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The Strahorn Library’s Dillon collection includes this photo of Illinois Central Pacific-type number 1187 with a… 3 Exemplare

Illinois Central 4-6-2 Pacific number 1173 is shown with the Panama Limited at an unknown location circa 1925. The… 3 Exemplare

Illinois Central 2-4-4T number 201 is shown taking part in the pageant at the 1933/34 Chicago World’s Fair. The… 3 Exemplare

On April 18, 1961, MU car #31 is on the rear of a two-car train departing eastbound from the elevated platform of the… 3 Exemplare

Illinois Central 4-8-2 number 2411 is shown on display at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair with the General Motors… 3 Exemplare

TP&W #40, a 2-8-2 Alco Richmond (built 1927) providing 41,000 tractive effort, provides the power for a 30 tank car… 3 Exemplare

AT&SF CF7 number 2490 pulls a short freight train past an elderly depot building at a construction site where,… 3 Exemplare

Here’s a puzzle: The Strahorn Library’s Dillon collection contains two different photos of Illinois Central Pacific… 3 Exemplare

AT&SF business car “Santa Fe” carries the end markers for an Amtrak train. This photo, from the Kroeger collection… 3 Exemplare

South Shore Line Car #1100. Undated photo, unknown photographer, unspecified location, but we will make an educated… 3 Exemplare

Chicago, South Shore & South Bend car number 103 is shown at speed westbound (Coming toward the photographer) in the… 2 Exemplare

Niles coach #6 brings up the rear of a 6 car extra on Main Street between Colfax and La Salle, preparing to depart… 2 Exemplare

Chicago Great Western #105 2-6-0, built by Cooke, Class D-2, 1888. No location provided but probably on transfer table… 2 Exemplare

According to William Shakespeare, “Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye” (in Love’s Labor’s Lost) or, as we… 2 Exemplare

Snow removal train on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Snowy and frigid winter has finally arrived at the IRM and… 2 Exemplare

Santa Fe M-160 motorcar at Clovis, NM. The unit was originally a gas-electric built by the Brill Motorcar Company in… 2 Exemplare

Illinois Central locomotive 2059, a Pacific-type, is shown with an unidentified side-door caboose in this photo from… 2 Exemplare

The "Ideal Section" on the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (extending for one mile in length east of Miller,… 2 Exemplare

Illinois Central 2-6-0 number 3729 is shown at LaSalle, Illinois in front of what appears to be a stone locomotive… 2 Exemplare

Railway Age September 15, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 2 Exemplare

Santa Fe number 508 is a GE B40-8W. Unfortunately we have neither a place nor a date for this excellent photo from the… 2 Exemplare

C&NW Madison Street station, completed in 1911, appears in this undated photo likely from the late 1940s - early 1950s.… 2 Exemplare

Pere Marquette diesel #102 and steam #1318 0-8-0 with passenger train at Grand Rapids Michigan 1946, unknown… 2 Exemplare

Here’s a somewhat different view of a steam locomotive. Illinois Central 2081 was a 4-6-2 Pacific built by… 2 Exemplare

We start a series of posts on the Toledo, Peoria & Western with #11, a 2-8-0 Baldwin Class H-1 built in 1910, providing… 2 Exemplare

CB&Q wood-sided caboose 143584 is shown “stuffed and mounted” on display, evidently in a park, in Lisle, Illinois.… 2 Exemplare

The Literature of the Street Railway 2 Exemplare

EMD Client Rendering Toledo Peoria & Western #100 by Ben Dedek Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library The… 2 Exemplare

Working diagram and undated side photograph of #457 at work on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway. This information is… 2 Exemplare

“The Zephyr” — Burlington’s West Wind The only remaining operating Zephyr, from the original 1930s trainisets,… 2 Exemplare

Trolleybus storage yard, Fort Wayne, IN. Fort Wayne introduced trolleybuses in 1940 to replace their streetcar system.… 2 Exemplare

If you think you’ve got a tough job, consider what the man in this photo had to endure. In the middle of a blizzard,… 2 Exemplare

Pacific Electric Railway Post Office Car 1407 at Baldwin Park, CA. The RPO service ran between Las Angeles and San… 2 Exemplare

Here’s another mystery photo from the Strahorn Library collection. The mountains in the background and the… 2 Exemplare

...From the Strahorn Library series "1920s transit in The CHICAGOAN" A modern woman of the 1920s purchases The… 2 Exemplare

Budd RDC at the Chicago Railroad Fair in 1949. The Budd Company changed its exhibit every seven days, rotating in "The… 2 Exemplare

RDC on one week trial on Monon Railroad photographed at Bedford, Indiana April 1950, unknown photographer Eugene Van… 2 Exemplare

The World’s Fair held in 1893 in Chicago brought unprecedented numbers of people to the city and to the fairgrounds… 2 Exemplare

Illinois Central 1413 was a Forney-type 2-4-4T locomotive built by the Illinois Central in 1886, originally as number… 2 Exemplare

Ohio Brass Company components in use at the Princeton Mining Co., Princeton, IN. The photo lists the following parts:… 2 Exemplare

Sacramento Northern streetcar ferry "Ramon." The ferry transported both passenger and freight trains across Suisun Bay… 2 Exemplare

Derailment of the New York Central's "Chicagoan" near White Pigeon, MI on November 16, 1957. Due to a prior accident on… 2 Exemplare

Larson Collection - Chicago Great Western Railway Volume 1 #12 Minnesota and North Western Railroad 2-4-2T in an… 2 Exemplare

EMD Client Rendering Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay - The Bay Line #501 GP7 Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library… 2 Exemplare

International Harvester was the brainchild of Cyrus McCormick. Once the world’s leading manufacturer of farm… 2 Exemplare

Chicago & Illinois Midland 30 at Springfield, IL. Built September, 1960. One of only two RS1235's built by EMD. The… 2 Exemplare

From the James Larson collection - Michigan volume Schenectady Locomotive Works 4-4-2 Class I, builder number 43298,… 2 Exemplare

Illinois Central Pacific number 1135 is shown pulling train number 19 “The Daylight” south on a gorgeous summer day… 2 Exemplare

Saturday, August 20, 2022, the Illinois Railway Museum celebrated the 100th Anniversary of EMD. EMDX 7231, a… 2 Exemplare

Here are two views of Illinois Central 2-8-4 Berkshire number 7000, both taken by the builder when the locomotive was… 2 Exemplare

At the Lehigh Navigation Coal Company, Lansford, PA. "Typical trolley haulage scene in one of the 8 collieries of… 2 Exemplare

From the Larson Collection - Colorado & Southern Volume 1 74 years ago the 1948 Chicago Railroad Fair had a visitor… 2 Exemplare

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe number 833 leads a sister and what appears to be an empty rail train. The locomotive is a… 2 Exemplare

Much as I love steam locomotives, I can’t call Illinois Central 6003 a thing of beauty. She was pure utility,… 2 Exemplare

Photo used in Middleton, South Shore The Last Interurban, page 67. Middleton's caption reads, "Headed by coach trailer… 2 Exemplare

Illinois Central Pacific number 1177 is at Dubuque, Iowa in 1940 with “The Iowan,” train number 16. We’re blown… 2 Exemplare

Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) - C & O #500 Class M-1 Steam Turbine Locomotive Ohio Brass Photographer, September… 2 Exemplare

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe number 632 is a General Electric C44-9W, a “Dash-9.” Unfortunately, we have neither a… 2 Exemplare

Illinois Central Pacific number 1178 is at Freeport, Illinois with train number 14, the Eastbound “Land O’ Corn,”… 2 Exemplare

Not a train in sight but still an interesting study of a grade crossing including the crossing gates and signals, a… 2 Exemplare

Here is a gorgeous A-B-A set of Alco PA diesels (actually PA and PB) resplendent in the Santa Fe’s warbonnet paint… 2 Exemplare

The idea of cab-less B-units sounded like a good one as the earliest diesels were being built and so General Motors… 2 Exemplare

In the 1930s, competition for passengers along the lines of the Illinois Central was stiff with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio… 2 Exemplare

Here are three warbonnets led by AT&SF number 678, a GE C44-9W. They seem to be pulling a train of empty TOFC flatcars.… 2 Exemplare

Illinois Central 2-8-4 number 7008 is shown on display at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair with the General Motors… 2 Exemplare

Addendum to our post on Illinois Central 2-4-4T number 201... Rail & Wire, January/February, 2002 featured an in-depth… 2 Exemplare

This slide from the Harold Kroeger collection at the Strahorn Library shows a group of AT&SF locomotives which all… 2 Exemplare

Here’s a nice photo of the Hinsdale, Illinois depot from the Strahorn Library’s Kroeger collection. The photo is… 2 Exemplare

Builder's card photo, C&NW #208 4-4-0, Schenectady built Class B, 1899. The Strahorn Library is at 118 E. Washington… 2 Exemplare

South Shore Line #803 outside new Shops, Michigan City, Indiana, following what is likely its first paint job after… 2 Exemplare

Illinois Central Pacific 1155 is shown with the Panama Limited on the causeway over the Bonnet Cairre Spillway north of… 2 Exemplare

At rest in barn 7 of the Illinois Railway Museum Chicago Surface Lines PCC #4021 was photographed on August 13, 2017 by… 2 Exemplare

Here, from the Illinois Railway Museum Strahorn Library’s Dillon collection is Illinois Central Pacific number 1186.… 2 Exemplare

Railway Age July 28, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference Librarian… 2 Exemplare

Two sections of the 20th Century Limited at LaSalle Street Station. This pose from February 1950 was photographed by… 2 Exemplare

Chicago Rapid Transit Wooden "Metropolitan" L Cars ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. During the 1970s,… 1 Exemplar

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) PCC car #7144 at Howard loop of the Clark-Wentworth line on September 6, 1957.… 1 Exemplar

A photo from an Ohio Brass Company catalog cut showing a recent (late 1950s) snow event in Michigan City, Indiana. We… 1 Exemplar

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (EJ&E) Caboose #504 at Waukegan, Illinois 10/1966 Larson Collection, Illinois Short… 1 Exemplar

Toledo, Peoria & Western #102, with #103 in the picture, is likely standing on an engine waiting track. #102 and #103… 1 Exemplar

The Atlantic-type (4-4-2) of steam locomotive was an advancement over the American-type (4-4-0) and was popular in the… 1 Exemplar

Due to ongoing extreme cold weather and travel considerations, the Strahorn Library will be closed this Wednesday,… 1 Exemplar

C&NW #395 4-4-2 Schenectady built Class D. Chicago and North Western Railway Photo Negative No C 2067-1. Unknown date… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 2-8-0 Consolidation is in LaSalle, Illinois posed in front of a wood water tower with the arm of an… 1 Exemplar

C&NW 2-6-0 Schenectady Class D-11 Narrow Gauge (3 foot) operated on the Madison division between Fennimore, Wis and… 1 Exemplar

TP&W #85, the last of 6 Northerns (#80 - 85) acquired from Alco Schenectady in 1937, is a Class H-10 with 23 1/2 x… 1 Exemplar

Frank Sirinek Frank Sirinek, longtime Illinois Railway Museum member and friend of the Strahorn Library and its… 1 Exemplar

Lake Shore Electric #183 westbound at Clyde, Ohio, in a fitting winter scene in 1936, according to the back of the… 1 Exemplar

A CTA PCC, #7191, traveling north on Wentworth Avenue ducks under the Pennsylvania Railroad at 62nd street on June… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age October 13, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

Toledo, Peoria & Western #303 EMD SW-1500 and caboose #513 switching at a nearby Caterpillar facility. Larson Illinois… 1 Exemplar

If the Alco FA was a young, beautiful movie star who attracted followers by the thousand in the 1950s, then this… 1 Exemplar

A classic face! Illinois Central 2306 was a 4-8-2 Mountain-type built by Alco-Schenectady in 1923. She had 28x28 inch… 1 Exemplar

Ingalls 4-S A railfan from New Zealand inquired via this Facebook Page, and our online catalog… 1 Exemplar

South Shore Line MU #4 at Tremont, Indiana, on February 25, 1958. Ohio Brass Company Photographer. Ohio Brass… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age October 27, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM 70th ANNIVERSARY Preserving Railway History Since 1953 - Part 2 of 3 ==> The Illinois Railway… 1 Exemplar

Entering the Limits Car House (so named because it was built at the city Limit of Chicago and served horse cars) we see… 1 Exemplar

Belt Railway of Chicago number 603 is an Alco C424. She is shown in this picture from the Strahorn Library with a… 1 Exemplar

C&NW 4-6-0 Schenectady built Class R-1 Escanaba, Mi. 9/25/1930 Larson Collection C&NW Volume 6, Illinois Railway Museum… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 4-8-2 locomotive number 2303 was built by Alco-Schenectady in 1923 with 28x28 inch cylinders and 73 ½… 1 Exemplar

Chicago South Shore & South Bend Baldwin-Westinghouse units #902 and 901 at the Michigan City shops on February 17,… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age October 20, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM 70th ANNIVERSARY Preserving Railway History Since 1953 - Part 1 of 3 ==> The Illinois Railway… 1 Exemplar

Dubuque & Dakota Railroad, one of the many predescessor roads of the Chicago Great Western Railway. Shown here is No.… 1 Exemplar

Toledo, Peoria & Western ALCO RS-3 #207 and EMD GP-7 #103 Larson Illinois Short Lines Collection Volume 1 at the… 1 Exemplar

Have you noticed that almost all new cars are white? The old days when cars were colorful and could be bought in green,… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central Pacific number 2096 is nicely posed beside the turntable with a low sun illuminating her drivers and… 1 Exemplar

Santa Fe F45 number 5980 in “Kodachrome” red and yellow leads two similarly-attired sisters on a mixed freight at… 1 Exemplar

Black Diamond The Black Diamond was built for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad by Baldwin in 1888. The idea of… 1 Exemplar

EMD Client Rendering The Southern #2800 By R. Meyer November 1940 Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library The… 1 Exemplar

Chicago, Aurora and Elgin 431 ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. During the 1970s, volunteers at the Illinois… 1 Exemplar

From time to time, the Strahorn Library is given photos and later discovers that we have no information about them.… 1 Exemplar

CTA car #372 pausing at street maintenance on California & Logan Blvd., 1953 Ken Spengler Chicago Surface Lines… 1 Exemplar

The East Chicago Bypass opens - September 16, 1956 This image captured by Ohio-Brass photographers shows South Shore… 1 Exemplar

In the glory days of passenger travel, Chicago was blessed (some would say cursed) by having six major railway stations… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Transit Authority line truck and crew, Chicago, IL. Photo by an Ohio Brass Company photographer. Photo dated… 1 Exemplar

The banana trade began slowly in the late 1870s with occasional shipments of the fruit from Central America into the… 1 Exemplar

A corner of the Periodicals Room at the IRM Strahorn Library. The collection includes 778 different publications and an… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Transit Authority 9631 ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. During the 1970s, volunteers at the Illinois… 1 Exemplar

EMD Client Rendering St. Louis Southwestern - Cotton Belt Route #900 nose styling proposal Artwork on display at the… 1 Exemplar

J Parker Lamb demonstrates his skill with light in this nighttime view of Illinois Central locomotive 2613 being… 1 Exemplar

St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) 1630 ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. During the 1970s, volunteers at the… 1 Exemplar

Another striking sunset photo (or is it a sunrise?) from the camera of Harold Kroeger. At the throat of a small city… 1 Exemplar

From the Periodicals section of the IRM Strahorn Library the September, 1912 issue of Electric Traction. We present… 1 Exemplar

(Posted on behalf of Ken Spengler) My job at the Strahorn Library is to catalog the collection of the late Bob Bruneau.… 1 Exemplar

Chicago and North Western Budd RDC's northbound at Highland Park, IL. The RDC's were in service for only a short… 1 Exemplar

Sometimes we just plain get lucky. Harold Kroeger was certainly lucky when he pointed his camera at a signal bridge and… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Surface Lines crane car X3. According to notes from Don’s Rail Photos "X3 was built by Chicago Rys in 1909 as… 1 Exemplar

EMD Client Rendering Pere Marquette #101 by Harry Bockewitz Also please see the following article which shows this… 1 Exemplar

The Larson Collections James Llewellyn Larson during a lifetime of railroading produced many handwritten histories of… 1 Exemplar

C&NW 4-6-2 #1500 ALCO Class E, builders number 46582, built 1909 The February, 1910 issue of Railway and Locomotive… 1 Exemplar

In our neighborhood: Before the IRM there was the Elgin and Belvidere - Interurban link, proving ground for Bion J.… 1 Exemplar

EMD Client Rendering Wabash by Harry Bockewitz Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library #irmdiesel… 1 Exemplar

Miss Budweiser, a Plymouth Locomotive Works JCD, at Manitowoc, WI. The location is probably the Busch Agricultural… 1 Exemplar

Locomotive No. 7 ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. During the 1970s, volunteers at the Illinois Railway Museum… 1 Exemplar

CTA PCC car #4407 southbound on Wentworth at Cermak on the near south side of Chicago on June, 20, 1958. Photo by Ken… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 2-6-0 number 495 (Rogers 1896) leads number 2-6-0 number 479 (Brooks 1895) and a freight train through… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Transit Authority Trolley Bus 9627 ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. As printed on the reverse side:… 1 Exemplar

Trolley buses being serviced at a Chicago Transit Authority facility in Chicago, IL. The location is unknown. Photo by… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Surface Lines No. 144 with Chicago Surface Lines gas bus No. 3407 ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES.… 1 Exemplar

Canadian National shop facility Stratford, Ontario. From Ken Spengler and "The Sunday Evening Pest," Jan 14, 2024 Ken… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central's deluxe all-pullman "Panama Limited" running daily between Chicago - St. Louis and New Orleans… 1 Exemplar

Pacing a steam locomotive and getting good photos out of it is a real art. It takes a lot of skill, the perfect… 1 Exemplar

Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Having completed our tour of the Toledo, Peoria & Western we now turn to another… 1 Exemplar

Peoria & Pekin Union Terminal # 72 is shown in its Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's photo. Larson Collection,… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age November 3, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

Wisconsin and Southern E9A number 10C shines in the sunlight as it make a stop at Franklin Park, Illinois on May 29,… 1 Exemplar

A 1929 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year wish from the Pennsylvania Railroad... We at the Illinois Railway Museum and… 1 Exemplar

ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM 70th ANNIVERSARY Preserving Railway History Since 1953 - Part 3 of 3 ==> The Illinois Railway… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age December 22, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

"The Four Corners Map" commissioned by the Santa Fe Railway and painted by Gerald Cassidy, one of 11 such works, all of… 1 Exemplar

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern #52 2-8-0 ALCO 7/1904, scrapped 3/1936 Larson Collection, Illinois Short Lines, Volume 1,… 1 Exemplar

Here is IRM’s Electroliner, as it appeared upon arrival at the museum in May 1982. It is still wearing its Red Arrow… 1 Exemplar

The Illinois Terminal System in 1931 included 22 steam locomotives and 51 electric locomotives. Here we see a builders… 1 Exemplar

Chicago & Illinois Midland 4-4-0 Baldwin Class A-1 Built 1927. One of three 4-4-0s, all Baldwins, acquired in 1927 and… 1 Exemplar

A snow scene brought to us by GM&O GP35 #630 heading up a piggyback train. The location and date are unknown, but the… 1 Exemplar

Transporting PCC Trucks out of Car Barn 77th & Vincennes, March 1954 Photo by Ken Spengler. Ken Spengler Chicago… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age December 15, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago #20 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" was one of five locomotives of this type leased by the… 1 Exemplar

CTA Pullman cars awaiting scrapping at 77th street station, June 1954 Photo by Ken Spengler. Ken Spengler Chicago… 1 Exemplar

Chicago & Western Indiana #210 2-6-0. We believe this locomotive is readying to couple onto its own commuter train from… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Surface Lines number 144 is shown at her current home, the Illinois Railway Museum. The original slide, which… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 4-8-2 number 2500 has been cleaned and polished to within an inch of her life. She is shown in this… 1 Exemplar

ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. During the 1980s, volunteers at the Illinois Railway Museum Gift Shop created… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central number 2530 was photographed on July 15, 1957 at Paducah, Kentucky by Bruce R. Meyer and his… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Transit Authority PCC #7139 at the Devon Car House September 6, 1957 turning southbound onto Clark Street.… 1 Exemplar

A three-car Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company train paused to take on passengers at Marengo, Ill., in the early… 1 Exemplar

EJ&E C-C Baldwin DT-6-6-2000 at Waukegan, Illinois 5/1966 From the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Archive… 1 Exemplar

Key System #144 is a three-truck, two-car articulated all-steel unit designed and built to run over the San… 1 Exemplar

Here’s a nice, sharp view of Metra 147 pulling a five-car bi-level commuter train. Neither date nor location was… 1 Exemplar

Milwaukee’s Wells Street line had two branches. Here are some photos from the branch to Wauwatosa. “The Sunday… 1 Exemplar

The "Blair" plan... "It was apparent now that further transit expansion required cooperative public and private… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 4-8-2 number 2540 begins to accelerate away from the depot at Effingham, Illinois with an eleven-car… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Transit Authority PCC "Green Hornet" 7181 ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. During the 1970s, volunteers… 1 Exemplar

For many years, Ken Spengler prepared an email known as "The Sunday Evening Pest." Well, Ken, you are hardly a pest,… 1 Exemplar

The car shown is the “Cimarron River,” an ex-Frisco 10-6 sleeper that has been in private hands for something like… 1 Exemplar

There’s something mesmerizing about photos of empty tracks. The eye cannot help but follow them through the scene to… 1 Exemplar

Double-headed passenger train on the I.R.M. mainline bridge ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. During the 1970s,… 1 Exemplar

We know this equipment is related to track maintenance but must admit that we don’t really know what it is. The tank… 1 Exemplar

The Harold Kroeger collection at the Illinois Railway Museum’s Strahorn Library includes this view of what might be… 1 Exemplar

In this photo by J Parker Lamb, an eastbound train of empty hoppers pulled by Illinois Central 4-8-2 number 2552 is… 1 Exemplar

Southbound CTA PCC #4407 turning onto Vincennes from Wentworth on June 20, 1958. Photo by Ken Spengler. Ken Spengler… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age December 29, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway #333 0-8-0 Baldwin 5/1919, Class AS-4 USRA, Bore & Stroke: 25x28, Pressure: 175,… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Short Line Railway #9 0-6-0 From Wikipedia" "The South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (reporting mark… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age December 8, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

South Shore Line #12, heading westbound to Chicago, at the Torrence Avenue overpass, with "the slide," descending grade… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Railway Museum 70th Anniversary. 1953 - 2023 The Illinois Electric Railway Museum - The Nostalgic Charm of the… 1 Exemplar

Peoria & Pekin Union Railway # 201 is a transfer caboose, shown as of July, 1946, that appears to have begun its life… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age November 17, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

CTA PCC #4386 southbound on Clark at 16th Street passing under the St. Charles Air Line (Illinois Central) on June 20,… 1 Exemplar

Celebrating Illinois Railway Museum's 70th Anniversary 1953 - 2023 ==> And celebrating the IRM Strahorn Library… 1 Exemplar

We first show a builder's photo of Peoria & Pekin Union Railway #33, an ALCO, Class 060-158, with 57" drivers, maximum… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Aurora & Elgin 309 is a wooden interurban coach designed for high-speed service between Chicago and the Fox… 1 Exemplar

Unfortunately, the locomotive’s number on the tender is obscured and the smaller number by the headlight is… 1 Exemplar

Commuters from the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad exit the Van Buren Street Station to Jackson Street on… 1 Exemplar

Here is CB&Q caboose number 13572 at the Illinois Railway Museum sandwiched between a Chicago & North Western commuter… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age November 10, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Illinois Railway Museum, 1953 - 2023 One of the founders of the Illinois… 1 Exemplar

Appreciation of Donation from Heirloom Books to IRM Strahorn Library Heirloom Books has donated the complete… 1 Exemplar

PCC Car #4406 northbound on Clark and Ashland on the Clark-Wentworth #22 line September 6, 1957 Photo by Ken Spengler.… 1 Exemplar

CTA PCC #4380 Running south on Vincennes at 74th Street on June 20, 1958 Photo by Ken Spengler. Ken Spengler Chicago… 1 Exemplar

The Nebraska Zephyr is posed at the depot on the grounds of the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois on July 20,… 1 Exemplar

The circus ... on the Peoria & Pekin Union Railway. Peoria & Pekin Union 0-6-0 #52 is pulling the Hennies Bros. Circus… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 4-8-2 number 2401 is shown on a mixed freight roaring through Tickfaw, Louisiana. The locomotive was… 1 Exemplar

This may not be the most popular posting we’ve ever done because, at least in the upper Midwest, it reminds us of the… 1 Exemplar

We are showing you two photos of what we believe to be the same Peoria & Pekin Union diesel locomotive. The first photo… 1 Exemplar

Chicago and Illinois Western #801 0-8-0 From Wikipedia: The Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad (reporting mark CIW)… 1 Exemplar

Metra F40PH number 197 appears with a seven-car bi-level commuter train in July 2001. The location wasn’t recorded… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Terminal city car #415 at Madison, Illinois, May 28, 1949, now at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union,… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Northern Railroad #16 0-6-0 From Wikipedia: "The Illinois Northern Railroad (reporting mark IN) was an… 1 Exemplar

B&OCT SW9 number 9605 pulls a single flat car and a caboose in this photo from the Kroeger collection at the Illinois… 1 Exemplar

CTA PCC #4404 Southbound on Wentworth-Vincennes on June 20, 1958. Photo by Ken Spengler. Ken Spengler Chicago Surface… 1 Exemplar

Quality color photographs of steam aren’t really rare but they can be hard to find. This one, taken from an oversized… 1 Exemplar

Two crew members of Peoria & Pekin Union #401, an EMD Class D-4 NW-2 switcher, are switching a passenger train at the… 1 Exemplar

The first motorized rail car built by Electro-Motive in 1924 was sold to Chicago Great Western Railroad Company, M-300,… 1 Exemplar

Strahorn Library 2024 bookmark. Please stop by the Strahorn Library and pick up a complementary, custom-designed, 2024… 1 Exemplar

Peoria & Pekin Union Railway #100, an ALCO diesel switcher, Class D-1, Model HH-600, 600 horsepower unit, acquired in… 1 Exemplar

CTA PCC #7156 coming off Vincennes and running westbound on 81st street for two blocks, and ducking under the Chicago &… 1 Exemplar

Peoria & Pekin Union Railway B-B ALCO Diesel Switcher Class D-3 Acquired March, 1941 Model S-2 at Creve Coeur, IL… 1 Exemplar

In the years between the Civil War and World War I, the primary source of beef in the United States was the central… 1 Exemplar

The Santa Fe Reading-Room System. Beginning in 1898 the Santa Fe recognized that making investments for their… 1 Exemplar

The Dillon Collection at the Illinois Railway Museum’s Strahorn Library, is largely a collection of steam photos but… 1 Exemplar

South Shore Line #801 and #803, shortly after delivery at Michigan City on September 16, 1949. Ohio Brass Collection at… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age November 24, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

CTA PCC #4409 southbound at Clark-16th on June 6, 1958 diverging toward the St. Charles Air Line underpass. Photo by… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age December 1, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

The story behind EMD Illustration Art. We have posted many of the fine pieces of Illustration Art donated to the IRM… 1 Exemplar

EMD Client Rendering Chicago & Alton by Ben Dedek Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library #irmdiesel… 1 Exemplar

From Railway Age, September 29, 1923, an interesting, early experiment in self-powered rail motor cars by the Chicago &… 1 Exemplar

Oops! Little more need be said about this photo from the Dillon Collection at the Illinois Railway Museum’s Strahorn… 1 Exemplar

Sioux City & Pacific Railroad #9 4-4-0 Built by Manchester in 1873. Photographed in Sioux City, Iowa. Undated and… 1 Exemplar

The Kroeger slide collection at the Strahorn Library consists of an estimated 54,000 images. They are being digitized… 1 Exemplar

Celebrating the acquisition of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad by the Chicago & North-Western Railway 159 years… 1 Exemplar

South Shore #38 on the lead of a 7 car train eastbound through New Carlisle, Indiana. This seven car train could likely… 1 Exemplar

Cars that the railfan community called “outside braced” and railroad professionals call “single sheathed” were… 1 Exemplar

EMD Client Rendering Bangor & Aroostook Railroad EMD E7 #700 By Harry Bockewitz Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn… 1 Exemplar

The International Railway Journal is a British trade publication put out monthly by Simmons-Boardman. The Strahorn… 1 Exemplar

Des Moines & Minneapolis (narrow-gage) Railroad 2-6-0 at 10 miles north of Ames, Ia. Photo taken 1879, stamped C&NW Ry… 1 Exemplar

C&NW 4-6-0 #1120, Schenectady built Class R-1 at rest in a roundhouse (no location given, but apparently quite large)… 1 Exemplar

This striking picture from the Kroeger Collection at the Strahorn Library shows Rock Island cab car number CC117,… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central light Pacific number 1094 is shown at Memphis in 1934. Notably it still has its original slatted wood… 1 Exemplar

“The Switzerland of America” The photo by W. R. Cross appears in numerous forms. In one application, from the… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central Pacific 1101 poses in a dramatic photo from the Strahorn Library’s Dillon collection beneath a huge… 1 Exemplar

Switching in St. Charles, Illinois on September 24th, 1932 we have C&NW 4-6-0 Baldwin built Class R-1 #1154 doing a… 1 Exemplar

The Strahorn Library at the Illinois Railway Museum holds a large collection of the magazine Passenger Train Journal.… 1 Exemplar

Chicago, Aurora and Elgin interurban 306 in front of the Wheaton, IL shops. 306 was a wood body, 52 seat coach built by… 1 Exemplar

The Strahorn Library is pleased to have in its collection a complete set of the railfan magazine, First & Fastest,… 1 Exemplar

New York Central locomotive 3503 at the head of a passenger train. The train is westbound at Robinson Street in South… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central Pacific 1130 is shown leaving the servicing area at Baton Rouge, Louisiana on March 20, 1948 in a… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 4-6-0 number 2025 is shown with a short train at the station in Denison, Iowa about 1910. She was… 1 Exemplar

A view of "The Southerner" northbound at Cane Creek Alabama. Unknown date, unknown photographer Eugene Van Dusen Photo… 1 Exemplar

This handsome and informative illustration of the interior of a Pullman Palace sleeping car appears in the promotional… 1 Exemplar

The original Zephyr #9900 poses in Aurora Illinois on May 28, 1934 - two days after completing "a nonstop "Dawn to… 1 Exemplar

What follows is a mix of your author’s opinion and facts. There is plenty of room for other opinions and we would be… 1 Exemplar

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Diesel-Electric Car 9772. The car was built in November of 1928 by Electro-Motive… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 4-6-0 number 2023 poses with a five-car heavyweight passenger train at the Vicksburg, Mississippi… 1 Exemplar

F-7 #156 fresh out of the EMD plant in LaGrange, Illinois in 1949. EMD Photograph, 1949. Shop diagram for F-5 #150 -… 1 Exemplar

Over the years, hundreds of railroad historical societies have sprung up to preserve the history of long-gone ages and… 1 Exemplar

Another significant holding in the Strahorn Library’s periodical collection is a publication called “Electric… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 1000 was a Pacific-type 4-6-2 locomotive. She is shown here at an unidentified location in a classic… 1 Exemplar

C&NW Engine #17 4-4-0 "Thunder" Rogers 1853 Originally G&CU "Whirling Thunder" Rebuilt 1862. At Rockford, Illinois.… 1 Exemplar

What percentage of the US population would consider itself to be a “railfan?” I don’t know and have never seen a… 1 Exemplar

South Shore coach #100 headed west having departed Michigan City street running and the Sheridan siding. Mount Baldy… 1 Exemplar

The Strahorn Library’s Dillon collection includes this marvelous photo of Illinois Central 1039 with a four-car… 1 Exemplar

Cleveland Transit System Trackless Trolleys 1046 and 1054. In Cleveland, they were referred to as "trackless trolleys,"… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Great Western Alco road switcher #51, 1500 HP, at Austin, Minnesota in 1949, and accompanying shop diagram for… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 4-6-2 number 1050 was built by Baldwin in 1909. With 24x28 inch cylinders and 77 ½ inch drivers, her… 1 Exemplar

C&NW #880 4-6-0 Schenectady built Class R at Green Bay, Wisconsin on September 19, 1929. The Strahorn Library is at 118… 1 Exemplar

Chicago & North Western F7A number 403 is shown near Ridgefield, Illinois in a photo taken by Jim Lewnard on May 5,… 1 Exemplar

EMD Client Rendering Pere Marquette Railway - an intermediate nose styling proposal, not adopted by the PM. by Harry… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age July 21, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference Librarian… 1 Exemplar

A sharp contrast is offered between the C&NW built C-6 Class 4-4-0 #251 dominating the background with C-5 Class… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) - Baltimore & Ohio "Atlantic" and coaches. From Wikipedia: "Atlantic was the name of… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) - Great Northern Railway. William Crooks From Wikipedia: The William Crooks is a… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) - The ACF Talgo train Ohio Brass Photographer, September 17th, 1949 From Wikipedia:… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) - Union Pacific #119 - Reenactment of the Golden Spike ceremony. From Wikipedia:… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) - B & O #25 From Wikipedia: "The number 25 served on the Baltimore and Ohio for… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific "Palace" Dining Car #151 Ohio Brass Photographer,… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) The Chicago Railroad Fair opened 75 years ago, on July 20, 1948. One hundred years… 1 Exemplar

C&NW #1100 Atlantic-type (4-4-2) Schenectady built Class D pulling the Overland Limited through an idealized Iowa… 1 Exemplar

Illustration featuring C&NW #1080, 4-4-2 Schenectady built Class D, acquired 1902, departing Wells Street Station,… 1 Exemplar

C&NW #846 0-6-0 Schenectady built Class M. Undated photo and unknown location. It's a good-looking photo and we… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age July 14th, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

Cleveland Transit System Maintenance of Way equipment. Photo by an Ohio Brass Company photographer. Photo dated… 1 Exemplar

C&NW 4-6-0 Schenectady Class R-1 at Agar, S.D. on September 1, 1933 The Strahorn Library is at 118 E. Washington Street… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age July 7, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference Librarian… 1 Exemplar

C&NW #253 4-4-0 C&NW built Class C-6 crossing the North branch of the Chicago River at Kinzie & Canal, in this undated… 1 Exemplar

Chicago, Aurora and Elgin 415 at the Wheaton, IL shops sporting a War Bond livery. 415 was built by the Pullman Company… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age August 4, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age August 11, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

Brooklyn and Queens Transit Trackless Trolley 3019. The trolley was built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1948 as part… 1 Exemplar

C&NW 4-6-2 Schenectady built Class L #494 at Rapid City, SD. No date given but we estimate late 1920s or early 1930s.… 1 Exemplar

One of the last 4-4-0 configuration locomotives purchased by the Chicago & North Western was #208 produced in 1899 by… 1 Exemplar

CGW SD-40 Diesel Electric Locomotives C-C Type #403, 404 and 402, westbound, along the Eisenhower expressway near… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Railway Museum Fourth of July Weekend / Trolley Weekend highlights the electric railroads that once blanketed… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age September 22, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

C&NW 4-6-0 Baldwin built Class R-1 #1329 and an additional unit in doubleheader operation. Unknown location, date and… 1 Exemplar

C&NW 4-4-2 #158, Schenectady built Class D, posed at the Chicago Shops on September 19, 1934. Unattributed… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age September 8, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

Chicago and North Western Railway Snowplow Operation - Sleepy Eye, Minn. January 31, 1909, F Scobie, photographer.… 1 Exemplar

During a fan trip on May 25, 1958, the CTA Historical Collection, housed at South Shops, 77th and Vincennes, displayed… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age September 1, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

Belt Railway of Chicago number 534 is posed with 570. 534 is an MP1500; 570 is an SD40-2. The picture was taken on May… 1 Exemplar

PCC #7027 crossing W. Madison Street Bridge Proceeding eastbound Chicago Surface Lines PCC #7027, built by the St.… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age August 25, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

August 23, 1964: The Illinois Railway Museum completes the move of its collection from the Chicago Hardware Foundry Co.… 1 Exemplar

During a fan trip on May 25, 1958, the CTA Historical Collection, housed at South Shops, 77th and Vincennes, displayed… 1 Exemplar

Railway Age August 18, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 Exemplar

A single-car train, Gary local #16, coming off the long grade from the Ford City crossing into Hegewisch, running with… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 2003 was a 4-6-0 passenger locomotive built by Rogers in 1896. She had 19 ½ x 26 inch cylinders and… 1 Exemplar

The Strahorn Library (of the Illinois Railway Museum) holds a significant collection of Railway & Locomotive Historical… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 2-8-0 number 919 (Alco-Brooks August 1907) posed at the coaling tower in central City, Kentucky after… 1 Exemplar

EMD Client Rendering Central of Georgia E7 nose styling proposal circa 1945 By Harry Bockewitz Artwork on display at… 1 Exemplar

Photo used in Middleton, "South Shore The Last Interurban", page 14. Middleton's caption reads "Prompted by both a pair… 1 Exemplar

This photograph of Minneapolis & St. Louis #460, a 2-8-0 Class H 5 Alco - Schenectady locomotive, built December 1912,… 1 Exemplar

Minneapolis and St. Louis GE-29, "Montgomery", a baggage-RPO configuration, is pictured in Peoria, Illinois in November… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 7036, a 2-8-4 Berkshire type, was built by Lima in November, 1926. But wait! What’s that strange… 1 Exemplar

Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway #101 northbound along the Cedar River near Buck, IA. The car was built by the… 1 Exemplar

Hooping up on the Copper Range Railroad Head end and caboose views of hooping up orders at Lake Mine on the Copper… 1 Exemplar

Photo used in Middleton, South Shore The Last Interurban, page 56. Middleton's caption reads "In a clasic tableau of… 1 Exemplar

Amtrak Turboliner northbound at the Bloomington, IL depot. The Turboliners were gas turbine trainsets built by the… 1 Exemplar

When water is heated, it turns to steam which expands, providing the force that makes a steam locomotive work. Steam… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 2-10-2 number 2712 is shown pulling about a million carloads of coal across Kentucky Dam on June 3,… 1 Exemplar

The Erie Limited, sporting Winged Diamond nose styling, proceeding along the Delaware River circa 1950. "The Erie… 1 Exemplar

Ohio Brass Company components in the Mona Mine, Arkwright Coal Co., Morgantown, WV. Pictured is a Westinghouse 30 hp.… 1 Exemplar

Northern Pacific freight in North Dakota badlands Undated photo, unknown photographer Eugene Van Dusen Photo… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 2-10-2 number 2740 poses in front of a coaling tower with an auxiliary tender sometime around 1950.… 1 Exemplar

TMER&L 1924 Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light 1136 Celebrating Illinois Railway Museum’s 70th Anniversary, 1953 -… 1 Exemplar

Yazoo & Mississippi Valley 4-4-0 number 60 is on the Mississippi River Levee circa 1910. The locomotive appears to be… 1 Exemplar

Photograph showing a Mann Boudoir Sleeping Cars in operation on a Chicago Great Western passenger train. At the… 1 Exemplar

Aroostook Valley Combine #71 1945 photo by R.L. Day Eugene Van Dusen Photo Collection, Photo no BW-025 Illinois Railway… 1 Exemplar

The former MSTL #101 (Schenectady, 1906) was renumbered in 1910 to #321 appearing in this undated photo and unspecified… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 951 was a 4-4-0 built by Cooke and completed in January 1893 with 18x24 cylinders and 63 inch drivers.… 1 Exemplar

EMD Client Rendering Columbia Newberry & Laurens Railroad #100 GP7 by Harry Bockewitz Artwork on display at the IRM… 1 Exemplar

EMD Client Rendering Louisiana & North West R.R. #000 by Ben Dedek Pencil and crayon-colored blueprint proposals of… 1 Exemplar

In April 1930 a feature appeared in Railroad Man's Magazine highlighting the successes of mainline electrification.… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 2-8-2 numbers 1435, 1398 and 1347 appear with 150 cars on train number 172 north of Jackson,… 1 Exemplar

EMD Client Rendering Canadian National Railway by Ben Dedek Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library #irmdiesel… 1 Exemplar

Abraham Lincoln, commenting on work done by Colonel (later General) Herman Haupt, famously said, “That man Haupt has… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Transit Authority trolley bus near the University of Illinois campus at Navy Pier. The Navy Pier campus existed… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 1557, a 2-8-2 Mikado, is shown on the turntable at the Senate Avenue Yard in Indianapolis in 1955. The… 1 Exemplar

View of A-B-B-A headed Santa Fe freight crossing the Colorado River on the Topock bridge, Topock Arizona. Steel… 1 Exemplar

EMD Client Rendering Bangor & Aroostook Railroad By Harry Bockewitz Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library… 1 Exemplar

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMUEL INSULL... Born 163 years ago on November 11, 1859. ...From the Strahorn Library series "1920s… 1 Exemplar

Successful night photography takes a combination of skill and luck. Bruce R. Meyer, who took this photo, was lucky to… 1 Exemplar

The Union Pacific Coal Company headquarters building, Rock Springs, WY, The company was originally formed in 1874 as… 1 Exemplar

The Chicagoan > Vol. 8, No. 3, October 26, 1929 MERGER OF OPERA AND ELEVATED. "Let Samuel Insull Supervise a Gigantic… 1 Exemplar

The era of the mixed freight is long gone with the vast majority of today’s rail tonnage moving in unit trains. Some… 1 Exemplar

Steam and Electric Railroad map of Illinois circa 1910 (please click on the image below to preview and/or download).… 1 Exemplar

Who recognizes this location? Who knows Boston? Who recognizes the building in the background? We’d love to know and… 1 Exemplar

Cincinnati Street Railway trolley bus entering the wash rack, Cincinnati, OH. Trolley bus 1435 was a Marmon Herrington… 1 Exemplar

The 10 Mallets of the Chicago Great Western Railroad As noted in the FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN… 1 Exemplar

Detroit & Mackinac Railway No. 115 in front of the Holland Hotel, East Tawas, Michigan in this undated and unattributed… 1 Exemplar

"Pioneer”, 4-2-0 Galena & Chicago Union Railroad (#1 C&NW Ry). Built by Baldwin, builder number 36, 10 tons, acquired… 1 Exemplar

Welcoming the Chicago and North-Western Historical Society to their building on the Illinois Railway Museum campus.… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 4-4-0 number 4919 sits in front of the ornate Decatur, Illinois depot in July 1926. The fireman is… 1 Exemplar

Reading Railroad 9110 at Norristown, PA. 9110 was an electric multiple unit car originally built by Harlan &… 1 Exemplar

Welcoming the Chicago and North-Western Historical Society to their building on the Illinois Railway Museum campus.… 1 Exemplar

This photo passed through several hands before arriving at the Strahorn Library so much information about it is… 1 Exemplar

Colorized postcard of Illinois Traction #1566 Class B locomotive, built in Decatur shops 1910. 1 Exemplar

One of the major periodical holdings at the Strahorn Library is Railroad Magazine. It is an interesting study itself.… 1 Exemplar

Chicago Transit Authority 6000 series car, Chicago, IL. The 6000 series was built by the St. Louis Car Company from… 1 Exemplar

Here we have Illinois Central locomotive 1016, a 4-4-2 Atlantic-type. She is shown with what must be the shop forces… 1 Exemplar

“With some pride and a great deal of trepidation…,” were the words Al Kalmbach chose to introduce his new… 1 Exemplar

C&NW #1039 spots what appears to be a new Birney streetcar for the Escanaba Traction Co. The electric line connected… 1 Exemplar

The New York Railways Employees’ Magazine is one of the rarer and more abstruse holdings at the Illinois Railway… 1 Exemplar

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Detector Tow Car 9050 and Detector Car 2 at Hasting, NE. The rail detector cars… 1 Exemplar

Chicago & Eastern Illinois RDC #1 northbound at Watseka, Illinois Undated photograph, unknown photographer. Eugene Van… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 4-6-0 number 382 was built in 1898 by Rogers with 19 ½ x 26 inch cylinders and 69 inch drivers. She… 1 Exemplar

Steeple cab #1013 at the lead of an "Illinois Central RR Service Booster Club Chicago" special on the Chicago South… 1 Exemplar

Cairo Railway & Light The Stephen Scalzo History Collection Stephen M. Scalzo was a traction historian with a… 1 Exemplar

The periodicals room at the Strahorn Library contains a variety of publications written for the professional railroader… 1 Exemplar

Rock Island motor car #9011 with 3-car train northbound at Marble Rock, Iowa July 1951 Eugene Van Dusen Photo… 1 Exemplar

Welcoming the Chicago and North-Western Historical Society to their building on the Illinois Railway Museum campus.… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central number 1200 is a 4-4-0 shown with a short passenger train at the DeKoven, Kentucky depot taking on… 1 Exemplar

The Woodstock & Sycamore Traction Company (Illinois) The Stephen Scalzo History Collection Stephen M. Scalzo was a… 1 Exemplar

Milwaukee Road E22 street running in Renton, WA. E22 was built by General Electric in 1916 as a class EF-1 boxcab… 1 Exemplar

"The Southerner", headed by diesel #2801, on trestle over Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana. The New York - New Orleans… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 4-4-0 number 1224 was built by Brooks in 1882 with 17x24 inch cylinders, slide valves and 61 inch… 1 Exemplar

Inside Clyde No. 1 Coal Mine, W. J. Rainey, Inc, Fredericktown, PA. The mine began production in 1900 and was sold to… 1 Exemplar

South Shore Line #801 pulling a 10-car special along the Illinois Central main line north of Kensington. This train is… 1 Exemplar

Great Northern 5018 at the Skykomish, WA yard. 5018 was a class W-1 electric locomotive. Only 2 W-1 units were built,… 1 Exemplar

“White Flag Trains,” the latest book by Jan Young, rail enthusiast, author, and volunteer at the Strahorn Library… 1 Exemplar

The Illinois Railway Museum’s Strahorn Library holds a world-class collection of railroad-related periodicals. At… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central 4-4-0 number 1316 is at the Potomac, Illinois depot with a combine and a single coach behind it and… 1 Exemplar

The Prospect Colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co, Wilkes-Barre, PA. The colliery was idled in late 1952 and… 1 Exemplar

Illinois Central Gulf bilevel commuter car 1626 approaching the Randolph Street station in Chicago, IL. 1626 was from… 1 Exemplar

The Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company (Illinois) Our second post from Hicks Car Works, Stephen Scalzo History… 1 Exemplar

Ties Magazine is another of the extensive periodical collections at the Illinois Railway Museum’s Strahorn Library.… 1 Exemplar

Starting in February and March, 1906, the Illinois Central ran the “Corn and Seed Special,” a six-car rural… 1 Exemplar

Virginian Railway Class EL-2B electric locomotive pulling a westbound coal drag near Salem, VA. These locomotives were… 1 Exemplar

The Chicago and North-Western Historical Society building on the Illinois Railway Museum campus is complete and McHenry… 1 Exemplar

One of the publications we have in the Strahorn Library’s periodical collection is a complete series of Trains… 1 Exemplar

One of the significant photographic holdings at the Illinois Railway Museum’s Strahorn Library is the Kroeger… 1 Exemplar

Canada's First Subway. Toronto, Canada Built by the publicly owned TTC (Toronto Transportation Commission, now Toronto… 1 Exemplar

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