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| Morton 7-24-52 |
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| Springfield - of course this is the 233-234, both of which are now at IRM |
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| Springfield, with the 234 closer to the camera. The cars were in an unusual livery of blue with silver letterboard at this time. |
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| Springfield |
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| Springfield Yard |
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| Xmas 49 |
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| 301-303 Springfield Station |
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| 518 at St. Louis, 11-48 - This car is at IRM in essentially this condition |
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| 4 car NRHS trip 9-6-53 |
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| 7-24-52, Springfield - one of the ex-C&LE freight trailers |
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| E. Peoria Decatur Local |
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| E. Peoria |
| This one is the mystery. The car has the IT oval on the side but doesn't appear in Jenkins' roster. Any ideas? |
There were two cars numbered 138 & 139 with this configuration. I can't remember their history, but they are similar to early LVT cars. I have a model of #138 painted in green with the earlier IT logo on the side.
ReplyDeleteA very nice web site.
Regards,
Ed Skuchas
Yes, car 138 was a former Lehigh Valley Transit Company car. LVT bought several cars from St. Louis Car Company in 1901, then because of route reductions they sold off 38 of them. Two were bought by ITS here in Danville in September 1903. According to Paul Stringham's book, car 138 was rebuilt to snow sweeper 020-1 in 1933 and car 139 was retired 12/26.
ReplyDeleteThere's info about that series cars and some nice photos of them in LVT service in Trolley Talk #71.
There are plans for that series of car drawn by Andrew Maginis in Trolley Talk #72. Plans are great. So much easier to build a model with plans than from photos alone.
CERA Bulletin 98 has a photo of the ITS cars, but it appears to be the same photo you have, with the background cropped out and some retouching with a ball point pen.
Mike Roegner, Danville
The Key Route in Oakland, CA also purchased Lehigh cars from this same group. LVT 139 became Key 251 and later Key 271. Key 271 is preserved at the Western Railway Museum. More information available about it here:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.wrm.org/visit/car-roster/passenger-cars/streetcars/item/65-key-system-271
David Johnston.