The Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin Illinois USA. September 1990.

This is an interesting photographic comparison, of twp Chicago Illinois electric interurban railroad coaches. The coach on the left, is from the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad. This electric long distance Interurban railroad operated between Chicago Illinois and Milwaukee Wisconsin until January 22nd 1963. The North Shore cars were Narrow and shorter, because they left Chicago on the CTA Rapid transit elevated line.
The coach to the right is from the electric Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad wich runs from Chicago Illinois to South Bend Indianna. The large heavyweight electric M.U coach, from the 1920's era (and later modernized.) was retired around 1983.

Inside the city of Chicago, the North Shore travelled over the CTA Elevated downtown and used 3rd rail truck shoes. Outside of Chicago, an overhead trolley pole was utilized. The South Shore cars used 1500 volts AC, and used overhead "Pantographs" on the cars roof. It was and still is a heavy electric line. Todays South Shore is utilizing newer streamlined equipment from Japan, and is operated by both Chicago's "Metra" and Indianna's Northern Indianna Commuter Transit District, also nown as NICTD. At the time of this photograph, the North Shore car was wearing it's original color scheme. It was fading due to weathering, and was eventually repainted into one of the later "Green" North Shore color schemes.