CTA Surface System History presented by the Illinois Railway Museum

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These scans are from a larger scale track map book which is from c1950. The sections and individual pages below appear in the same order as they do in the book.



Union Loop

  • Union Loop

    • Metropolitan Main Line

  • Canal St. to Loop Jct.
  • Wells St. to Morgan St.
  • Morgan St. to Hermitage Ave.
  • Loomis to Ogden

    • Douglas Park Branch

  • Marshfield Jct. to Washburne Ave.
  • Washburne Ave. to Wood St.
  • Wood St. to Campbell Ave.
  • Campbell Ave. to Sawyer Ave.

  • Sawyer Ave. to Crawford Ave.
  • Crawford Ave. Yard
  • Crawford Ave. Yard (Larger Scale)
  • Crawford Ave. to 47th Ave.

  • Kenton Ave. Yard
  • 46th Ave. Yard
  • 47th Ave. to 52nd Ave.
  • 56th Ave. Yard

  • 56th Ave. Yard (Larger Scale)
  • 52nd Ave. to 59th Ave.
  • 59th Ave. to Lombard Ave.
  • Lombard Ave. to Oak Park Ave.

    • Garfield Park Branch

  • Hermitage Ave. to Campbell Ave.
  • Campbell Ave. to Kedzie Ave.
  • Kedzie Ave. to Springfield Ave.
  • Springfield Ave. to Kilpatrick Ave.

  • Kilpatrick Ave. to Lockwood Ave.
  • Laramie Ave. Yard
  • Laramie Ave. to Austin Blvd.
  • Austin Blvd. to Oak Park Ave.

  • Oak Park Blvd. to W. 76th St.
  • Des Plaines Ave. Yard
  • 76th St. to 1st Ave.
  • 1st Ave. to 18th Ave.

  • 17th Ave. to Eastern Ave.
  • Eastern Ave. to Gladstone Ave.
  • Gladstone Ave. to Kent St.
  • Kent St. to 22nd St.

    • Logan Square-Humboldt Park Branch

  • Marshfield Ave. to Carroll Ave.
  • Carroll Ave. to Haddon Ave.
  • Haddon Ave. to Leavitt St.
  • Damen Ave. to Western Ave. (Logan Square)
  • Western Ave. to California Ave. (Logan Square)

  • California Ave. to Logan Square (Logan Square)
  • Logan Square Yard (Logan Square)
  • DamenAve. to Rockwell St. (Humboldt Park)
  • Rockwell St. to Kedzie Ave. (Humboldt Park)
  • Kedzie Ave. to Lawndale Ave. (Humboldt Park)

    • Northwestern Main Line

  • Loop to Chicago Ave.
  • Chicago Ave. to Sedgwick Curve
  • Sedgwick Curve to Wisconsin St.

  • Wisconsin St. to Schubert Ave.
  • Schubert Ave. to Cornelia Ave.
  • Cornelia Ave. to Buena Ave.

  • Buena Ave. to Lawrence Ave.
  • Upper Wilson Yard
  • Lower Wilson Yard

    • Evanston Division

  • Lawrence to Bryn Mawr
  • Bryn Mawr to Sheridan
  • Sheridan to Touhy
  • Touhy to South Blvd.

  • Howard Yard v1
  • Howard Yard v2
  • Howard Yard v3
  • South Blvd. to Greenwood

  • Greenwood to Noyes
  • Church St. Yard
  • Noyes to Linden
  • Linden Ave. Yard

    • Ravenswood Branch

  • Clark St. Jct. to Paulina St.
  • Paulina St. to Berteau Ave.
  • Berteau Ave. to Campbell Ave.
  • Campbell Ave. to Kedzie

  • Kimball Ave. Yard
  • Kimball Ave. Yard v2
  • Kimball Ave. Yard v3
  • Kedzie to Kimball

    • South Side Main Line

  • Loop to 14th St.
  • 14th St. to 23rd St.
  • 23rd St. to 32nd St.

  • 32nd St. to Pershing Rd.
  • Pershing Rd. to 46th St. v1
  • Pershing Rd. to 46th St. v2

    • Jackson Park Branch

  • Pershing Rd. to 46th St. v1
  • Pershing Rd. to 46th St. v2
  • 46th St. to 54th St.

  • 54th St. to 61st St.
  • 61st St. to Ellis Ave.
  • 61st St. Upper Yard

  • 63rd St. Lower Yard v1
  • 63rd St. Lower Yard v2
  • Ellis Ave. to Stony Island Ave.

    • Englewood Branch

  • Junction to 62nd St.
  • 62nd St. to Sangamon St.
  • Sangamon St. to Loomis St.
  • Loomis and 69th St. Yards

    • Stock Yards Branch

  • Junction to Stewart Ave.
  • Stewart Ave. to Laurel St.
  • Laurel St. Around Loop

    • Normal Park Branch

  • Normal Park Branch

    • Kenwood Branch

  • Indiana Ave. to Langley Ave.
  • Langley Ave. to 42nd St.
  • Kenwood Yards

    • Chicago & Oak Park RR (Lake St.)

  • Wells St. to Morgan St.
  • Morgan St. to Hermitage Ave.
  • Hermitage Ave. to Campbell Ave.
  • Campbell Ave. to Kedzie Ave.

  • Kedzie Ave. to Harding Ave.
  • Hamlin Ave. Yard v1
  • Hamlin Ave. Yard v2
  • Harding Ave. to Kilpatrick Ave.

  • Kilpatrick Ave. to Long Ave.
  • Long Ave. to Lombard Ave.
  • Lombard Ave. to Clinton Ave.
  • Clinton Ave. to Forest Park (Lake St. Branch)

    • State Street Subway

  • N. Abutement Wall to N. Ogden Ave.
  • N. Larrabee St. to N. LaSalle St.
  • Clark St. to Erie St.
  • Ontario St. to Calhoun Pl.

  • Madison St. to 8th St.
  • 9th St. to 15th St.
  • 14th St. to 16th St.






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