This is a collection of photographic prints from the collection of Robert Clemons, all donated by Thomas Clemons to the Illinois Railway Museum. Many thanks to Thomas and the Clemons family for their generous donation. All images are copyright Illinois Railway Museum. Images may not be reproduced or distributed without authorization.
These photos are of Indiana Railroad subjects, presented more-or-less in numerical order by car. EDIT: Many thanks to Art Peterson for sending in locations and additional info!
Indiana Railroad (IR) 55, location unknown
IR 55, location unknown but surely on a fan trip, given the photographers.
Interior of car 55, which was - and still is, today at the Seashore Trolley Museum - set up as a parlor car.
This view of car 58 at Bluffton is dated August 20, 1938, and noted as being a CERA trip.
This photo of car 58 looks like it's on a fan trip, too, so it's possible it may be the same trip. Art Peterson: Location is Springport.
IR 60, location unknown
Car 65, which would become the "mother car" of the nascent Illinois Electric Railway Museum some 13 years later, is shown leading cars 57 and 58 over the White River Bridge near Chesterfield, Indiana, on a May 19, 1940, fan trip promoted by the Indianapolis Railfans Club.
IR 68, location unknown
IR 81 in Yorktown, between Anderson and Muncie. The car's skirts are gone so it's probably near the end.
A three-car train of high-speeds in Columbus, Indiana.
High-speed 52 passes car 55, which presumably was on a fan trip, at Port, Indiana.
IR 375-377 were rebuilt from combines to coach-RPO cars in 1935 and were fan favorites. The location of this wintertime shot of IR 375 is unknown.
A truck under IR 375. This car exists today on static display in Scottsburg, but is on Bettendorfs.
This is a famous photo shoot from a fan trip; note the bridge lettered for Union Traction. Art Peterson: This bridge is over Falls Creek in Pendleton.
IR 376 enters street trackage (Art Peterson: this is in Pendleton). This car is preserved today at IRM, albeit in heavily modified condition as South Shore line car 1100.
IR 376 as seen out the window of another car. Art Peterson: I think the view of the 375-class car from another car is Burr Cut Siding and that view would be from the 1150 on the trip they ran with it on 1-1-41.
IR 376 is stopped in Yoder, between Fort Wayne and Bluffton. The Yoder depot is still there, as is the grain elevator in the background.
IR 377 is lit up under the Indianapolis Traction Terminal train shed with a high-speed in the background. This car, too, is preserved at IRM in highly modified condition as South Shore package trailer 504.
IR 442, pictured in New Castle, was built by Jewett in 1913 as Grand Rapids Holland & Chicago 20. It ran for a time on Michigan Railway as their number 112, then was sold to Union Traction in 1927 as car 442 "Eaton." It was rebuilt as a one-man car, with its original rear end turned into its front, around 1935.
IR 445, shown in Indianapolis, has an identical history to 442 except that it was GRH&C 23, MRy 115, and then UTC 445 "Daleville."
IR 458 is pulling a trailer (probably an ex-IPS car in the 301-303 series) on a fan trip in Columbus, Indiana, on August 21, 1938. (Other photos taken on this trip are dated August 1, 1938 - anyone know for sure?) This car was built by St. Louis in 1926 as Indiana Service Corp 379, part of the same order as the 375-377 series cars.
The same consist is shown in this photo (incorrectly labeled as the Ohio River Bridge - thanks to Art Peterson for noting this), August 21, 1938.
Amo, Indiana, is halfway between Indianapolis and Greencastle on the line to Terre Haute. An unknown car, possibly 457 or 458 but it's hard to tell, is stopped at the attractive Amo depot in this undated photo. The car in the foreground may be a portable substation. The depot building still stands today.
IR 1150 was a wrecker converted in 1934 from combine 443, the "Elwood." It had originally been built in 1913 by Jewett as GRH&C 21, later Michigan Railways 113, then back to GRH&C before becoming UTC 443 in 1927. Art Peterson: Location is Anderson.
This isn't an IR car, of course, though it would have encountered IR cars daily. It's an unidentified Indianapolis Railways car, a Peter Witt from the 101-190 series built by Brill in 1932-34. These were just about the most modern streetcars built before the advent of the streamliner and PCC era. This photo was taken after IR was gone, with the streetcar in its later red/white/black livery.
These last two photos are, of course, post-IR. They are dated February 9, 1962, and show the Indianapolis Traction Terminal train shed as it existed at that time, serving as a bus station.
The story goes that the train shed was dismantled and the pieces donated to the Indiana Museum of Transportation and Communication, or IMOTAC, located in Forest Park in Noblesville. Some years later, the pieces were all sold for scrap.
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