Black River Falls’ Roger Castle vividly remembers the rows of cabs waiting for him at the train station in Chicago when he was just 12 years old. He ended up taking a ride in one of those iconic ...

Probably just as well known as the London Black Cab, the 1959 to 1982 Checker Motors A series Taxi Specials were the ubiquitous cabs seen in any American movie of the era. And they are truly legendary ...

Established in the 1920s, Checker Motors produced one of the world's most iconic taxi cabs. Built from 1959 to 1982 with minor changes, the A series model is also America's longest-running cab. But ...

The Checker taxi garage was a massive place, just to the north of North Avenue and stretching from Wells Street west to North Park Avenue. It was a wild and busy and noisy place, a human beehive.