The two car CTA Historical Train threads its way out of Howard Yard at the north end of Howard Terminal. The Historical Car was to ferry delegates from the APTA convention(American Public Transi... (more)

This pickup system was first developed in the 1890s and the CTA still uses it today and still uses the open 600 volt third rail. This trolley block is underneath the two Historic Cars, 4271-4272.

Loop bound arriving at its second of two stops in Wilmette. These were the oldest cars in revenue service at the time serving the richest CTA patrons.

Howard is the northern most CTA station in Chicago. This southbound has just left Evanston, will run to and around the Loop and return through here to Evanston and Wilmette. The motorman is on t... (more)

Date not recorded but about 1971. Howard is the northern most CTA station in Chicago. The car to the left is the Skokie Swift which had just arrived from Skokie. The other train is a Northbound... (more)

Homebound Evanston and Wilmette Commuters. Date not recorded but about 1971. Certainly winter. The Evanston Express runs south from Wilmette, through Evanston and northern Chicago, around ... (more)

The station has since been closed and the cars retired. I have just learned the boy looking on is railfan Bob Rodenkirk, a WBBM radio broadcaster in Chicago.

Another shot from the CTA Lake St. line pre-elevation in Oak Park shows a B train descending to street level near Harlem & North Blvd. headed downtown.

The street sign on the far right indicates this is Forest St., just east of Harlem Ave. Construction materials on the upper level are for the elevation of the CTA line, here at street grade with ... (more)

Another in John's series of views showing the CTA Lake St. line during construction of the elevated adjacent to the CNW. An 'A' train moves through a flagman protected crossing east of Harlem Ave... (more)

While construction had begun to elevate the Lake St. EL to the same level as the CNW, seen on the left, the line was still at grade level in this view of a CTA 'B' train at Forest St, just east of... (more)

This photo was taken prior to the elevation of the Lake St. El through Oak Park, alongside the CNW right of way, seen above. Construction of the elevated was underway at the time.

The conductor punches ticket stubs, as visitors take a ride on the a vintage CTA car, which was built by the Cincinatti Car Company in 1924.

CTA fan trip utilizing 4000-series cars painted in Chicago Rapid Transit Co. colors heads southbound passing a northbound Ravenswood train using refurbished 6000-series EMU's. The 6000's utilized ... (more)