Historical Calendar
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2013 Historical Calendar Chicago Transit Authority There’s a flurry of activity in this 1940’s view, looking north on Ashland at Lincoln/Ashland/Belmont, as neighborhood residents go about their daily errands. Two Pullman-built streetcars operating on the #77 Belmont line meet as they proceed through the intersection. A southbound #9 Ashland streetcar, originally built by Brill for the Chicago City Railway Company, patiently waits its turn through the intersection on its way to 69th Street. January 2013 December 2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat S M T W T F S C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Year’s Day February 2013 G A B C D E F S M T W T F S 1 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 F G A B C D E ABCDEFG: CTA Operations 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Division Group Days Off t Alternate day off if you work on this day l Central offices closed 20 E 21 F 22 G 23 A 24 B 25 C 26 D Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 27 D 28 E 29 F 30 G 31 A Former Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad Company car 2756 is seen at Wilson Lower Yard in its final days as a medical car, after several incarnations during its life. Originally numbered 756, this car was built by the Barney & Smith Car Company in 1898 and operated on various parts of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway, which included lines to Logan Square, Humboldt Park, Garfield Park, and Douglas Park. February 2013 January 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat S M T W T F S B C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1 2 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 March 2013 C D E F G A B S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 B C D E F G A ABCDEFG: CTA Operations 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Division Group Days Off t Alternate day off if you work on this day Ash Wednesday Valentine’s Day l Central offices closed 17 A 18 B 19 C 20 D 21 E 22 F 23 G Presidents’ Day 24 G 25 A 26 B 27 C 28 D Trolley buses 9399 and 9369, built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1948 and originally numbered as 399 and 369, are seen in 1959 laying over in the off-street terminal loop at Montrose/Narragansett, at the Chicago-Harwood Heights border. Operating on the #78 route, the buses are awaiting their departure times to begin their eastbound trips on Montrose to Broadway. March 2013 February 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat S M T W T F S E F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 April 2013 F G A B C D E S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 E F G A B C D ABCDEFG: CTA Operations 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Division Group Days Off t Alternate day off if you work on this day Daylight Savings Time Starts l Central offices closed 17 D 18 E 19 F 20 G 21 A 22 B 23 C St. Patrick’s Day First Day of Spring 24 C 25 D 26 E 27 F 28 G 29 A 30 B Palm Sunday B Good Friday 31 Passover Begins Easter It is April 6, 1946, and Chicago’s Army Day celebration at Soldier Field, which included addresses by President Harry Truman and General (later President) Dwight Eisenhower, has just ended. Crowds of people are heading to a lineup of Chicago Motor Coach buses for their trips home. April 2013 March 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat S M T W T F S C D E F G A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 May 2013 A B C D E F G S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 G A B C D E F ABCDEFG: CTA Operations 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Division Group Days Off t Alternate day off if you work on this day l Central offices closed 21 F 22 G 23 A 24 B 25 C 26 D 27 E Earth Day 28 E 29 F 30 G In this photo, rapid transit cars 2201-2202 are seen on the Skokie Shops freight lead, newly arrived from the Budd Company, the first two cars of an order of 150 cars delivered in 1969 and 1970. The delivery of these cars coincided with the opening of the new Dan Ryan line and the extension of the Milwaukee route to Jefferson Park in 1969 and 1970, respectively. With their rectilinear aesthetics and clean lines, the 2200-series cars complimented the modern, International-style design of the new stations opened along the extensions. May 2013 April 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat S M T W T F S E F A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 June 2013 S M T W T F S D E F G A B C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Cinco de Mayo C D E F G A B ABCDEFG: CTA Operations 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Division Group Days Off t Alternate day off if you work on this day Mother’s Day Armed Forces Day l Central offices closed 19 B 20 C 21 D 22 E 23 F 24 G 25 A 26 A 27 B 28 C 29 D 30 E 31 F Memorial Day In this photo we see bus 3407 posed at Soldier Field circa 1980 after being restored by CTA, sporting the well-known CSL red and cream livery, looking very much like the day it began service. It was manufactured by the White Motor Company as part of one of several orders for gasoline-powered buses delivered between 1944 and 1948 that totaled 297 buses, and operated in passenger service until 1959. This bus is currently preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 2013 May 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 E G A B G 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 July 2013 G A B C D E F S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 F G A B C D E ABCDEFG: CTA Operations 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Division Group Days Off t Alternate day off if you work on this day Flag Day l Central offices closed 16 E 17 F 18 G 19 A 20 B 21 C 22 D Father’s Day Juneteenth First Day of Summer 23 D 24 E 25 F 26 G 27 A 28 B 29 C 30 C This is an aerial view of CTA’s 77th Street Bus Garage and South Shops complex, taken June 25, 1964. A large portion of the 77th Street Garage was built as a streetcar barn by the Chicago City Railway (CCRy) in 1907. The streetcar maintenance facility that would eventually become the nucleus of the South Shops complex was opened in 1902 as an overhaul shop for CCRy. July 2013 June 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat S M T W T F S 1 D E F G A B 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Independence Day August 2013 B C D E F G A S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 A B C D E F G ABCDEFG: CTA Operations 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Division Group Days Off t Alternate day off if you work on this day l Central offices closed 21 G 22 A 23 B 24 C 25 D 26 E 27 F 28 F 29 G 30 A 31 B In this August 29, 1976 publicity photo, cars 2402-2401, prototypes of an order of 200 cars built by the Boeing-Vertol Company between 1976 and 1978, are traveling westbound on the Lake Street Elevated, having just crossed over the Chicago River before approaching the Clinton station.