Red Chicago Streetcars- 60 Years Gone May 30, 2014 marks 60 years since the end of Red streetcar service in Chicago, thus closing a chapter of local history. CERA ran a fantrip on the five lines that were being converted… Read More ›
Month: May 2014
May @CERA: Transit in North Africa
Our Next Program: Transit in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia by Ray DeGroote CERA goes international for our May program. Our resident world traveler and raconteur Ray DeGroote has been giving his passport a workout lately, and hopes to expand your… Read More ›
CERA Used Book Exchange – List #4
This month, our used book list is entirely made up of original Electric Railway Historical Society publications, printed between 1952 and 1967. We are selling the extra copies we accumulated while working on the Complete ERHS Collection DVD project. These… Read More ›
Even More Skokie Swift Photos
Good vibrations from the CTA’s rare operation of the historic 4000-series cars on the Skokie Swift continue to reverberate in the railfan community. Today, we are sharing some more great photos of last week’s event, which celebrated the 50th anniversary… Read More ›
More Pictures From Skokie
Today’s post is by guest contributor and MCERA Vern Hallas, who shares his pictures from last Saturday’s 4000s trip with us: My name is Vern Hallas. I submitted some pictures I took on 4/26/2014 of the 4000 series cars running… Read More ›
