We have a CTA History website - www.irm-cta.org. There is a huge amount of photos, maps, transfers, and ephemera available to view. The newest section is courtesy of Art Peterson. He has shared over 2,800 photos from his Krambles-Peterson Archive. George Krambles was an executive at CTA for decades and a founding member of the Central Electric Railfans' Association in 1938. George and Art, along with other contributors, have photographically documented Chicago transit history over the past 90 years. Those photos are part of the over 10,000 that are available to view on the site. Other transit historians have contributed to the site including Andre Kristopans, Bruce Moffit, Roy Benedict, Bob Heinlein and many others. Their input has been invaluable. Please feel free to take a look, you won't be disappointed.
www.irm-cta.org
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Tue, 06-02-2026 19:38
Always a treat when a new diesel comes to IRM! Only wish we'd get more diesel department news from week to week, I always wonder what's going on in [...]
Wed, 04-01-2026 09:01
Good job on the barn 15
Wed, 03-25-2026 18:21
Exciting to see a new barn going up! What's next, after the RAIL project is complete?
Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.