The IT collection consists of a variety of pictures of various sorts. Captions on the back are in quotes.
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| RH: Fan trip with the 277, at Monticello, I believe |
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| RH: Probably the same |
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| RH: Same fan trip at Champaign |
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| Parlor car 535 |
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| "Illinois Terminal Granite City, Illinois Red, blue trimming used as an experiment with this one car Color scheme not considered satis- factory" |
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| "Alton, Illinois 3-car passenger train used at evening rush hour" |
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| At Springfield 1947 |
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| Peoria |
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"A VIEW SHOWING THE BARNS AT PEORIA, ILLINOIS." RH: Car 273, unsure of number of Class B, probably 1569. IVDIV - CO&P
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| CO&P #56 |
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| RH: CO&P #81 |
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| CO&P #82 |
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| "Rockdale, Ill. Sept. 23, 1933 C&IV R.R. CHICAGO & ILLINOIS VALLEY R.R. #69" Photo by Ed Frank, Jr. |
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| "Aug. 4, 1934 C&IV R.R. at Ottawa, Ill. OLDEST EQUIPMENT of Chi. & Ill. Valley" (RH: #56, lettered "Westclox Special") |
6 comments:
Absent being able to expand the Peoria photo to read the number on the Class B; I would suspect it is likely 1569, which was the East Peoria switch engine for years.
That's probably the case. I have the advantage of being able to look at the actual prints with a magnifying glass, but they're still just 3x5s with limited resolution. I can't make the number out for sure, but it's consistent with 1569 (or 1565, etc. etc.)
Unfortunately, its too far under the building to see if it has the raised 3rd pole. I believe 1569 was the only B to have that feature.
The first two photos look like Danville to me.
Gregory K.
Thank you for posting these interesting pictures. Car 535 is lettered for the Chicago Ottawa & Peoria and has an impressive "Illini Trail" logo, so it should be featured in the ICDIV - CO&P section.
I apologize; the last comment on car 535 was from Tony Gura
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