I took this photo during one of My many visits to Chicago's Mount Greenwood neighborhood on West 111th Street.
This Chicago Transit Authority 1985 M.A.N 40 foot transit bus had just departed from the nearby West 111th Street bus terminal loop at West 111th Street and South Sprngfield Avenue, and is now heading eastbound on West 111th Street on a partly sunny August afternoon back in the year of 1990.
These buses were manufactured in the European nation formerly known as West Germany back in 1985. Due to their box like shape, many local Chicago area bus enthusiasts refered to them as "Bricks". I used to call them "German Shoe Boxes". This two tone green and off white was the original color scheme they wore upon delivery.
While not big on body style, these buses were quiete utilitarian and functional.
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