Table of Contents
Contributors
Overview
Key Facts
Chronology of Significant Events - January 1, 1945 - June 21, 1958
The Big 5 Routes:
-Ashland
-Clark-Wentworth
-Halsted
-Madison
-Milwaukee
Transfers
Then and 2015 Comparisons
Map of Chicago Surface Lines
Transfers
5 Others:
-26th Street
-111th Street
-Division West
-Montrose
-Webster-Racine
Streetcars of the Big 5 and 5 Others:
-CSL Principal Streetcar Types Used - 1945-End of Service
-The 45 Class Safety Cars of the CSL
-The 5201-5600 Series "South Side Brills"
-The 101-700 Series Big Pullmans
-The Little St. Louis-Built Cars of Chicago
-The Multiple Unit Cars of the CSL
-The 1936 PCC Cars for Chicago, the Madison Street Cars
-The Postwar PCC Cars of Chicago, the Green Hornets
-The Front Entrance-Center Exit Cars, Sedans of Clark-Wentworth Route
-The St. Louis Car Company Robertston Cars in Chicago
Halsted Street, Chicago, and its Streetcar Line