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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Tom Krisher | AP

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Cta adapting to keep electric buses running during chicago winters | History Defined

No. 66 is the first of many routes that will be converted to battery power as the CTA moves to all-electric by 2040. (AP)

The No. 66 bus is packed on a recent weekday afternoon as it starts and stops its way from Chicago’s West Side to Navy Pier.

The seats and windows squeak and rattle just like a regular diesel bus, but no one seems to notice the high-pitched whine of the electric motor that makes it go.

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