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Farmer Communications in Chicago, Illinois

(773) 291-0005

11145 S. St. Lawrence
Chicago, IL 60626

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Comprehensive resource for information on the Chicago rapid transit system -- the 'L' -- including history, stations, rolling stock, maps, current news, FAQ, vocabulary, and more!

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5000-series: 5000-series Cars (2009) The 5000-series CTA railcars have an exterior very similar to the 3200-series cars. Differences include some minor changes in the window arrangement near the sidedoors and the use of LED destination signs. Car 5117 is seen at the head end of a 6-car Pink Line train at Clinton...
Posters and Advertisements: 1920s Transit Posters During the 1920s, the Chicago Rapid Transit Company commissioned the city's finest graphic artists to produce advertising posters that encouraged Chicagoans to use rapid transit for more than commuting to work. The images produced beckoned Chicagoans to the city's parks, museum...
Free Rail Transfers To...: Free Rail Transfers To Be Transferred to CTA Transit Cards By Jon Hilkevitch TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Column : Getting Around Date of Publication: October 4, 1999 Source: Chicago Tribune The handy-dandy machines that provide free rail transfers to riders at the Chicago Transit Authority's busy Lake Stre...
Skokie Shops: & In this 1930 photo, the Skokie Shops "complex" consisted only of one building. Site clearance and excavation for the second building is still underway using "horse" power in the most literal sense! This original Skokie Shops building lasted until 2000, when it was demolished after a new shop f...
Green Line Graphic Standard: Station platform signage began simply as a way of identifying what stop a train had arrived at. Later, when the CTA instituted the A/B skip stop system, the signage became more complex and took on new significance. Now that the A/B system has been abandoned, the current signage is simpler, though it...