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The Strahorn Library’s Dillon collection includes this photo of Illinois Central Pacific-type number 1187 with a… 3 exemplaires
Illinois Central 4-6-2 Pacific number 1173 is shown with the Panama Limited at an unknown location circa 1925. The… 3 exemplaires
Illinois Central 2-4-4T number 201 is shown taking part in the pageant at the 1933/34 Chicago World’s Fair. The… 3 exemplaires
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 exemplaires
Illinois Central 4-8-2 number 2411 is shown on display at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair with the General Motors… 3 exemplaires
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 exemplaires
AT&SF CF7 number 2490 pulls a short freight train past an elderly depot building at a construction site where,… 3 exemplaires
Here’s a puzzle: The Strahorn Library’s Dillon collection contains two different photos of Illinois Central Pacific… 3 exemplaires
AT&SF business car “Santa Fe” carries the end markers for an Amtrak train. This photo, from the Kroeger collection… 3 exemplaires
South Shore Line Car #1100. Undated photo, unknown photographer, unspecified location, but we will make an educated… 3 exemplaires
Chicago, South Shore & South Bend car number 103 is shown at speed westbound (Coming toward the photographer) in the… 2 exemplaires
Niles coach #6 brings up the rear of a 6 car extra on Main Street between Colfax and La Salle, preparing to depart… 2 exemplaires
Chicago Great Western #105 2-6-0, built by Cooke, Class D-2, 1888. No location provided but probably on transfer table… 2 exemplaires
According to William Shakespeare, “Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye” (in Love’s Labor’s Lost) or, as we… 2 exemplaires
Snow removal train on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Snowy and frigid winter has finally arrived at the IRM and… 2 exemplaires
Santa Fe M-160 motorcar at Clovis, NM. The unit was originally a gas-electric built by the Brill Motorcar Company in… 2 exemplaires
Illinois Central locomotive 2059, a Pacific-type, is shown with an unidentified side-door caboose in this photo from… 2 exemplaires
The "Ideal Section" on the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (extending for one mile in length east of Miller,… 2 exemplaires
Illinois Central 2-6-0 number 3729 is shown at LaSalle, Illinois in front of what appears to be a stone locomotive… 2 exemplaires
Railway Age September 15, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 2 exemplaires
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 exemplaires
C&NW Madison Street station, completed in 1911, appears in this undated photo likely from the late 1940s - early 1950s.… 2 exemplaires
Pere Marquette diesel #102 and steam #1318 0-8-0 with passenger train at Grand Rapids Michigan 1946, unknown… 2 exemplaires
Here’s a somewhat different view of a steam locomotive. Illinois Central 2081 was a 4-6-2 Pacific built by… 2 exemplaires
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 exemplaires
CB&Q wood-sided caboose 143584 is shown “stuffed and mounted” on display, evidently in a park, in Lisle, Illinois.… 2 exemplaires
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EMD Client Rendering Toledo Peoria & Western #100 by Ben Dedek Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library The… 2 exemplaires
Working diagram and undated side photograph of #457 at work on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway. This information is… 2 exemplaires
“The Zephyr” — Burlington’s West Wind The only remaining operating Zephyr, from the original 1930s trainisets,… 2 exemplaires
Trolleybus storage yard, Fort Wayne, IN. Fort Wayne introduced trolleybuses in 1940 to replace their streetcar system.… 2 exemplaires
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 exemplaires
Pacific Electric Railway Post Office Car 1407 at Baldwin Park, CA. The RPO service ran between Las Angeles and San… 2 exemplaires
Here’s another mystery photo from the Strahorn Library collection. The mountains in the background and the… 2 exemplaires
...From the Strahorn Library series "1920s transit in The CHICAGOAN" A modern woman of the 1920s purchases The… 2 exemplaires
Budd RDC at the Chicago Railroad Fair in 1949. The Budd Company changed its exhibit every seven days, rotating in "The… 2 exemplaires
RDC on one week trial on Monon Railroad photographed at Bedford, Indiana April 1950, unknown photographer Eugene Van… 2 exemplaires
The World’s Fair held in 1893 in Chicago brought unprecedented numbers of people to the city and to the fairgrounds… 2 exemplaires
Illinois Central 1413 was a Forney-type 2-4-4T locomotive built by the Illinois Central in 1886, originally as number… 2 exemplaires
Ohio Brass Company components in use at the Princeton Mining Co., Princeton, IN. The photo lists the following parts:… 2 exemplaires
Sacramento Northern streetcar ferry "Ramon." The ferry transported both passenger and freight trains across Suisun Bay… 2 exemplaires
Derailment of the New York Central's "Chicagoan" near White Pigeon, MI on November 16, 1957. Due to a prior accident on… 2 exemplaires
Larson Collection - Chicago Great Western Railway Volume 1 #12 Minnesota and North Western Railroad 2-4-2T in an… 2 exemplaires
EMD Client Rendering Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay - The Bay Line #501 GP7 Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library… 2 exemplaires
International Harvester was the brainchild of Cyrus McCormick. Once the world’s leading manufacturer of farm… 2 exemplaires
Chicago & Illinois Midland 30 at Springfield, IL. Built September, 1960. One of only two RS1235's built by EMD. The… 2 exemplaires
From the James Larson collection - Michigan volume Schenectady Locomotive Works 4-4-2 Class I, builder number 43298,… 2 exemplaires
Illinois Central Pacific number 1135 is shown pulling train number 19 “The Daylight” south on a gorgeous summer day… 2 exemplaires
Saturday, August 20, 2022, the Illinois Railway Museum celebrated the 100th Anniversary of EMD. EMDX 7231, a… 2 exemplaires
Here are two views of Illinois Central 2-8-4 Berkshire number 7000, both taken by the builder when the locomotive was… 2 exemplaires
At the Lehigh Navigation Coal Company, Lansford, PA. "Typical trolley haulage scene in one of the 8 collieries of… 2 exemplaires
From the Larson Collection - Colorado & Southern Volume 1 74 years ago the 1948 Chicago Railroad Fair had a visitor… 2 exemplaires
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe number 833 leads a sister and what appears to be an empty rail train. The locomotive is a… 2 exemplaires
Much as I love steam locomotives, I can’t call Illinois Central 6003 a thing of beauty. She was pure utility,… 2 exemplaires
Photo used in Middleton, South Shore The Last Interurban, page 67. Middleton's caption reads, "Headed by coach trailer… 2 exemplaires
Illinois Central Pacific number 1177 is at Dubuque, Iowa in 1940 with “The Iowan,” train number 16. We’re blown… 2 exemplaires
Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) - C & O #500 Class M-1 Steam Turbine Locomotive Ohio Brass Photographer, September… 2 exemplaires
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe number 632 is a General Electric C44-9W, a “Dash-9.” Unfortunately, we have neither a… 2 exemplaires
Illinois Central Pacific number 1178 is at Freeport, Illinois with train number 14, the Eastbound “Land O’ Corn,”… 2 exemplaires
Not a train in sight but still an interesting study of a grade crossing including the crossing gates and signals, a… 2 exemplaires
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 exemplaires
The idea of cab-less B-units sounded like a good one as the earliest diesels were being built and so General Motors… 2 exemplaires
In the 1930s, competition for passengers along the lines of the Illinois Central was stiff with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio… 2 exemplaires
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 exemplaires
Illinois Central 2-8-4 number 7008 is shown on display at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair with the General Motors… 2 exemplaires
Addendum to our post on Illinois Central 2-4-4T number 201... Rail & Wire, January/February, 2002 featured an in-depth… 2 exemplaires
This slide from the Harold Kroeger collection at the Strahorn Library shows a group of AT&SF locomotives which all… 2 exemplaires
Here’s a nice photo of the Hinsdale, Illinois depot from the Strahorn Library’s Kroeger collection. The photo is… 2 exemplaires
Builder's card photo, C&NW #208 4-4-0, Schenectady built Class B, 1899. The Strahorn Library is at 118 E. Washington… 2 exemplaires
South Shore Line #803 outside new Shops, Michigan City, Indiana, following what is likely its first paint job after… 2 exemplaires
Illinois Central Pacific 1155 is shown with the Panama Limited on the causeway over the Bonnet Cairre Spillway north of… 2 exemplaires
At rest in barn 7 of the Illinois Railway Museum Chicago Surface Lines PCC #4021 was photographed on August 13, 2017 by… 2 exemplaires
Here, from the Illinois Railway Museum Strahorn Library’s Dillon collection is Illinois Central Pacific number 1186.… 2 exemplaires
Railway Age July 28, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference Librarian… 2 exemplaires
Two sections of the 20th Century Limited at LaSalle Street Station. This pose from February 1950 was photographed by… 2 exemplaires
Chicago Rapid Transit Wooden "Metropolitan" L Cars ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. During the 1970s,… 1 exemplaire
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) PCC car #7144 at Howard loop of the Clark-Wentworth line on September 6, 1957.… 1 exemplaire
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (EJ&E) Caboose #504 at Waukegan, Illinois 10/1966 Larson Collection, Illinois Short… 1 exemplaire
Due to ongoing extreme cold weather and travel considerations, the Strahorn Library will be closed this Wednesday,… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central 2-8-0 Consolidation is in LaSalle, Illinois posed in front of a wood water tower with the arm of an… 1 exemplaire
C&NW 2-6-0 Schenectady Class D-11 Narrow Gauge (3 foot) operated on the Madison division between Fennimore, Wis and… 1 exemplaire
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 exemplaire
Frank Sirinek Frank Sirinek, longtime Illinois Railway Museum member and friend of the Strahorn Library and its… 1 exemplaire
Lake Shore Electric #183 westbound at Clyde, Ohio, in a fitting winter scene in 1936, according to the back of the… 1 exemplaire
A CTA PCC, #7191, traveling north on Wentworth Avenue ducks under the Pennsylvania Railroad at 62nd street on June… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age October 13, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
If the Alco FA was a young, beautiful movie star who attracted followers by the thousand in the 1950s, then this… 1 exemplaire
Ingalls 4-S A railfan from New Zealand inquired via this Facebook Page, and our online catalog… 1 exemplaire
South Shore Line MU #4 at Tremont, Indiana, on February 25, 1958. Ohio Brass Company Photographer. Ohio Brass… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age October 27, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
Belt Railway of Chicago number 603 is an Alco C424. She is shown in this picture from the Strahorn Library with a… 1 exemplaire
Chicago South Shore & South Bend Baldwin-Westinghouse units #902 and 901 at the Michigan City shops on February 17,… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age October 20, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
Toledo, Peoria & Western ALCO RS-3 #207 and EMD GP-7 #103 Larson Illinois Short Lines Collection Volume 1 at the… 1 exemplaire
Santa Fe F45 number 5980 in “Kodachrome” red and yellow leads two similarly-attired sisters on a mixed freight at… 1 exemplaire
Black Diamond The Black Diamond was built for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad by Baldwin in 1888. The idea of… 1 exemplaire
EMD Client Rendering The Southern #2800 By R. Meyer November 1940 Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library The… 1 exemplaire
Chicago, Aurora and Elgin 431 ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. During the 1970s, volunteers at the Illinois… 1 exemplaire
From time to time, the Strahorn Library is given photos and later discovers that we have no information about them.… 1 exemplaire
CTA car #372 pausing at street maintenance on California & Logan Blvd., 1953 Ken Spengler Chicago Surface Lines… 1 exemplaire
The East Chicago Bypass opens - September 16, 1956 This image captured by Ohio-Brass photographers shows South Shore… 1 exemplaire
Chicago Transit Authority line truck and crew, Chicago, IL. Photo by an Ohio Brass Company photographer. Photo dated… 1 exemplaire
The banana trade began slowly in the late 1870s with occasional shipments of the fruit from Central America into the… 1 exemplaire
Chicago Transit Authority 9631 ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. During the 1970s, volunteers at the Illinois… 1 exemplaire
EMD Client Rendering St. Louis Southwestern - Cotton Belt Route #900 nose styling proposal Artwork on display at the… 1 exemplaire
J Parker Lamb demonstrates his skill with light in this nighttime view of Illinois Central locomotive 2613 being… 1 exemplaire
St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) 1630 ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. During the 1970s, volunteers at the… 1 exemplaire
Another striking sunset photo (or is it a sunrise?) from the camera of Harold Kroeger. At the throat of a small city… 1 exemplaire
From the Periodicals section of the IRM Strahorn Library the September, 1912 issue of Electric Traction. We present… 1 exemplaire
Chicago and North Western Budd RDC's northbound at Highland Park, IL. The RDC's were in service for only a short… 1 exemplaire
EMD Client Rendering Pere Marquette #101 by Harry Bockewitz Also please see the following article which shows this… 1 exemplaire
C&NW 4-6-2 #1500 ALCO Class E, builders number 46582, built 1909 The February, 1910 issue of Railway and Locomotive… 1 exemplaire
In our neighborhood: Before the IRM there was the Elgin and Belvidere - Interurban link, proving ground for Bion J.… 1 exemplaire
EMD Client Rendering Wabash by Harry Bockewitz Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library #irmdiesel… 1 exemplaire
Miss Budweiser, a Plymouth Locomotive Works JCD, at Manitowoc, WI. The location is probably the Busch Agricultural… 1 exemplaire
Chicago Transit Authority Trolley Bus 9627 ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES. As printed on the reverse side:… 1 exemplaire
Chicago Surface Lines No. 144 with Chicago Surface Lines gas bus No. 3407 ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM POSTCARD SERIES.… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central's deluxe all-pullman "Panama Limited" running daily between Chicago - St. Louis and New Orleans… 1 exemplaire
Pacing a steam locomotive and getting good photos out of it is a real art. It takes a lot of skill, the perfect… 1 exemplaire
Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Having completed our tour of the Toledo, Peoria & Western we now turn to another… 1 exemplaire
Peoria & Pekin Union Terminal # 72 is shown in its Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's photo. Larson Collection,… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age November 3, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
Wisconsin and Southern E9A number 10C shines in the sunlight as it make a stop at Franklin Park, Illinois on May 29,… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age December 22, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern #52 2-8-0 ALCO 7/1904, scrapped 3/1936 Larson Collection, Illinois Short Lines, Volume 1,… 1 exemplaire
Here is IRM’s Electroliner, as it appeared upon arrival at the museum in May 1982. It is still wearing its Red Arrow… 1 exemplaire
Transporting PCC Trucks out of Car Barn 77th & Vincennes, March 1954 Photo by Ken Spengler. Ken Spengler Chicago… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age December 15, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
The Belt Railway Company of Chicago #20 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" was one of five locomotives of this type leased by the… 1 exemplaire
CTA Pullman cars awaiting scrapping at 77th street station, June 1954 Photo by Ken Spengler. Ken Spengler Chicago… 1 exemplaire
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 exemplaire
Illinois Central number 2530 was photographed on July 15, 1957 at Paducah, Kentucky by Bruce R. Meyer and his… 1 exemplaire
Chicago Transit Authority PCC #7139 at the Devon Car House September 6, 1957 turning southbound onto Clark Street.… 1 exemplaire
A three-car Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company train paused to take on passengers at Marengo, Ill., in the early… 1 exemplaire
EJ&E C-C Baldwin DT-6-6-2000 at Waukegan, Illinois 5/1966 From the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Archive… 1 exemplaire
Key System #144 is a three-truck, two-car articulated all-steel unit designed and built to run over the San… 1 exemplaire
Here’s a nice, sharp view of Metra 147 pulling a five-car bi-level commuter train. Neither date nor location was… 1 exemplaire
Milwaukee’s Wells Street line had two branches. Here are some photos from the branch to Wauwatosa. “The Sunday… 1 exemplaire
The "Blair" plan... "It was apparent now that further transit expansion required cooperative public and private… 1 exemplaire
For many years, Ken Spengler prepared an email known as "The Sunday Evening Pest." Well, Ken, you are hardly a pest,… 1 exemplaire
The car shown is the “Cimarron River,” an ex-Frisco 10-6 sleeper that has been in private hands for something like… 1 exemplaire
There’s something mesmerizing about photos of empty tracks. The eye cannot help but follow them through the scene to… 1 exemplaire
We know this equipment is related to track maintenance but must admit that we don’t really know what it is. The tank… 1 exemplaire
The Harold Kroeger collection at the Illinois Railway Museum’s Strahorn Library includes this view of what might be… 1 exemplaire
In this photo by J Parker Lamb, an eastbound train of empty hoppers pulled by Illinois Central 4-8-2 number 2552 is… 1 exemplaire
Southbound CTA PCC #4407 turning onto Vincennes from Wentworth on June 20, 1958. Photo by Ken Spengler. Ken Spengler… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age December 29, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway #333 0-8-0 Baldwin 5/1919, Class AS-4 USRA, Bore & Stroke: 25x28, Pressure: 175,… 1 exemplaire
Chicago Short Line Railway #9 0-6-0 From Wikipedia" "The South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (reporting mark… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age December 8, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age November 17, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
Celebrating Illinois Railway Museum's 70th Anniversary 1953 - 2023 ==> And celebrating the IRM Strahorn Library… 1 exemplaire
Chicago Aurora & Elgin 309 is a wooden interurban coach designed for high-speed service between Chicago and the Fox… 1 exemplaire
Unfortunately, the locomotive’s number on the tender is obscured and the smaller number by the headlight is… 1 exemplaire
Commuters from the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad exit the Van Buren Street Station to Jackson Street on… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age November 10, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Illinois Railway Museum, 1953 - 2023 One of the founders of the Illinois… 1 exemplaire
Appreciation of Donation from Heirloom Books to IRM Strahorn Library Heirloom Books has donated the complete… 1 exemplaire
CTA PCC #4380 Running south on Vincennes at 74th Street on June 20, 1958 Photo by Ken Spengler. Ken Spengler Chicago… 1 exemplaire
Metra F40PH number 197 appears with a seven-car bi-level commuter train in July 2001. The location wasn’t recorded… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Terminal city car #415 at Madison, Illinois, May 28, 1949, now at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union,… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Northern Railroad #16 0-6-0 From Wikipedia: "The Illinois Northern Railroad (reporting mark IN) was an… 1 exemplaire
Peoria & Pekin Union Railway B-B ALCO Diesel Switcher Class D-3 Acquired March, 1941 Model S-2 at Creve Coeur, IL… 1 exemplaire
In the years between the Civil War and World War I, the primary source of beef in the United States was the central… 1 exemplaire
The Santa Fe Reading-Room System. Beginning in 1898 the Santa Fe recognized that making investments for their… 1 exemplaire
The Dillon Collection at the Illinois Railway Museum’s Strahorn Library, is largely a collection of steam photos but… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age November 24, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
CTA PCC #4409 southbound at Clark-16th on June 6, 1958 diverging toward the St. Charles Air Line underpass. Photo by… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age December 1, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
The story behind EMD Illustration Art. We have posted many of the fine pieces of Illustration Art donated to the IRM… 1 exemplaire
EMD Client Rendering Chicago & Alton by Ben Dedek Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library #irmdiesel… 1 exemplaire
Oops! Little more need be said about this photo from the Dillon Collection at the Illinois Railway Museum’s Strahorn… 1 exemplaire
Sioux City & Pacific Railroad #9 4-4-0 Built by Manchester in 1873. Photographed in Sioux City, Iowa. Undated and… 1 exemplaire
Celebrating the acquisition of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad by the Chicago & North-Western Railway 159 years… 1 exemplaire
Cars that the railfan community called “outside braced” and railroad professionals call “single sheathed” were… 1 exemplaire
The International Railway Journal is a British trade publication put out monthly by Simmons-Boardman. The Strahorn… 1 exemplaire
This striking picture from the Kroeger Collection at the Strahorn Library shows Rock Island cab car number CC117,… 1 exemplaire
“The Switzerland of America” The photo by W. R. Cross appears in numerous forms. In one application, from the… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central Pacific 1101 poses in a dramatic photo from the Strahorn Library’s Dillon collection beneath a huge… 1 exemplaire
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 exemplaire
The Strahorn Library is pleased to have in its collection a complete set of the railfan magazine, First & Fastest,… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central Pacific 1130 is shown leaving the servicing area at Baton Rouge, Louisiana on March 20, 1948 in a… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central 4-6-0 number 2025 is shown with a short train at the station in Denison, Iowa about 1910. She was… 1 exemplaire
The original Zephyr #9900 poses in Aurora Illinois on May 28, 1934 - two days after completing "a nonstop "Dawn to… 1 exemplaire
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 exemplaire
Illinois Central 4-6-0 number 2023 poses with a five-car heavyweight passenger train at the Vicksburg, Mississippi… 1 exemplaire
F-7 #156 fresh out of the EMD plant in LaGrange, Illinois in 1949. EMD Photograph, 1949. Shop diagram for F-5 #150 -… 1 exemplaire
Another significant holding in the Strahorn Library’s periodical collection is a publication called “Electric… 1 exemplaire
C&NW Engine #17 4-4-0 "Thunder" Rogers 1853 Originally G&CU "Whirling Thunder" Rebuilt 1862. At Rockford, Illinois.… 1 exemplaire
What percentage of the US population would consider itself to be a “railfan?” I don’t know and have never seen a… 1 exemplaire
South Shore coach #100 headed west having departed Michigan City street running and the Sheridan siding. Mount Baldy… 1 exemplaire
The Strahorn Library’s Dillon collection includes this marvelous photo of Illinois Central 1039 with a four-car… 1 exemplaire
Chicago & North Western F7A number 403 is shown near Ridgefield, Illinois in a photo taken by Jim Lewnard on May 5,… 1 exemplaire
EMD Client Rendering Pere Marquette Railway - an intermediate nose styling proposal, not adopted by the PM. by Harry… 1 exemplaire
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 exemplaire
Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) - Great Northern Railway. William Crooks From Wikipedia: The William Crooks is a… 1 exemplaire
Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) - Union Pacific #119 - Reenactment of the Golden Spike ceremony. From Wikipedia:… 1 exemplaire
Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) - B & O #25 From Wikipedia: "The number 25 served on the Baltimore and Ohio for… 1 exemplaire
Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific "Palace" Dining Car #151 Ohio Brass Photographer,… 1 exemplaire
Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) The Chicago Railroad Fair opened 75 years ago, on July 20, 1948. One hundred years… 1 exemplaire
C&NW #1100 Atlantic-type (4-4-2) Schenectady built Class D pulling the Overland Limited through an idealized Iowa… 1 exemplaire
Illustration featuring C&NW #1080, 4-4-2 Schenectady built Class D, acquired 1902, departing Wells Street Station,… 1 exemplaire
C&NW #846 0-6-0 Schenectady built Class M. Undated photo and unknown location. It's a good-looking photo and we… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age July 14th, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
Cleveland Transit System Maintenance of Way equipment. Photo by an Ohio Brass Company photographer. Photo dated… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age August 4, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age August 11, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
CGW SD-40 Diesel Electric Locomotives C-C Type #403, 404 and 402, westbound, along the Eisenhower expressway near… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age September 22, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
C&NW 4-4-2 #158, Schenectady built Class D, posed at the Chicago Shops on September 19, 1934. Unattributed… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age September 8, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
Chicago and North Western Railway Snowplow Operation - Sleepy Eye, Minn. January 31, 1909, F Scobie, photographer.… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age September 1, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
PCC #7027 crossing W. Madison Street Bridge Proceeding eastbound Chicago Surface Lines PCC #7027, built by the St.… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age August 25, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
Railway Age August 18, 1923 - Books and Articles of Special Interest to Railroaders Elizabeth Cullen, Reference… 1 exemplaire
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 exemplaire
EMD Client Rendering Central of Georgia E7 nose styling proposal circa 1945 By Harry Bockewitz Artwork on display at… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central 7036, a 2-8-4 Berkshire type, was built by Lima in November, 1926. But wait! What’s that strange… 1 exemplaire
Hooping up on the Copper Range Railroad Head end and caboose views of hooping up orders at Lake Mine on the Copper… 1 exemplaire
Photo used in Middleton, South Shore The Last Interurban, page 56. Middleton's caption reads "In a clasic tableau of… 1 exemplaire
Amtrak Turboliner northbound at the Bloomington, IL depot. The Turboliners were gas turbine trainsets built by the… 1 exemplaire
When water is heated, it turns to steam which expands, providing the force that makes a steam locomotive work. Steam… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central 2-10-2 number 2712 is shown pulling about a million carloads of coal across Kentucky Dam on June 3,… 1 exemplaire
The Erie Limited, sporting Winged Diamond nose styling, proceeding along the Delaware River circa 1950. "The Erie… 1 exemplaire
Northern Pacific freight in North Dakota badlands Undated photo, unknown photographer Eugene Van Dusen Photo… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central 2-10-2 number 2740 poses in front of a coaling tower with an auxiliary tender sometime around 1950.… 1 exemplaire
TMER&L 1924 Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light 1136 Celebrating Illinois Railway Museum’s 70th Anniversary, 1953 -… 1 exemplaire
Photograph showing a Mann Boudoir Sleeping Cars in operation on a Chicago Great Western passenger train. At the… 1 exemplaire
EMD Client Rendering Columbia Newberry & Laurens Railroad #100 GP7 by Harry Bockewitz Artwork on display at the IRM… 1 exemplaire
EMD Client Rendering Louisiana & North West R.R. #000 by Ben Dedek Pencil and crayon-colored blueprint proposals of… 1 exemplaire
In April 1930 a feature appeared in Railroad Man's Magazine highlighting the successes of mainline electrification.… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central 2-8-2 numbers 1435, 1398 and 1347 appear with 150 cars on train number 172 north of Jackson,… 1 exemplaire
Abraham Lincoln, commenting on work done by Colonel (later General) Herman Haupt, famously said, “That man Haupt has… 1 exemplaire
View of A-B-B-A headed Santa Fe freight crossing the Colorado River on the Topock bridge, Topock Arizona. Steel… 1 exemplaire
EMD Client Rendering Bangor & Aroostook Railroad By Harry Bockewitz Artwork on display at the IRM Strahorn Library… 1 exemplaire
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMUEL INSULL... Born 163 years ago on November 11, 1859. ...From the Strahorn Library series "1920s… 1 exemplaire
The Union Pacific Coal Company headquarters building, Rock Springs, WY, The company was originally formed in 1874 as… 1 exemplaire
The era of the mixed freight is long gone with the vast majority of today’s rail tonnage moving in unit trains. Some… 1 exemplaire
Steam and Electric Railroad map of Illinois circa 1910 (please click on the image below to preview and/or download).… 1 exemplaire
Who recognizes this location? Who knows Boston? Who recognizes the building in the background? We’d love to know and… 1 exemplaire
The 10 Mallets of the Chicago Great Western Railroad As noted in the FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN… 1 exemplaire
Welcoming the Chicago and North-Western Historical Society to their building on the Illinois Railway Museum campus.… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central 4-4-0 number 4919 sits in front of the ornate Decatur, Illinois depot in July 1926. The fireman is… 1 exemplaire
Reading Railroad 9110 at Norristown, PA. 9110 was an electric multiple unit car originally built by Harlan &… 1 exemplaire
Welcoming the Chicago and North-Western Historical Society to their building on the Illinois Railway Museum campus.… 1 exemplaire
This photo passed through several hands before arriving at the Strahorn Library so much information about it is… 1 exemplaire
Colorized postcard of Illinois Traction #1566 Class B locomotive, built in Decatur shops 1910. 1 exemplaire
Chicago Transit Authority 6000 series car, Chicago, IL. The 6000 series was built by the St. Louis Car Company from… 1 exemplaire
Here we have Illinois Central locomotive 1016, a 4-4-2 Atlantic-type. She is shown with what must be the shop forces… 1 exemplaire
“With some pride and a great deal of trepidation…,” were the words Al Kalmbach chose to introduce his new… 1 exemplaire
C&NW #1039 spots what appears to be a new Birney streetcar for the Escanaba Traction Co. The electric line connected… 1 exemplaire
The New York Railways Employees’ Magazine is one of the rarer and more abstruse holdings at the Illinois Railway… 1 exemplaire
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 exemplaire
Steeple cab #1013 at the lead of an "Illinois Central RR Service Booster Club Chicago" special on the Chicago South… 1 exemplaire
Cairo Railway & Light The Stephen Scalzo History Collection Stephen M. Scalzo was a traction historian with a… 1 exemplaire
Rock Island motor car #9011 with 3-car train northbound at Marble Rock, Iowa July 1951 Eugene Van Dusen Photo… 1 exemplaire
Welcoming the Chicago and North-Western Historical Society to their building on the Illinois Railway Museum campus.… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central number 1200 is a 4-4-0 shown with a short passenger train at the DeKoven, Kentucky depot taking on… 1 exemplaire
The Woodstock & Sycamore Traction Company (Illinois) The Stephen Scalzo History Collection Stephen M. Scalzo was a… 1 exemplaire
Milwaukee Road E22 street running in Renton, WA. E22 was built by General Electric in 1916 as a class EF-1 boxcab… 1 exemplaire
"The Southerner", headed by diesel #2801, on trestle over Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana. The New York - New Orleans… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central 4-4-0 number 1224 was built by Brooks in 1882 with 17x24 inch cylinders, slide valves and 61 inch… 1 exemplaire
“White Flag Trains,” the latest book by Jan Young, rail enthusiast, author, and volunteer at the Strahorn Library… 1 exemplaire
The Illinois Railway Museum’s Strahorn Library holds a world-class collection of railroad-related periodicals. At… 1 exemplaire
Illinois Central 4-4-0 number 1316 is at the Potomac, Illinois depot with a combine and a single coach behind it and… 1 exemplaire
The Prospect Colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co, Wilkes-Barre, PA. The colliery was idled in late 1952 and… 1 exemplaire
The Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company (Illinois) Our second post from Hicks Car Works, Stephen Scalzo History… 1 exemplaire
Ties Magazine is another of the extensive periodical collections at the Illinois Railway Museum’s Strahorn Library.… 1 exemplaire
Starting in February and March, 1906, the Illinois Central ran the “Corn and Seed Special,” a six-car rural… 1 exemplaire
One of the publications we have in the Strahorn Library’s periodical collection is a complete series of Trains… 1 exemplaire
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