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RTA 32
Title:  RTA 32
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2011  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 7:42:01 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Todd Dillon
Categories:  Transit
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Views:  517   Comments: 2
RTA 183
Title:  RTA 183
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2011  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 7:39:04 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Todd Dillon
Categories:  Transit
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Views:  574   Comments: 0
RTA 321
Title:  RTA 321
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2011  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 7:31:59 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Todd Dillon
Categories:  Transit
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Views:  481   Comments: 3
RTA 388
Title:  RTA 388
Description:  Ex-Milwaukee Road cab 388 arrives at Glenview on the way to Union Station.
Photo Date:  1/4/1984  Upload Date: 5/8/2020 5:18:05 PM
Location:  Glenview, IL
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  610   Comments: 0
RTA 403
Title:  RTA 403
Description:  Regional Transportation Authority 403 at Cicero and Montrose Avenues in Chicago, Illinois on July 6, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/6/1984  Upload Date: 7/23/2014 2:11:12 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Track
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Views:  484   Comments: 0
RTA 412
Title:  RTA 412
Description:  Regional Transportation Authority 412 at Cicero and Montrose Avenues in Chicago, Illinois on July 6, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/6/1984  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 2:20:52 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  401   Comments: 0
RTA Cab Gallery Car #413 Leads Off Line to Elgin at Tower A5
Title:  RTA Cab Gallery Car #413 Leads Off Line to Elgin at Tower A5
Description:  The diesel was purchased by the Northwest Suburban Mass Thansit District with a federal grant for the Milwaukee Road Commuter Service. At this point both the cars and diesel belonged to the Northeastern Illinois Regional Transportation Authority (RTA). The RTA commuter service throughout the Chicago suburbs would become known as Metra (a contraction of Metropolitan Rail).
Photo Date:  8/18/1982  Upload Date: 4/22/2007 7:47:55 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  2901   Comments: 0
RTA 553
Title:  RTA 553
Description:  RTA Club Car 553 on a North Line train at Kenosha, WI. This operated as a private car for subscribing commuters.
Photo Date:  7/28/1985  Upload Date: 5/8/2020 5:09:05 PM
Location:  Kenosha, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  677   Comments: 0
MITrain Coaches and Cab Cars
Title:  MITrain Coaches and Cab Cars
Description:  MI-Train Cab Cars and Coaches at the GLC Shops in Owosso
Photo Date:  3/17/2011  Upload Date: 3/21/2011 2:06:05 PM
Location:  Owosso, MI
Author:  Christopher Wolf
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  748   Comments: 2
AT&SF Business Car 54
Title:  AT&SF Business Car 54
Description:  AT&SF Business Car 54 at Roosevelt Road, Chicago, Illinois, July 13, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 54 was built in 1918 for the United States Railway Administration, sold to the AT&SF in 1920, numbered 31 and assigned to AT&SF President Ripley, renumbered to 54 in 1973 and assigned to the General Manager at Topeka. Also seen is RTA (later, Metra) Cab Car 804, built by Budd in 1973. The sign in the door of 804 reads 5:47, so we may assume that the time is a few minutes after that in the afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/13/1983  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 2:28:42 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  1558   Comments: 0
RTA 816
Title:  RTA 816
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2011  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 7:23:58 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Todd Dillon
Categories:  RollingStock,Transit,Passenger
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Views:  474   Comments: 0
RTA 829
Title:  RTA 829
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2011  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 7:30:27 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Todd Dillon
Categories:  Transit
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Views:  478   Comments: 0
RTA 7113
Title:  RTA 7113
Description:  Regional Transportation Authority 7113 at Aurora, Illinois on July 13, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. It appears that this car was built by Budd in 1977-78 for the West Suburban Mass Transit District as part of a group numbered 7100-7121.
Photo Date:  7/13/1982  Upload Date: 9/17/2014 1:19:13 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1088   Comments: 0
C&NW #6
Title:  C&NW #6
Description:  Built in 1955 by StLCC in Lot #1784 as C&NW 169 seat gallery coach #1, 1 of 16 such cars (#1-#16) built in that Lot, which was ordered in November 1953; cars were delivered between March and June 1955. Besides #8 and #9 which had been reconfigured to commuter clubs, the other 14 cars were renumbered to RTA/METX #7600-#7613, the #1 as #7600. #8 and #9 were renumbered to #7900 and #7901. IRM has returned this car to C&NW Green & Yellow, but as #6 instead of as #1. EXIF: 4:24 PM, f/2.7 @ 1/350
Photo Date:  7/14/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 9:15:31 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  1205   Comments: 0
E 8
Title:  E 8
Description:  E 8 509 leads a train out of Northwestern Station on a Thursday rush hour.
Photo Date:  8/26/1982  Upload Date: 3/18/2013 12:54:34 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 509(E8A)
Views:  1145   Comments: 0
Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Title:  Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Description:  Getting a fresh coat of paint before service on the Santa train.
Photo Date:  11/5/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 2:40:22 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
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Views:  397   Comments: 0
Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Title:  Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/25/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 3:13:13 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
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Views:  392   Comments: 0
Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Title:  Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/25/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 3:14:13 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
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Views:  370   Comments: 0
Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Title:  Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/25/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 3:15:25 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
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Views:  357   Comments: 0
Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Title:  Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/25/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 3:16:39 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
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Views:  366   Comments: 0
Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Title:  Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/25/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 3:18:16 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
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Views:  388   Comments: 0
Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Title:  Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/25/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 3:19:32 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
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Views:  381   Comments: 0
Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Title:  Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/4/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 3:32:41 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
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Views:  419   Comments: 0
Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Title:  Regional Transportation Authority #7716
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/4/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 3:33:46 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
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Views:  380   Comments: 0
BI-LEVEL COACH  RTA 7727
Title:  BI-LEVEL COACH RTA 7727
Description:  COMMUTER COACH ON DISPLAY, x-CNW 76, THANK YOU FOR THE HELP
Photo Date:  7/26/2009  Upload Date: 4/4/2011 8:20:44 AM
Location:  Nelsonville, OH
Author:  Gregory Garbacz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  1067   Comments: 2
Old and battered
Title:  Old and battered
Description:  An old, unrenumbered E unit leads a commuter train out of Northwestern Station.
Photo Date:  8/26/1982  Upload Date: 3/18/2013 1:00:54 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 5026A(E8A)
Views:  926   Comments: 0
RTA 8242
Title:  RTA 8242
Description:  Regional Transportation Authority Budd gallery control cab car 8242 at Roosevelt Road in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in March, 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The sign in the doorway reads: SUB LINE 4:15
Photo Date:  3/1/1980  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:40:00 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  497   Comments: 0
RTA 8243
Title:  RTA 8243
Description:  Regional Transportation Authority Budd gallery cab 8243 at about 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on unknown day in July 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from the Saturday, January 7, 1978 issue of the Chicago Tribune newspaper, explaining the cribbing under the CTA structure:

The cracks in the CTA elevated structure developed on a curve where the rapid transit tracks pass over the Rock Island Railroad's commuter right-of-way near 18th and Clark Streets. Because of the danger of the structure collapsing, the Rock Island suspended service to La Salle Street Station. The first of the cracks was spotted Wednesday morning by Vernon Solarie, a bridge engineer for the Rock Island, as he rode to work in the upper deck of a Rock Island commuter train that passed under the elevated structure. Solarie, 46, a native of Columbia, has worked for the Rock Island for 21 years and will be awarded the Chicago Metal of Merit and a certificate of recognition from the Rock Island. Mayor Bilandic said the Metal of Merit will honor Solarie for vigilance and interest in the health and safety of his fellow citizens. The Chicago Transit Authority plans to conduct a test run over the cracked section of the Dan Ryan line elevated sturcture Sunday to determine if it can be opened Monday morning. Marshall Suloway, Chicago Commissioner of Public Works, said that the test train will not run until the structure (built in 1968), dangerously weakened by a series of large cracks in steel girders, is considered to be safely shored up by emergency repairs.

Photo Date:  7/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 1:59:17 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  CTA 2173(ACMU)
Views:  890   Comments: 0
CRI&P CC114
Title:  CRI&P CC114
Description:  CRI&P CC114 (in the center), at La Salle Street Station as it was being torn down, Chicago, Illinois, August 1978, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Left to right: RTA 8243, built by Budd for the RTA during 1978 (#'s 8239-8275), in the middle is Rock Island CC114, built by Budd in 1965 and later RTA (Metra) 8224, on the right is Rock Island CC115, built by Pullman-Standard in 1970 and later RTA (Metra) 7881. The blue sign on CC114 says: SUB. LINE 5:18 PM. The blue sign on CC115 says: SUB. LINE 5:08 PM.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/30/2009 10:04:24 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger
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Views:  2831   Comments: 2
RTA 8244
Title:  RTA 8244
Description:  Regional Transportation Authority Budd Cab car 8244 at about 18th and Clark Streets in Chicago, Illinois on July 6, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/6/1984  Upload Date: 11/20/2014 2:03:17 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  406   Comments: 0
RTA 8246
Title:  RTA 8246
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/1978  Upload Date: 8/23/2010 10:48:13 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  2490   Comments: 0
RTA 8248
Title:  RTA 8248
Description:  Regional Transportation Authority Budd Cab Car 8248 at Randolph Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in February 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeildr.
Photo Date:  2/1/1982  Upload Date: 12/24/2014 1:05:26 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  383   Comments: 0
RTA 8250
Title:  RTA 8250
Description:  Regional Transportation Authority 8250 at Blue Island, Illinois on July 12, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/12/1982  Upload Date: 2/2/2015 1:19:36 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  422   Comments: 0
RTA 8251
Title:  RTA 8251
Description:  Regional Transportation Authority 8251 and anotrher cab car at 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 2/2/2015 1:45:51 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  AMTK 537(SDP40F)
Views:  1384   Comments: 0
RTA Budd Cab Car 8255
Title:  RTA Budd Cab Car 8255
Description:  RTA Budd Cab Car 8255 at Western Avenue in Chicago, Illinois on May 25, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  5/25/1982  Upload Date: 6/22/2015 1:31:53 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Station
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Views:  976   Comments: 0
RTA 8268
Title:  RTA 8268
Description:  EB
Photo Date:  9/14/1982  Upload Date: 2/23/2022 9:54:47 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  360   Comments: 0
C&NW #151
Title:  C&NW #151
Description:  Built in 1960 by P-S in Lot #7002A to Plan #W53194 as C&NW 155 seat gallery coach-cab control #151, 1 of 8 such cars (#151-#158) built in that Lot, which was ordered in February 1959. This order also included 28 cars (#49-#76) built with 161 seats and no cab control, in Lot #7002. These 8 cars were later renumbered as RTA #8700-#8707, the #151 as #8700. The "W" prefix on the Plan number references that these cars were manufactured at Pullman's former Osgood-Bradley plant in Worcester, MA. EXIF: 4:24 PM, f/2.7 @ 1/250
Photo Date:  7/14/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 8:07:52 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  1105   Comments: 0
RTA 8706
Title:  RTA 8706
Description:  Regional Transportation Authority cab cars at the C&NW coach yard between Western and California Avenues in Chicago, Illinois on May 12, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Cab car 8706 is on the right.
Photo Date:  5/12/1984  Upload Date: 5/1/2014 2:50:51 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  589   Comments: 0
RTA 8707 Finishes a Repainted Train
Title:  RTA 8707 Finishes a Repainted Train
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/14/1991  Upload Date: 10/24/2009 9:27:56 PM
Location:  Wheaton, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  487   Comments: 0
RTA Cab Car 8709 Backing Frm Western Ave. Yard to Station for an Afternoon Run
Title:  RTA Cab Car 8709 Backing Frm Western Ave. Yard to Station for an Afternoon Run
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/1982  Upload Date: 10/24/2009 9:27:53 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  509   Comments: 0
RTA 8710
Title:  RTA 8710
Description:  EB
Photo Date:  9/14/1982  Upload Date: 2/23/2022 9:55:38 AM
Location:  Elmhurst, IL
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  378   Comments: 0
RTA 8710
Title:  RTA 8710
Description:  SB
Photo Date:  5/30/1985  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 6:40:42 AM
Location:  Mount Prospect, IL
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  414   Comments: 0
RTA 8714
Title:  RTA 8714
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/26/1984  Upload Date: 8/3/2024 10:00:35 PM
Location:  Arlington Heights, IL
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
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Views:  369   Comments: 2
Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Cab Car #8723
Title:  Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Cab Car #8723
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. On an RTA commuter train at West Chicago.
Photo Date:  10/13/1987  Upload Date: 11/21/2023 2:48:24 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  514   Comments: 0
RTA 8724
Title:  RTA 8724
Description:  EB
Photo Date:  9/14/1982  Upload Date: 2/23/2022 9:56:04 AM
Location:  Elmhurst, IL
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  382   Comments: 0
RTA 8727 Ends Train #333 at Main Street
Title:  RTA 8727 Ends Train #333 at Main Street
Description:  For other end of train see: http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=862288
Photo Date:  7/6/1981  Upload Date: 8/29/2007 9:42:50 PM
Location:  Evanston, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  2338   Comments: 0
RTA 8734 Backing to Station From Western Ave. Coach Yard This Afternoon For a Run North
Title:  RTA 8734 Backing to Station From Western Ave. Coach Yard This Afternoon For a Run North
Description:  Note Club Car
Photo Date:  8/18/1982  Upload Date: 10/24/2009 9:27:43 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  619   Comments: 0
RTA 8736
Title:  RTA 8736
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/29/1982  Upload Date: 3/12/2008 7:52:01 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  569   Comments: 0
RTA 8737
Title:  RTA 8737
Description:  EB
Photo Date:  8/30/1983  Upload Date: 2/23/2022 9:56:44 AM
Location:  Des Plaines, IL
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  365   Comments: 0
RTA Cab Car 8740 and Another, Western Ave. Coach Yard About to Push to the station for Evening Rush Hour Trains
Title:  RTA Cab Car 8740 and Another, Western Ave. Coach Yard About to Push to the station for Evening Rush Hour Trains
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/1982  Upload Date: 10/24/2009 9:27:58 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1357   Comments: 0


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