CTA Surface System History presented by the Illinois Railway Museum

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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 11-2b - c1949

Pink paper (surface system to CMC transfer) with blue writing, "No." in front of serial number.

  • Archer (Local) (Express) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • Armitage (Chicago)
  • Ashland (Ashland-Downtown)
  • Austin (Riverdale) (Laramie) (Yates-95th)
  • Belmont (Grand)

  • Blue Island (Ogden)
  • Broadway-State (Clark-Wentworth)
  • California, North (California, South) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • Cicero (Narragansett)
  • Clybourn (Higgins) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat

  • Cottage Grove (Southport)
  • Division (Van Buren) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • Division-Van Buren (Downtown D V) (Ext) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • Foster-Northwest Hwy (Montrose)
  • Fullerton (43rd-Root)

  • Halsted (Halsted-Downtown) (Vincennes-111th)
  • Irving Park (Lawrence)
  • Kedzie (Kimball)
  • Kedzie-Homan (Harlem)
  • Lake-State (North) (Ext) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat

  • Lincoln (Wells) (Indiana)
  • Lincoln-Indiana (Downtown) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • Madison (Fifth) (Harrison) (Adams)
  • Milwaukee (Armitage) (Elston)
  • Milwaukee R2 (Armitage) (Elston)

  • Morgan-Racine (Damen, North)
  • Pulaki (Central)
  • Roosevelt (Cermak) (Douglas Park)
  • Roosevelt (Cermak) (Douglas Park w/box) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • South Chicago-Ewing (Local) (Express) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat

  • South Deering (Windsor Park) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • Stony Island (Canal-Wacker)
  • Taylor-Sheffield (Howard) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • Taylor-Sheffield (Howard) (Roscoe) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • Touhy (Peterson) (Diversey)

  • Wallace-Racine (South Damen) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • Western
  • 14th (16th-18th) (Pershing)
  • 47th (35th)

  • 51st-55th (26th) (East 31st) (West 31st) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • 59th-61st (67th-69th)
  • 63rd
  • 79th (111th, East) (111th, West)

  • 87th (Ext) (103rd-106th) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat
  • 93rd-95th (74th-75th)
  • 119th-Vincennes (71st) (115th) (83rd) - Image courtesy Bruce Moffat



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