DATE
UPDATE
May 13, 2013

Fullerton station profile updated with new info and 84 new photos.

April 9, 2013

Traction Power page added, with basic information about substations, third rail, and trolley shoes. New 7000-series Roster page added. 2200-series Roster page updated with additional history and disposition info. Wood Cars Gallery 8 updated with 5 new photo. 4000-series Gallery 19 updated with 1 new photo. 6000-series Gallery 20 updated with 1 new photo. Sacramento (Lake) station profile updated with 1 new photo. Loyola station profile updated with 1 new photo. Cermak (South Side Elevated) station profile updated with new info and 1 new photo. 95th/Dan Ryan station profile updated with new info.

December 29, 2012

5000-series Gallery 7 updated with 3 new photos. 5000-series Gallery 8 added with 1 new photo. 2200-series Gallery 10 updated with 6 new photos. Wood Cars Gallery 7 updated with 2 new photos. Loyola station profile updated with new info and 8 new photos. 95th/Dan Ryan station profile updated with new info and 3 new photos.

December 18, 2012

Jarvis station profile updated with new info and 19 new photos.

December 14, 2012

Lawrence station profile updated with new info and 23 new photos. 2400-series Gallery 12 updated with 1 new photo.

November 29, 2012

Berwyn station profile updated with new info and 14 new photos. Oakton-Skokie station profile updated with 10 new photos.

October 30, 2012

Argyle station profile updated with new info and 15 new photos.

October 26, 2012

Thorndale station profile updated with new info and 19 new photos. Granville station profile updated with new info and 2 new photos. 18th (Pink Line) station profile updated with new info and 8 new photos. Morse station profile updated with new info. Sheridan station profile updated with new info and 1 new photo.

September 18, 2012 Damen (Lake) station profile updated with new info and 1 new photo.
September 16, 2012 Morse station profile updated with new info and 20 new photos. 25th Avenue station profile updated with 1 new photo. Clark/Division station profile updated with new info. Roosevelt/Wabash station profile updated with new info.
August 14, 2012 Morse station profile updated with 3 new photos.
July 24, 2012 5000-series Gallery 7 updated with 5 new photos.
July 23, 2012 5000-series roster page updated.
July 15, 2012 Granville station profile updated with new info and 7 new photos. Oakton-Skokie station profile updated with new info and 20 new photos. Crawford-East Prairie station profile expanded with new info and 3 new photos. Kostner (Skokie) station profile expanded with new info and 1 new photo. Main (Skokie) station profile expanded with new info and 2 new photos. Dan Ryan branch profile updated with new info about the planned track renewal project. 95th/Dan Ryan station profile updated with new info about the planned station reconstruction project.
May 18, 2012 Morgan station profile updated with new info and 1 new photo. "L" Freight Operations page updated with information about the removal of the Kingsbury tracks.
April 30, 2012 Oakton-Skokie station profile updated with new info and 1 new photo.
March 31, 2012 Davis station profile updated with new info and 11 new photos. Foster station profile expanded with new info and 8 new photos.
February 29, 2012 Grand/State station profile updated with new info and 17 new photos.
February 27, 2012

Dempster-Skokie station profile updated with new info and 4 new photos. Asbury station profile updated with new info and 1 new photo. Dodge station profile updated with new info and 3 new photos. Paulina Connector profile updated with 6 new photos. Paulina Junction profile updated with 3 new photos. Market Tower (Met Main Line) profile added with 1 new photo. Market Tower (Lake) profile added with 1 new photo.

February 19, 2012

Cermak (South Side Elevated) station profile updated with new info and 4 new photos. 18th (South Side Elevated) station profile expanded with new info and 2 new photos. Exchange station profile updated with 2 new photos. Washington/Wabash station profile updated with 3 new renderings. Clark/Division station profile updated with 2 new photos. Wood Cars Gallery 7 updated with 3 new photos.

February 13, 2012

Ravenswood station profile updated with 1 new photo. Princeton station profile updated with 1 new photo. Jarvis station profile expanded with new info and 8 new photos. 58th station profile updated with new info. 54th/Cermak station profile updated with 4 new photos. Desplaines station profile updated with 2 new photos.

January 15, 2012

Logan Square Shop and Yard profile updated with new info and 8 new photos. Wood Cars Gallery 7 updated with 2 new photos.

December 25, 2011

Loyola station profile updated with new info and 37 new photos. Oak Park (Garfield Park branch) station profile updated with 1 new photo. Tower 18 profile updated with new info and 6 new photos.

November 25, 2011
Clark/Division station profile updated with new information and 12 new photos. New profile for the proposed Washington/Wabash station added. 5000-series roster page updated with new information. 5000-series Gallery 6 updated with 1 new photo and new 5000-series Gallery 7 added with 2 new photos. Evergreen Junction profile updated with new info and 6 photos.
November 13, 2011
Wilson station profile updated with new info and 4 new photos. Logan Square subway station profile updated with new info and 4 new photos. Pulaski/Lake station profile updated with new info and 4 new photos. Merchandise Mart station profile updated with new info and 8 new photos.
October 23, 2011 Grand/State station profile updated with new information and 41 new photos.
August 22, 2011 Damen Tower profile added with 7 photos. Humboldt Park branch profile updated with new info and 1 new photo. Armitage Tower profile updated with new 1 photo. New 43rd Tower profile added with 1 photo. LaSalle Tower profile updated with 2 new photos. Wood Car Gallery 6 updated with 3 new photos.
July 31, 2011 6000-series Gallery 19 updated with 8 new photos, new 6000-series Gallery 20 added with 2 new photos, and 4000-series Gallery 18 updated with 1 new photo.
July 25, 2011 Lawndale Humboldt Park branch station profile updated with new information and 2 new photos. Hoyne Garfield Park branch station profile updated with 2 new photos. Homan Lake branch station profile updated with 1 new photo. Home station profile updated with 1 new photo.
July 10, 2011 Halsted Stock Yards branch station profile updated with new information and 2 new photos. Howard station profile updated with new info and 10 new photos.
July 5, 2011 Irving Park Brown Line station profile updated with new information and 21 new photos. One new entry added to the Memories section.
May 15, 2011 Racine/63rd station profile updated with new info and 6 new photos. New FAQ question 3.15 added.
May 11, 2011 New 2400-series Gallery 12 added with 3 new photos, 2600-series Gallery 20 updated with 2 new photos, and 3200-series Gallery 17 updated with 1 new photo.
May 9, 2011 Harrison station profile updated with new info and 8 new photos.
May 1, 2011

North Water Tower profile updated with new info. 58th station profile updated with 1 new photo. Washington (Blue Line) station profile updated with new info and 2 new photos. Harold Washington Library station profile updated with 5 new photos.

April 24, 2011

Stewart Junction profile added with 1 photo. Indiana Tower profile added with 4 photos. North Water Tower profile added with 1 photo. Indiana station profile updated with new info and 4 new photos.

April 23, 2011

Cermak-Chinatown station profile updated with new info and 16 new photos. 5000-series Gallery 5 updated with 2 new photos and new 5000-series Gallery 6 added with 9 new photos.

April 11, 2011

"L" Freight Operations page updated with 3 additional new photos.

April 10, 2011

"L" Freight Operations page expanded with new information and dozens of photos. Buena Yard profile updated with new info and 16 new photos. Buena station profile updated with new info and 4 new photos. 5th Avenue station profile updated with 1 new photo. Work Car Gallery 9 updated with 8 new photos and Work Car Gallery 10 and Gallery 11 added with 10 and 5 new photos, respectively. Gallery pages added for images of interurbans on the "L": North Shore Line Gallery 1 and Gallery 2, and CA&E Gallery 1. One new entry added to the Memories section.

March 2, 2011
Oak Park (Garfield Park branch) station profile updated with new info and 1 new photo. 54th Yard profile updated with new info and 1 new photo.
January 16, 2011
LaSalle/Congress station profile updated with new info and 8 new photos.
December 28, 2010
Sheridan station profile updated with new info and 6 new photos.
December 26, 2010
One new entry added to the Memories section.
December 12, 2010
Lake and O'Hare station profiles updated with new info. Four new entries added to the Memories section.
November 2, 2010
North/Clybourn station profile updated with new info and 12 new photos.
October 25, 2010

Cermak-Chinatown station profile updated with new info and 18 new photos. Howard Yard profile updated with 2 new photos.

September 25, 2010

61st Yard & Shops profile updated with new info and 17 new photos. 61st station profile updated with 2 new photos. King Drive station profile updated with 1 new photo. Work Car Gallery 8 updated with 1 new photo and Work Car Gallery 9 added with 2 new photos.

September 7, 2010
Damen Brown Line station profile updated with new information and 33 new photos. FAQ question 3.9 updated with new information.
August 15, 2010
5000-series Gallery 5 updated with 5 new photos. 4000-series Gallery 18 updated with 1 new photo. FAQ question 2.5 updated with new information.
August 8, 2010
North/Clybourn station profile updated with new information and 13 new photos.
July 18, 2010
2600-series roster page updated with new information.
June 13, 2010

5000-series roster page updated with new information and photos. Oakton station profile updated with new information.

June 6, 2010
New 5000-series Gallery 4 and Gallery 5 created with 13 new photos.
May 16, 2010
New 5000-series Gallery 1, Gallery 2 and Gallery 3 created with 30 new photos.
April 18, 2010
King Drive station profile updated with 1 new photo. New 2200-series Gallery 10 updated with 1 new photo.
April 11, 2010
Wellington station profile updated with new info and 35 new photos. New 6000-series Gallery 19 created with 2 new photos. A new Car Assignment Sheet has been posted.
February 28, 2010
Central (Lake) station profile updated with new info and 8 new photos. Oak Park (Lake) station profile updated with new info and 2 new photos. 2400-series Gallery 11 updated with 3 new photos.
February 21, 2010
Paulina station profile updated with new info and 25 new photos.
December 6, 2009
State/Van Buren station profile updated with new info and 12 new photos.
November 22, 2009

Dorchester station profile updated with new info and 4 new photos. Marshfield station profile updated with new info and 4 new photos. A new Car Assignment Sheet has been posted.

October 6, 2009
Track Maps updated with 1952 and 1965 track maps.
October 4, 2009
Congress/Wabash station profile updated with new info and 1 new photo. Morgan/Lake station profile updated with new info. Track Maps updated with 1913 South Side and Loop track maps.
August 16, 2009
Dearborn/Van Buren station profile updated with new info and 3 new photos.
August 2, 2009
State/59th station profile updated with new info and 2 new photos.
July 27, 2009
Lake Street Transfer, Oak, Schiller, and Division (North Side Main Line) station profiles updated with new info and 1 new photo each. Laflin station profile updated with new info.
April 20, 2009
Willow station profile updated with new info and 1 new photo.
January 18, 2009
Chicago Brown Line station profile updated with new information and 52 new photos.
January 10, 2009
47th (Red Line) station profile updated with new info and 1 new photo.
November 8, 2008

Diversey station profile updated with 16 new photos. Sacramento/Lake station profile updated with new info.

September 17, 2008

Harrison station profile updated with new info.

September 7, 2008

New Irving Park (Blue Line) station profile added with 7 photos.

August 26, 2008

New Berwyn station profile added with 7 photos.

August 17, 2008

Armitage station profile updated with 20 new photos.

August 4, 2008

Diversey station profile updated with new info.

July 22, 2008

Howard station profile updated with 46 new photos. Adams/Wabash station profile updated with 2 new photos. New 2600-series Gallery 20 added with 1 new photo. New entry added to the Memories section.

May 15, 2008

Addison Brown Line station profile updated with 1 new photo.

March 30, 2008

Southport and Diversey station profiles updated with new information and 2 new photos each.

March 22, 2008

Pulaski (Hamlin) Tower profile added.

February 9, 2008

Southport station profile updated with new information and 10 new photos.

January 27, 2008

Addison Brown Line station profile updated with new information and 24 new photos. Diversey station profile updated with new information and 12 new photos.

January 14, 2008

Montrose Brown Line station profile updated with new information and 15 new photos. Site search engine has been reactivated.

November 15, 2007

Sedgwick station profile updated with new information and 29 new photos.

October 14, 2007

New 2600-series Gallery 17, Gallery 18, and Gallery 19 added with 30 new photos.

September 29, 2007

Belmont station profile updated with new information and 20 new photos.

September 9, 2007

The next major piece of the "infill project" has been added with an expansion of the Stations section. Stub pages have been added for all remaining stations, so there are now pages for every "L" station, past and present.

September 4, 2007

The "infill project" continues with an expansion of the Transit Plans section. New full profiles have been added for the 1939 Comprehensive Subway System plan and 1968-79 Chicago Urban Transportation District plan. Stub pages have also been added for several other plan as well, all listed under the Transit Plans section.

Added two links to the Links page. A new Car Assignment Sheet has been posted.

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August 4, 2007

Armitage station profile updated with new 19 new photos. Kostner/Congress station profile updated with new 2 new photos. Exchange station profile added. Added information to the Linden station profile. Page for the new 5000-series railcars, currently on order, has been added. Added link to the new GreatThirdRail.org site to the Links page.

An expansion of the Tower section represents the beginning of a project to fill in remaining gaps in the site's coverage either either full profiles or "stub" pages with at least basic information. New full profiles have been added for Tower 12, Tower 8, Tower 22, Clark Tower, 17th Tower, Armitage Tower, Chicago Tower, Lawrence Tower, Marshfield Junction, Paulina Junction, and Wilson Tower. Stub pages have also been added for several other towers and interlockings, all listed under the Tower section.

May 23, 2007

Diversey station profile updated with new info and 1 new image. UIC-Halsted station profile updated with new 1 new photo.

May 7, 2007

Jackson/Dearborn station profile updated with new info and 13 new photos. Addison (Brown Line) station profile updated with new info and 9 new photos. Montrose (Brown Line) station profile updated with new info and 4 new photos.

April 27, 2007

King Drive station profile updated with new info and 6 new photos.

April 23, 2007

Jackson/Dearborn station profile updated with new info and 6 new photos.

April 18, 2007

Laramie/Lake station profile updated with 7 new photos.

April 15, 2007

In honor of the completion of the Dan Ryan Red Line Rehabilitation Project, a new history/profile of the Dan Ryan Line has been added and all of the station pages for the seven renovated stations have been updated with lots of new info and 64 new photos: Sox-35th (8 photos), 47th (15 photos), Garfield (10 photos), 63rd (7 photos), 69th (7 photos), 79th (6 photos), and 87th (11 photos). Page added for the 1958 New Horizons for Chicago's Metropolitan Area transit plan, with six images.

April 3, 2007

Francisco station profile updated with additional information and 17 new photos. Southport station profile updated with additional information and 1 new photo.

February 25, 2007

Grand/Milwaukee station profile updated with additional information and 4 new photos. Randolph/Wabash station profile updated with 3 new photos. State/Lake station profile updated with 3 new photos. Washington/Wells station profile updated with 2 new photos. Adams/Wabash station profile updated with 1 new photo. Wells Street Terminal station profile updated with 1 new photo. Monroe/State station profile updated with 1 new photo. 61st station profile updated with 1 new photo. Wilson Yard & Shops profile updated with 1 new photo. Brown Line - North Side Main Line profile updated with 1 new photo. New entry added to the Memories section.

February 10, 2007

Kimball station profile updated with additional information and 15 new photos. Wilson station profile updated with additional information and 5 new photos and graphics. Cermak-Chinatown station profile updated with additional information and 1 new photo.

February 3, 2007

Car 1 at the Chicago History Museum gallery added with 11 photos.