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Chicago Surface Lines The Big 5 Routes and 5 Others by Begley Kanary & Keevil
Chicago Surface Lines: The Big 5 Routes and 5 Others by Richard F Begley, George E Kanary, Walter R Keevil
Soft Cover
99 pages
Copyright 2015
CONTENTS
Contributors 5
Overview 6
Key Facts 8
Chronology of Significant Events - January 1, 1945 - June 21, 1958 9
The Big 5 Routes:
ASHLAND - January 1, 1945 - February 12, 1954 10
CLARK-WENTWORTH - January 1, 1945 - June 21, 1958 16
HALSTED - January 1, 1945 - May 28, 1954 23
MADISON - January 1, 1945 - February 21, 1954 29
MILWAUKEE - January 1, 1945 - May 9, 1952 35
Transfers 43
Then and 2015 Comparisons44
Map of Chicago Surface Lines 50
Transfers 58
5 Others:
26TH STREET - January 1, 1945 - February 28, 1948 59
111TH STREET - January 1, 1945 - September 23, 1945 61
DIVISION WEST - January 1, 1945 - July 8, 1946 62
MONTROSE - January 1, 1945 - July 28, 1946 65
WEBSTER-RACINE - January 1, 1945 - August 30, 1947 66
Streetcars of the Big 5 and 5 Others:
CSL Principal Streetcar Types Used - 1945-End of Service 69
The 45 Class Safety Cars of the CSL 70
The 5201-5600 Series "South Side Brills" 71
The 101-700 Series Big Pullmans 72
The Little St. Louis-Built Cars of Chicago 74
The Multiple Unit Cars of the CSL 75
The 1936 PCC Cars for Chicago, the Madison Street Cars 77
The Postwar PCC Cars of Chicago, the Green Hornets 80
The Front Entrance-Center Exit Cars, Sedans of Clark-Wentworth Route 82
The St. Louis Car Company Robertson Cars in Chicago 83
Halsted Street, Chicago, and its Streetcar Line 85
Front and Back Covers - From the Collection of Richard F. Begley
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