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Viewing Entries 1 - 19 of 19 Page  1 Image Title Description Object Date Accession # Location More Info Passenger Trains of Yesteryear, Chicago Eastbound Includes data on Chicago--Passenger Hub of the Nation. Passenger railroads and stations and long-distance trains serving the east and south. Also Medium distant trains to the midwest, Chicago's communter trains & Chicago's passenger trains today. b&w photographs. book : softcover 2002 2007.034.085 Library HE2583.W45 2001 More Info Passenger Trains of Yesteryear, Chicago Westbound Includes data on Chicago--Passenger Hub of the Nation. Passenger railroads and stations and long-distance trains serving the west and north. Also Medium distant trains to the midwest, Chicago's communter trains & Chicago's passenger trains today. b&w photographs, index of photographs book : softcover 2002 2007.034.086 Library HE2583.W45 2001 More Info Aurora-Elgin Area, Street Cars & Interurbans; Volume 4 Discusses the time when a truly unique method of transportation linked rural American towns with each other and with big cites. Covers the various independent interurbans that operated from Aura and Elgin. All technically independent from the mighty Aurora, Elgin & Chicago but dependent on it for their existence. First edition b&w photographs, charts maps, reproductions of documents, index. book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover 1993 2007.034.136 Library More Info Aurora-Elgin Area, Street Cars & Interurbans; Volume 3 The Third Rail Line, Chicago, Aurora & Elgin R. R. began operations as a high speed interurban which linked Chicago with the Fox River Valley. Covers entire period of operation. First edition b&w photographs, charts maps, reproductions of documents, index. book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover 1993 2007.034.137 Library More Info Aurora-Elgin Area, Street Cars & Interurbans; Volume 2 Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric Company Covers the history, beginning to end and the operations of the new company formed in 1924 to take over the street car and interurban lines in the Fox River Valley. First edition b&w photographs, charts maps, reproductions of documents, index. book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover 1993 2007.034.138 Library More Info Sunset Lines, Story of the Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railroad Volume 1 of a 3 volume set. 1- Trackage. History of a railroad that offered fast electric cars for over five decades in the area west of Chicago. Started as mixed service interurban and evolved into a major commuter service. b&w photographs, maps, index. book : hardcover, dust jacket 1986 2007.034.151 Library TF725.C42P56 1986 More Info Illinois Terminal, The Electric Years Interurban 'streamliners, trolley freight steam, railbus, all helped make Illinois Terminal, an interurban time warp. The railroad is traced back to its earliest days and continued to the end of electric operations in 1958. Contains some of the finest traction photography. b&w & col. photographs, rosters, system map and ITS railroadiana. book : hardcover, dustjacket in plastic cover 1989 2007.034.178 Library TF25.1422377 1989 More Info Illinois Terminal, The Electric Years Interurban 'streamliners, trolley freight steam, railbus, all helped make Illinois Terminal, an interurban time warp. The railroad is traced back to its earliest days and continued to the end of electric operations in 1958. Contains some of the finest traction photography. b&w & col. photographs, rosters, system map and ITS railroadiana. book : hardcover, dustjacket in plastic cover 1989 2007.034.178 Library TF25.1422377 1989 More Info Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad - How the Medal was Won CERA Bulletin 12. Primarily contains the material regarding "Cost of Reproduction of the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway Company in Indiana" and the Brief submitted for the 5th annual award of the Charles A. Coffin Foundation. b&w photographs, charts, maps, reproductions of records. book : hardcover 1985 2007.034.182 Library More Info Days of the North Shore Line The line started operations in 1896 as a small street lin in Waukegan, Illinois. Within 20 years it had become a substantial electric interurban railway loperating large cars on fast schedules between Chicago and Milwaukee. Also operated streetcar service in Waukegan and Milwaukee, motorcoach routes and tours, and was a pioeer is what is known as piggy back rail freight operations. Ended in 1963. First Printing: December 1985 b&w photographs, maps chronology and old literature. book : hardcover, dustjacket in plastic cover 1885 2007.034.186 Library TF25.C43C36 1985 More Info North Shore – America’s Fastest Interurban The transformation of a small trolley line into one of the finest examples of the electric interurban railway in America. 2nd printing April 1964. b&w photos, maps. book : hardcover, dustjacket in plastic cover 1963 2007.034.185 Library More Info Interurban to Milwaukee CERA Bulletin #106. Covers the North Shore Railroad from Chicago north and then south to Milwaukee. Includes discussion of passenger and freight services. b&w photographs, timetables, advertisements, rolling stock and the electrical system. book : duotang type cover with metal coil binding inside 1962 2007.034.192 Library More Info Aurora ‘n’ Elgin Being a compendium of word and Picture recalling the Everyday Operations of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad. b&w photographs. book : hardcover, rebind 1965 2007.034.193 Library More Info Insull Chicago Interurbans, The – CA&E – CNS&M – CSS&SB in Color Sam Insull was responsible for the longevity of the Chicago electric lines. This book takes the reader back to those years when the remains of the Insull empire struggled to survive. Only one made it. col. photographs with detailed descriptions. book : hardcover, dustjacket 1996 2007.034.197 Library More Info Story of the Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railroad, Vol 2, History One of the 3 major "Insull Interurbans" operating out of Chicago. 2nd in a 3 part series. It concentrates on company history starting with the early Fox Valley streetcar lines in 1890 and continues to track removal in 1962 and 1963. b&w photographs, index. book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover 1989 2007.034.199 Library TF725.C42P56 1986 More Info Aurora-Elgin Area–Street Cars & Interurbans–Fox River Division, Vol. 1 The first volume of a 4 part set. Ambling recollections, nostalgic, at times poignant, take the reader to a time when life was simpler, when a truly unique method of transportation linked rural American towns with each other and with cities. b&w photographs, reproductions of textual records, maps, index. book : hardcover, dust jacket 1993 2007.034.202 Library More Info Dairy Route, The Story of a small unsuccessful interurban line, the Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company, beginning west of Chicago, serving the countryside and running to Chicago. b&w photographs, reproductions, charts, maps. book : hardcover, plastic protected 1967 2007.034.203 Library Duneland Electric South shore line in transition. Interurban Chicago to South Bend, Indiana. Highlights the decade of change in the last interurban's history. A geographic survey of the line and facilities, assessment of how the South Shore changed in the period covered using passenger rolling stock and freights services / motive power as indicators. Chronicles the public activity that led to the rescue of the passenger service and refurbishment. b&w photographs, col. photographs. book : softcover 1984 2007.034.215 Library Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Letter Requesting Job Assistance for Unemployed Bret Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Letter Requesting Job Assistance for Unemployed Brethren. Open letter written by the President of the Chapter in Peoria Illinois, W. Carter on August 1, 1909 to all recording secretaries of the B. of L. F. & E. textual record : business correspondence August 1, 1909 2012.058.008 2-2-5-24 Viewing Entries 1 - 19 of 19 Page  1