CTA Surface System History presented by the Illinois Railway Museum

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Miscellaneous Booklets and Pamphlets

The Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Company - 1892 (Image courtesy Bob Heinlein)

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CTA Surface System History presented by the Illinois Railway Museum

Miscellaneous Booklets and Pamphlets

The Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Company - 1892 (Image courtesy Bob Heinlein)

Chicago City Railway History - 1900 (Image courtesy Bob Heinlein)

The Mayer & Englund Co Fare Register Catalog - 11/20/1900

Crouse-Hinds Incandescent Headlights Catalog - 10/01/1911

A.C.F. Motor Coach Catalog - c1920s

Yellow Coach Motor Bus Catalog - c1920s

CSL Yearbook - 1925-1926

PCC Cars - The Newest Force in Building Transit Patronage - 1938

Operating Results With PCC Cars - 12/31/1939

Success Stories of Really Modern Streetcars - 08/1940

Operating Results With PCC Cars - c1942