hicago Transit uthority 2008 Historical alendar
westbound two-car arfield Park train consisting of both a 4000-series car and wooden car traveling from the Loop stops for passengers at the Oak Park venue station in suburban Oak Park in July, 935. This same location today is in the middle of the isenhower xpressway. (Photo by Louis. Sokol) January 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday Saturday : T Operations ivision roup ays Off t lternate day off entral offices closed New Year s ay Martin Luther King, Jr. ay 27 28 29 30 3 ecember 2007 S M T W T S 30 3 ebruary 2008 S M T W T S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
The photographer s flood lamps illuminate T S-05 electric locomotive pulling a load of coal cars at the uena interchange yard adjacent to raceland emetery, in this 965 view. reight operations ceased in 973. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday Saturday : T Operations ivision roup ays Off t lternate day off entral offices closed 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 Presidents ay ebruary 2008 January 2008 S M T W T S 27 28 29 30 3 Lincoln s irthday March 2008 S M T W T S 30 3 sh Wednesday Valentine s ay Washington s irthday 24 25 26 27 28 29
T trolley buses 9399 and 9369, built by St. Louis ar ompany, wait at the Montrose/Narragansett loop before starting their eastbound runs on the #78 Montrose route in this 959 view. March 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday Saturday : T Operations ivision roup ays Off t lternate day off entral offices closed ebruary 2008 S M T W T S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 pril 2008 S M T W T S 27 28 29 30 aylight Saving Time egins Palm Sunday St. Patrick s ay ood riday aster 30 3
ighty-three Presidents onference ommittee (P) lue eese streetcars manufactured by the St. Louis ar ompany entered service on the Madison Street route in 936, introducing a new era of streamlined surface transit, as seen by this display on Madison at ustin. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday Saturday : T Operations ivision roup ays Off t lternate day off entral offices closed pril 2008 Passover 27 28 29 30 March 2008 S M T W T S 30 3 May 2008 S M T W T S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3
T bus 34, manufactured by eneral Motors orporation in 946 for the hicago Motor oach ompany, which later became part of T, drops off passengers at the Merchandise Mart in 958. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday Saturday : T Operations ivision roup ays Off t lternate day off entral offices closed pril 2008 S M T W T S 27 28 29 30 May 2008 June 2008 S M T W T S 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mother s ay rmed orces ay 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 Memorial ay
flurry of activity takes place as passengers board and exit two 6000-series trains manufactured by the St. Louis ar ompany at the Western station of the ongress rapid transit line, which opened for service fifty years ago, on June 22, 958. June 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday Saturday 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 ather s ay 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 lag ay 29 30 : T Operations ivision roup ays Off t lternate day off entral offices closed May 2008 S M T W T S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 July 2008 S M T W T S 27 28 29 30 3
southbound Presidents onference ommittee (P) reen Hornet streetcar on State Street, one of 600 built by both the St. Louis ar ompany and Pullman-Standard ar Manufacturing ompany that entered service in 948, celebrates the opening of the new State Street bridge over the hicago River in this 949 view. Streetcar service ended in hicago fifty years ago, in the early morning hours of June 2, 958. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday Saturday : T Operations ivision roup ays Off t lternate day off entral offices closed July 2008 Independence ay 27 28 29 30 3 ugust 2008 S M T W T S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 June 2008 S M T W T S 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
southbound nglewood train stops for passengers in this 960 view of the elmont station, on its way to owntown and 63rd/ Loomis. Note the narrow platform on the far left that was used exclusively by hicago North Shore & Milwaukee interurban trains traveling from Milwaukee to owntown. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday Saturday : T Operations ivision roup ays Off t lternate day off entral offices closed ugust 2008 July 2008 S M T W T S 27 28 29 30 3 September 2008 S M T W T S 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3
us 2575, built by the -rill ompany in 947 and still in its hicago Surface Lines (SL) paint scheme, begins service on the first run of the #97 Skokie bus route on March 27, 948, which replaced rapid transit service to Skokie. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday Saturday : T Operations ivision roup ays Off t lternate day off entral offices closed September 2008 6 Labor ay 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Rosh Hashanah ugust 2008 S M T W T S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 October 2008 S M T W T S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3
serene view in 934 looking southeast along Milwaukee venue at Irving Park/icero/Milwaukee. Known as Six orners, this intersection saw the meeting of three major streetcar lines. northbound hicago Surface Lines (a T predecessor) streetcar built by the Pullman ompany in 908 is on its way to the terminal at Milwaukee/Imlay. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday Saturday : T Operations ivision roup ays Off t lternate day off entral offices closed September 2008 S M T W T S 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 olumbus ay October 2008 November 2008 S M T W T S 30 Yom Kippur 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 Halloween
hicago Motor oach ompany bus #04, built in 934 by Yellow oach (a division of eneral Motors orporation) waits at the #5 Sheridan terminal at Sheridan/evon/roadway. ll double decker buses were retired in 950. The hicago Motor oach company was absorbed by the T on October, 952. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday Saturday : T Operations ivision roup ays Off t lternate day off entral offices closed aylight Saving Time nds November 2008 ecember 2008 S M T W T S 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 lection ay October 2008 S M T W T S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 30 Veterans ay Thanksgiving ay
View looking east on Madison at linton, circa 944. Several hicago Surface Lines streetcars built by the Pullman ompany in 908 are lined up in front of the hicago & North Western station. 936 lue oose streetcar, built by the St. Louis ar ompany in 936, is turning west onto Madison from linton to travel on the #20 Madison route out to Madison/ustin, as a hicago Surface Lines Line truck and line crew prepare to do overhead wire work. ecember 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday Saturday 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 Hanukkah 28 29 30 3 hristmas ay Kwanzaa begins November 2008 S M T W T S 30 January 2009 S M T W T S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3