Monday, April 13, 2009

Classic vintage CSL pre CTA Chicago transit equipment. The Illinois Railway Museum. Union Illinois USA.

21 years of Chicago Surface Lines equipment and technology at the Illinois Railway Museum. Union Illinois. June 2001.

Before there was today's Chicago transit agency known as the Chicago transit Authority, there was a company known as the Chicago Surface Lines. Although mainly an electric streetcar operator on Chicago's many city streets, the CSL also rostered a modest fleet of buses as well. To the left is a 1944 vintage CSL White bus, while to the right is a 1922 era restored electric CSL streetcar. Both pieces operate today in retirement at The Illinois Railway Museum, located in the town of Union Illinois.

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