I took this photo one hot late summer day, in early September of 1989. From the left to the right can be seen -A 1920's era modernized combine coach from the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad in the 1950 Silverliner color scheme, two Chicago Transit Authority 1920's era rapid transit cars, and an interurban coach from the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad. All three of these sets of electric railway passenger equipment had several things in common. They all were equipped with overhead Trolley Poles, truck mounter 3rd rail shoes, and all had used the elevated rapid transit lines of the Chicago Rapid Transit Company, later CTA after November of 1947. The Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee travelled between Chicago IL and Milwaukee WI , and the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin between Chicago and Wheaton Illinois with branches to Aurora and Elgin via the elevated rapid transit lines to and from downtown Chicago Illinois.Monday, January 28, 2008
Electric passenger equipment. The Illinois Railway Museum. Union Illinois USA. September 1989.
I took this photo one hot late summer day, in early September of 1989. From the left to the right can be seen -A 1920's era modernized combine coach from the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad in the 1950 Silverliner color scheme, two Chicago Transit Authority 1920's era rapid transit cars, and an interurban coach from the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad. All three of these sets of electric railway passenger equipment had several things in common. They all were equipped with overhead Trolley Poles, truck mounter 3rd rail shoes, and all had used the elevated rapid transit lines of the Chicago Rapid Transit Company, later CTA after November of 1947. The Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee travelled between Chicago IL and Milwaukee WI , and the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin between Chicago and Wheaton Illinois with branches to Aurora and Elgin via the elevated rapid transit lines to and from downtown Chicago Illinois.
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