CTA Surface System History presented by the Illinois Railway Museum
               
The numbering system was devised by the late Don Liberko, who worked extensively on cataloging the different styles. It has been enhanced to include new versions.
We are currently working with transfer experts to verify/correct/populate transfer style dates. Currently they are our best estimates. Once solid dates are established (and new styles discovered), the style numbers may change to reflect the correct chronology.
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Style 8-1a - Date Unknown
Writing at bottom, "Stamp Here" at top, 1/2 circle eliminated, blue date and serial number.
Archer (38th Br.)
Ashland (Southport)
Austin (Jeffery-100th)
Belmont
BlueIsland-26th
Broadway-State (Lake-State)
California
Central
Cermak (Lawndale)
Chicago
Cicero
Clark-Wentworth
Clybourn (S. Chicago) (Higgins)
Cottage Grove (Thru Route 1) (Thru Route 5)
Damen, North (Damen, South) (Wallace-Racine)
Division-Van Buren (Division-Milwaukee Downtown) (Van Buren-Downtown)
Division-Van Buren (Downtown)
Elston
Fullerton (Foster-Northwest Hwy)
Fulton-21st (Webster)
Grand
Halsted (Halsted-Downtown) (Vincennes)
North Harlem (Vincennes-119th)
Harrison (Adams)
Irving Park (43rd-Root)
Kedzie (California)
Kimball-Homan (Kimball)
Lawrence
Lincoln-Indiana (Rosehill)
Madison (Fifth)
Milwaukee (Armitage)
Montrose (59th-61st)
Morgan-Racine (Armitage)
Narragansett (Laramie)
North
Ogden
Pershing (14th-16th) (18th)
Peterson (Diversey)
Pulaski
Riverview-Larrabee (Riverdale)
Roosevelt
South Deering (Windsor Park)
Stony Island (Ewing-Brandon)
Taylor-Sedgwick-Sheffield
Western
26th (35th) (115th) (119th)
31st (51st-55th)
47th
63rd
67th-69th
71st (79th)
74th-75th (83rd)
87th (103rd-106th)
95th (111th)
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