The Chicago "L"

Map

Foreword

Timeline

Introduction

Precursors and prototypes

First "L"

South Side

Second "L"

Lake Street

Third "L"

Metropolitan

Union Loop "L"

Fourth "L"

Northwestern

Expansion and unification

Serving and shaping the suburbs

Finally a subway

Chicago Transit Authority

Brown Line turns 100

Magic and mystery of the "L"

Epilogue