Sunday, January 1, 2017

The Scalzo History Collection

The Stephen Scalzo History Collection

Stephen M. Scalzo was a traction historian with a particular interest in Illinois electric railways. After his death in 2016, his wife Kimberly donated his collection of historic files and photographs to IRM. Also included were a number of unpublished manuscripts, short histories of many of the state's electric railways.

Some of the below articles were written using primary materials and notes from the Scalzo Collection; most were written by Stephen M. Scalzo and have been published here for the first time, together with photos, rosters, and route maps from his files.

If you are interested in donating historic photographs, records, or artifacts to IRM, click here.


Electric Railways Of Illinois
Click here for a Google map of electric railways in Illinois created from the above articles

Click here for a catalog of 4x6s and small prints included in the Scalzo Photo Collection
Click here for a catalog of 5x7 prints included in the Scalzo Photo Collection
Click here for a catalog of 8x10 prints included in the Scalzo Photo Collection

To find slides from the Scalzo Collection that have been scanned by Ray and Julie Piesciuk, visit www.irm-cta.org

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