (Depot Shuttle)
  • Vincennes-111th (119th-Vincennes) (Riverdale)
  • Wallace-Racine (Canal-Wacker) (Damen, South)

  • Western
  • Wilson-Michigan (Limited) (LaSalle) (Depot Shuttle) - Plate DF
  • Wilson-Michigan (Express) (LaSalle) (LaSalle-Sheridan Exp) (Depot Shuttle) - Plate DF2
  • 16th-18th
  • 26th-31st (31st, West) (63rd-65th) - Plate BR2

  • 26th-31st (31st, West) (63rd-65th) - Plate BR3 - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • 31st, East (31st, West) (63rd-65th)
  • 35th
  • 43rd-Root
  • 47th (Ext)

  • 51st-55th
  • 51st-55th (26th)
  • 59th-61st (Marquette)
  • 63rd - Plate DN
  • 63rd (Limited) - Plate DN2

  • 67th-69th
  • 74th-75th (83rd)
  • 79th (Ext) (71st)
  • 93rd-95th (87th) (115th)

  • 103rd-106th (111th, East)
  • Soldier Field [Plate DX]
  • Soldier Field [Plate DX2]



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