CERA’s 75th Anniversary events are fast approaching, and are now less than a month away! CERA is pulling out all the stops as we celebrate our 75th Anniversary this Sept. 20, 21, and 22. Tickets are on sale now by… Read More ›
Month: August 2013
From Garfield “L” To Congress Median (Part 4)
(Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of posts about the transition from the old Garfield Park “L” to the Congress expressway median line in the 1950s.) FYI we have updated a couple of older posts, Garfield/Congress/CA&E Mystery… Read More ›
Any Color You Like (Transit Trivia #1)
Herein we begin a new regular feature, Transit Trivia. We’ll do our best to answer reader’s questions, and with any luck, we’ll all learn something along the way. Doug Auburg (of Battle Ground, Washington) wants to know what colors the… Read More ›
Last Run of the 2200s
For the last year or more, CTA’s 2200-series rapid transit cars have been going, going… and now they’re gone. Recently, it was reported they had run their last on July 31. But wait, there’s more! CTA decided to give them… Read More ›
A Mystery Solved
We all love a mystery, don’t we? Well, we certainly presented one in our earlier post “Roarin’ Elgin on the North Shore? (March 31). Where was that picture taken along the North Shore Line during a 1946 CERA fantrip? At… Read More ›
