Russell,
Thanks for the history on that. It makes sense now. I had looked up IT in my RR
atlas, but didn't find any mention of an Ill. Traction line for some reason. And
I only remembered seeing a few RR cars lettered for Ill. Terminal as both models
and the real thing. Did Ill. Trac. have cars lettered as such?
Thanks again!
Val
Russell Strodtz wrote:
> Val,
>
> It was the "Illinois Traction System". During the late 20's with passenger
> revenues already declining they had the foresight to buy up a number of
> switching railroads in the East St Louis area, one of which was the
> "Illinois Terminal Railroad". When the whole company was reorganized
> in 1937 they used that name.
>
> Railroads acquired:
>
> 01-Jul-25 St Louis Troy and Eastern RR, (Steam, East St Louis to Troy)
> 01-Jul-25 St Louis and Illinois Belt RR, (Steam, Edwardsville to Troy Jct)
> 01-Jan-28 Illinois Terminal RR, (Steam, Edwardsville to Alton)
> At the same time a portion of the recently abandoned East St Louis and
> Suburban Electric (Electric, converted to steam, O'Fallon to Edgemore)
> 01-Jan-30 Alton and Eastern RR (Steam, Grafton to Alton to East St Louis)
> The above line was part of the abandoned Chicago Peoria and St Louis.
>
> As is with the CB&Q history there were complicated ownerships and leases
> involved in all those transactions but the end result was a strong freight
> base in the area to the North of East St Louis.
>
> The book "The Lincoln Land Traction" covers all this stuff in detail
> although it does not contain either a steam or diesel roster.
>
> When the Florida East Coast defaulted on some of it's equipment trusts
> in the late 20's most Railfans know about the 4-8-2's that were scattered
> all over North America. Illinois Traction/Illinois Terminal was also able
> to cash in on their misfortune and got 5 or 6 almost brand new 0-8-0's.
>
> Russ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Val Nelson" <super-chief-val@c...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, 09 March, 2003 14:15
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Digest Number 1620
>
> > I don't think IT stands for "Illinois Traction". I believe it's "Illinois
> > Terminal". There is also an "Iowa Terminal", but I seriously doubt they had
> > any such equipment. lol -Val
> >
> > William Barber wrote:
> >
> > > My guess would be Wabash. Q's 4-8-4s were all numbered 5600 - 5635, IC
> > > never had a 4-8-4 that I know of and Illinois Traction was an
> > > interurban electric RR which had no steam locomotives. I can't remember
> > > what Wabash numbered their 4-8-4s. BTW, the earliest 4-8-4s were
> > > delivered to Northern Pacific in 1926, I believe. That would make the
> > > oldest one about 77 years ago.
> > >
> > > Bill Barber
> > >
> > > On Saturday, March 8, 2003, at 01:28 PM, BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Message: 5
> > > > Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 11:02:23 -0600
> > > > From: Scott Millick <smillick@w...>
> > > > Subject: engines
> > > >
> > > > Is there anywhere that there is a record of the steam engine numbers
> > > > I am
> > > > going through some old photos that are 80 years old or so my
> > > > grandfather
> > > > took. I have a pix of a 4-8-4 steamer number 6117 but no other id on
> > > > it.
> > > > It could be an IC , Wabash CB&Q or Illinois Traction as that is what
> > > > was in
> > > > the area of Hamel. Staunton or Litchfield, Illinois Ideas to see what
> > > > line
> > > > it was?
>
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