Monday, March 1, 2010

Johnson Collection - Miscellaneous


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Do not reproduce without permission!

FAN TRIPS

318


Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to this Illini RR Club Rail Fan Special! Cars 318 and 300 will be leaving from the Des Plaines Avenue terminal shortly!





Along Mannheim


At McKee, in Aurora












At the Aurora terminal

Warrenville






Elgin

Batavia






The 300 was on the other end of the train. (L) ? (R) Near Batavia







This is the 318 (before rebuiling) on a CERA fan trip, probably near Wayne.

At Clintonville








319

At Elgin. The 319 was coupled to two box motors.







320

At Batavia Junction

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are the last three pix, 318-Wheaton, 319, and 320, all in the blue-red colors?

Frank Hicks said...

The photo of the 318 at Wheaton shows it in 1950's Brilliant Red; 319 at Elgin and 320 at Batavia Junction are both shown in 1940's blue, red and grey.