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CHICAGO SURFACE LINES/CTA BUS ROSTER
1941-1948
Numbers Builder Built Model Former Nos./Notes Last Operated 1301-1306 Twin 1942 30G CRys 626-631 1952 1307-1308 Twin 1942 30G CCRy 435-436 1952 1309 Twin 1942 30G C&SC 826 1952 1600-1614 Twin 1946 38S 1963 1615-1619 Twin 1947 38S 1963 1620-1624 Twin 1946 34S CSL 1400-1404 1963 1700-1799 Twin 1948 44S delivered to CTA 1964 1800-1817 Twin 1947 44D 1964 2301-2358 ACF-Brill 1946 C36 1959 2359-2433 ACF-Brill 1947 C36 1959 2500-2545 ACF-Brill 1947 C44 1959 2546-2606 ACF-Brill 1948 C44 1959 3401-3420 White 1944 798 1959 3421-3440 White 1945 798 1959 3441-3495 White 1946 798 1959 3496-3572 White 1947 798 1959 3573-3647 White 1948 798 1959 3548-3697 White 1948 798 delivered to CTA 1959 4301-4335 Ford 1945 29B 1957 4336-4355 Ford 1947 69B 1957 6101-6134 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 CRys 592-625 1950 6201-6215 Yellow 1942 TG-3205 CRys 632-646 1957 6216-6219 Yellow 1942 TG-3205 CCRy 437-440 1957 6220 Yellow 1942 TG-3205 C&SC 827 1957 6301-6306 Yellow 1942 TDH-3605 CCRy 446-451 1957 6401-6410 GM 1944 TG-4007 1959 6501-6520 GM 1946 TD-4506 1966 6521-6530 GM 1947 TDH-4507 1966 6531-6630 GM 1948 TDH-4507 delivered to CTA 1969 6800-6838 GM 1946 TGH-3609 1963 7100-7116 Mack 1947 C-41-GT 1959Roster also includes early bus deliveries to CTA. All buses built before 1947 were originally owned by the four companies making up the Chicago Surface Lines (Chicago Railways, Chicago City Railway, Calumet & South Chicago, Southern Street Railway). Buses built before 1944 originally had different numbers in groups according to the owning company, and were renumbered in 1944.
Buses 1620-1624 were renumbered from 1400-1404 in 1952, avoiding duplication with numbers of buses acquired with the Chicago Motor Coach Co. at that time.
All buses were gasoline powered except for buses 6301-6306 and 6501-6630, which were diesel powered. Nearly all of these buses were retired by the end of the 1950's, with the arrival of new propane buses from Flxible.
CSL WHITE MOTOR BUS (1944)
Between 1944 and 1948, the White Motor Co. supplied the Chicago Surface Lines with 297 gasoline powered buses. #3407 was retired from regular service in 1955, and is now preserved in its original paint scheme by the Illinois Railway Museum.
Some roster information is from the book "Chicago Surface Lines, an Illustrated History", by Alan R. Lind.