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Illinois & Midland Railroad
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This web site features images scanned from a 48-page publicity booklet produced by the Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway. The booklet includes only four pages of text, with a brief survey of the railroad’s history. The rest of the booklet consists of pictures of railroad right of way, stations, facilities, rolling stock and locomotives; and a map.
The booklet was issued around 1954 at the instigation of long-time C&IM president Fred Schrader. The text refers to the end of passenger service in 1953, but the photographs come from earlier years (note the automobile models in a few pictures). The map still shows lines long-abandoned in the 1950s such as the Chicago, Springfield & St. Louis, and the Illinois Central Electric interurban line in Fulton County (discontinued in 1928).
According to central Illinois railroad authority Richard Wallin, who co-authored (with Paul Stringham and John Szwajkart) a 1979 book on the C&IM, the booklet’s photographs were taken by the Herbert Georg studio of Springfield. The images do not include the 750-series 2-10-2s purchased in 1951 from the Atlantic Coast Line because, according to Mr. Wallin, the railroad had ceased to use the George studio by the time those locomotives arrived. The C&IM operated steam power until 1955, when Mr. Schrader, a steam enthusiast, retired and the railroad transitioned to diesel power.
Formerly owned by Commonwealth Edison, the Chicago & Illinois Midland is now the Illinois & Midland Railroad, part of the Genesee & Wyoming system.
Click on the selection below to bring up a full size image. You can also page through the book sequentially. All pages are shown except blanks, and the back cover which has a black-and-white version of the C&IM herald. In its place we have substituted a photo of one of the ex-ACL 2-10-2s. I have added my commentary only on the pages showing steam locomotives.
Dr. Richard Leonard
Front Cover
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Title Page
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Text, Page 5
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Text, Page 6
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Text, page 7
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Text, page 8
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Fast Merchandise Service
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Coal to New Horizons
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Industrial Service
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Freight Station, Pekin
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Freight Station, Havana
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Freight Station, Springfield
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Freight Station, Pawnee
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Freight Station, Kincaid
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Agricultural Development HQ
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Typical Grade Separation
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Main Line Perfection
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Picturesque Abe Lincoln Country
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Right of Way Diversification
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Fast Track
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Super Power Production, Powerton
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Modern Coal Mining, Peabody Mine
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River-Rail Coal Transfer Terminal
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River-Rail Automatic Coal Transfer
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Coal from Car to Barge, Havana
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Service to Illinois River Coal Transfer
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General Storehouse, Springfield
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Storekeeping on the Midland
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Roundhouse, Springfield
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Roundhouse, Taylorville
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70-Ton Gondola
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70-Ton Hopper
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50-Ton Hopper
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40-Ton Box Car
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Container Car
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Standard Caboose
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Standard Caboose Interior
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Standard Caboose Kitchen and Locker
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Heavy Duty Derrick
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Standard Switching Locomotive
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Fast Freight Locomotive
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Heavy Mine Switcher
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Heavy Freight Service
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Map of C&IM Railway
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Ex-ACL 2-10-2 No. 757
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