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This postcard shows the residential north end of Libertyville on a wintry day at the turn-of-the-century. Note the warning sign by the St. Paul railroad tracks.

People drinking in interior of train lounge car with windows, curtains, tables, and chairs. From a series of images shot by (Peoria) Journal Star photographer Jack L. Bradley

Mainly material relating to Wheeler's investigations of Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn, but also a few items regarding the Pacific railway route, newspaper articles about Wheeler, and review…

Transportation & Communication; Car after collision with Big Four train west of Bloomington, 1945

Chicago in 1950 was at the height of its power as the railroad center of the United States. Fully 37 long-distance railroad lines, operated by 21 independent railroad companies, fanned out from Chicag…

Caption: "A typical view in the smaller sized portion of the tunne.l"

Transportation & Communication; Trabaugh, new Alton General Yard Master

Three Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph newspaper articles described events around a fatal train accident involving Phillip Sherman who backed out of a private drive onto the Union Pacific tracks at th…

Transportation & Communication; Car after collision with Big Four train west of Bloomington, 1945

Newspaper article on July 29, 1972 reported that Towanda's railroad depot was going to be closed. Under terms of the ICC decision, GM&O would no longer have an agent at Towanda and might abandon and r…

Transportation & Communication; Train wreck at Gibson City, Illinois

Manuscript; Caption title; At head of title: (Copy)

Yes Historic Champaign County - Neighborhoods and Homes

Drawing, color When the 705 miles of charter line were completed in 1856, the Illinois Central (the largest north-south rail line in the United States at that time) was the longest railroad in the wor…

Part of Thomas Lee Ballenger papers, Cherokee Documents, 1730-1939. Collection contains original documents and some copies that describe the Cherokee Indian's political, historical, and cultural quest…

Silver train with fields and buildings in the background and trees, children, and a dog in the foreground

This is a post card of the C. B. & Q. R. R. Depot in Quincy, IL. On the back is a written message. Color Advertisement. 5.5" x 3.5".

Four men sitting at the rear of a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Parlor car, being waited on by a porter.

by J. R. Scott. Caption title. "October 23, 1896."--Caption. Printed in double columns.