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CNR-GTW Steam
Gallery, 1958
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GM&O Gallery, 1950s
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Fantasy Steam Page
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Vintage Diesel
Miscellany
Richard Leonard's
Union Pacific
Gas Turbines
Richard Leonard's
Baker Valve Gear
Berry Accelerator
Valve Gear
Unit Course in
Locomotive Firing
Modern Power for
Today's Trains, 1949
Modern Develop-
ments in Railroad
Motive Power, 1948
ALCo Pacifics
1913 Bulletin
NYC Travel Folder and
B&A Travel Booklet
Historic C&NW
Booklet, 1942
Historic C&IM
Publicity Booklet
Century of Progress
Chicago 1933-34
Chicago Railroad
Fair 1948-49
My Images in the
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Railroadiana for Sale
Keokuk Union Depot
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I have never specifically been a traction or "juice" fan, but along the way I have had some encounters with electric rail motive power and equipment.
My earliest memories of electric railroads go back to childhood family visits on Chicago's south side. I can still hear the whine of the old Illinois Central suburban cars as they accelerated away from station platforms. A move to Detroit exposed us to the New York Central's Detroit River Tunnel motors, and moving to Bloomington, Illinois a year later we encountered an ex-Illinois Traction steeplecab eking out a few more years shuttling coal at the Illinois Power Company plant. A visit to Chicago to photograph the last days of the Nickel Plate Berkshires was the opportunity also to capture a few shots of the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend. On a trip east to take me to theology school in Boston, we snapped a few of the Pennsylvania Railroad's GG1s at speed across the road from our motel. In Boston, of course, I was a frequent rider of the MTA's PCC trolley cars. Then a family reunion at Clear Lake, Iowa, was the occasion for a visit to the Iowa Terminal, in operation at Mason City.
All of the above got recorded on film, either by me or by my brother, the late David V. Leonard, and are presented here for others to enjoy. In addition, occasional visits to railroad or trolley museums yielded several photos of traction equipment. A few of the images below come from other sources available to me. Commentary on most of these images is limited, for the most part to the location and date (and other source if the image is not mine) and whatever I can glean from the Internet about builders, dates of construction, and retirement or preservation. Click on the selections below to view the full-size images. You may also page through the collection sequentially.
Dr. Richard Leonard
BRT 4550
South Carver, Mass.
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CA&E 316
Illinois Railway Museum
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CA&E 317, 316
South Elgin, Illinois
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CMStP&P Bipolar
Chicago Railroad Fair
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CNS&M 160
Illinois Railway Museum
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CNS&M 160
Illinois Railway Museum
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CSS&SB 12
Burnham, Illinois
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CSS&SB 19
Bendix, Indiana
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CSS&SB 19
New Carlisle, IN
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CSS&SB 100
Chicago, Illinois
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CSS&SB 104
Burnham, Illinois
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CSS&SB 902-903
Burnham, Illinois
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CSS&SB 2D+D2 Unit
"Little Joe"
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CSL L202
South Elgin, Illinois
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CSL L202, CA&E 317
South Elgin, Illinois
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CTA Car, CA&E 316
South Elgin, Illinois
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CTA Train
Evanston, Illinois
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CRTA 52
Cleveland, Ohio
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CSRLP 14
Illinois Railway Museum
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D&IM 25
Colorado Railway Mus.
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IATR 33, 102
Mason City, Iowa
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IATR 51, 54
Mason City, Iowa
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IATR 53
Mason City, Iowa
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IATR 60
Mason City, Iowa
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IATR 60
Mason City, Iowa
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IATR 80
Mason City, Iowa
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IC Electric
Chicago, Illinois
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IC Electric
Chicago, Illinois
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IC Electric
Chicago, Illinois
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IPC 2
Bloomington, Illinois
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IPC 2
Bloomington, Illinois
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IPC 2
Bloomington, Illinois
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IT 104
Mus. of Transportation
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IT 415
Illinois Railway Museum
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IT 415
Illinois Railway Museum
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L&PS L3
London, Ontario
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MTA PCC Car
Boston, Massachusetts
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MTA PCC Cars
Boston, Massachusetts
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MTA PCC Car
Brookline, Mass.
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MER&L 972
Illinois Railway Museum
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NOPS 836
Conn. Trolley Museum
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NYC 163
Detroit, Michigan
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Detroit Tunnel Electrics
Detroit, Michigan
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NYC 304-305
Detroit, Michigan
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Oshawa Rwy 18
Conn. Trolley Museum
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PRR 3917
Modern Power Booklet
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PRR 4780
Modern Power Booklet
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PRR 4892
Modern Power Booklet
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PRR 4912
Chicago Railroad Fair
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PRR 4918
Lancaster, Penna.
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Prr4926
Lancaster, Penna.
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PRR 4929
Modern Power Booklet
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PRR 4936
Lancaster, Penna.
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PRR Multiple Unit
Lancaster, Penna.
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PAT 1711
Pittsburgh, Penna.
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