Flyer Index

Annual Index 1987-2007 (Vol 1-21)
The Observation Platform What is the Illinois Traction Society? We Are the Illinois Terminal Once Upon a Railroad Illinois Terminal- East, West Divisions Gone.. But Not Forgotten How to Make the Flyer Researching The Illinois Terminal "Well, It Could Have Been........ The Illinois Terminal is Gone! Then and Now The East End Kid, George I. Wynn Remember When?? Why was there an Obs. Platform? Here we Grow Again! Charles E. B. Wilson Dear Observation The Centennial Year The Road that Personalized Service The People who Tell the IT Story Rails to Trails A Reflection on An Engineer The Personality of the Police Dept Discovering the IT The Importance of Being P.C. on IT When I became an Illinois Terminal Fan I Never Got to Know the IT A Sense of History W. Janssen: Knowledgeable Authority Memories of a Railroad Man Paul Stringham - Railfan Exemplar Myths & Adventures on the IT A Quick Glance Back “Doc” Howard Blackburn: Railfan Deluxe Transfer House-A Treasure of Decatur An Evening with Mike Schafer 20 Years Later The ITSociety History The IT: My American Dream A Peoria Gateway inspiration Springfield circa 1969	Page 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3	Issue 4/87 9/87 4/88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Fall 89 Spring 90 Fall 90 Spring 91 Fall 91 Spring 92 Fall 92 Spring 93 Fall 93 Spring 94 Fall 94 Spring/Fall 95 Spring/Fall 96 Spring/Fall 97 Spring 98 Fall 98 Spring 99 Fall 99 Spring 00 Fall 00 Spring 01 Fall 01 Spring 02 Fall 02 Spring 03 Fall 03 Spring 04 Fall 04 Spring 05 Fall 05 Spring 06 Fall 06 Spring 07 Fall 07
The Archives The Class "D"- Streamliner of Freight Motors The Arrival of the Alco The Illinois Terminal Streamliners The SD39 - Pride of the Diesel Fleet The Substation Story The Alton Dinky (Railbus) The Illini Trail (The CO&P) The Bantam SW 1200 Workhorse Parlor Car Service Carrying the Markers (Cabooses) The St. Louis & Alton The Illinois Terminal GP-7 The Class "C" The Block Signal The Peoria Gateway The IT Covered Wagon Trail (F7-A&B) 100 Years of The IT – Electric Era 100 Years of The IT – Diesel Era Mainline Passenger Cars Steeple Cab Power On the ITS The Tale of Two Docks (Plus One) The PCC: Streamliners of Streetcars The Ultimate Road Power - GP38-2 The Class “B” Locomotive The Interlockers and Crossings The Great East Side Railway The East St. Louis & Suburban and the Illinois Terminal The "Traction" in Springfield The Express Service Illinois Terminal SW1500s Peoria Railway Terminal Kankakee & Urbana Traction Springfield, Clear Lake & Rochester Dispatching on the IT The Elite Fleet 273-285 Iron Ore on the IT The Lone Switcher SW8 (Roster) The ITS in Decatur Part I (Electric era) The ITS in Decatur Part II (Diesel era) The Rise & Fall of Passenger Service The Maintence of Way Dept. The IT's Pennsylvania Secondary Line The Peoria Gateway The Illinois Terminal's Police Dept.	Page 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 20 4 4 4 4 16 22 4 4 4 15 5 5 4 4 14 4 8	Issue 4/87 9/87 4/88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Fall 89 Spring 90 Fall 90 Spring 91 Fall 91 Spring 92 Fall 92 Spring 93 Fall 93 Spring 94 Fall 94 Spring/Fall 95 Spring/Fall 96 Spring/Fall 97 Spring 98 Fall 98 Spring 99 Fall 99 Spring 00 Fall 00 Spring 01 Spring 01 Fall 01 Spring 02 Fall 02 Spring 03 Spring 03 Spring 03 Fall 03 Spring 04 Fall 04 Fall 04 Spring 05 Fall 05 Spring 06 Fall 06 Fall 06 Spring 07 Fall 07
Green Flags/ White Flags The Rise and Fall of the Streamliners The Urbana-Danville Run The 260 Series Passenger Motor Dining Car China of the IT Steam Operations on the ITC 23 Cents per Hour, 63 Hours / Week IT Crew Assignments April 27, 1941	Page 16 23 17 12 11 37 38	Issue Fall 88 Fall 89 Spring 90 Spring 91 Fall 91 Spring/Fall 97 Spring/Fall 97
The Roster The Class "D" Alco RS1-S2 The Streamliners SD39 Substations Railbus and Grafton Line Equipment The 260 series Passenger Motor The SW 1200 The Parlor Cars The Subways The Caboose Fleet The F-7 A & B Roster The Class “A” & “O” The IT’s Navy (Tugboats) Steam Locomotive #30-32 St. Louis & Alton Cars F7 - A & B IT GP-7s The Class "C" The Block Signals Diesel Renumbering Program Passenger Car Roster The Class “A” and “O” The IT Navy; Tugboats The PCC The GP38-2 The Class “B” Interlockers and Crossings Equipment of the East St. Louis & Suburban Springfield On-Line Industries Express Equipment The SW 1500s Ordnance Railroad Equipment Peoria Railway Terminal Equipment Kankakee & Urbana Traction The Yard Limits Motors 273-285 / Trailers 528-535 SW8 Decatur On-Line Industries Location of Maintenace of Way Gangs Passenger Train Abandonments	Page 10 10 22 6 15 8 22 9 20 18 19 13 13 15 19 12 13 12 16 22 42 22 13 15 14 9 4 17 23 28 28 10 18 15 25 19 18 15 30 24 20	Issue 4/88 9/87 Fall 88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Fall 89 Spring 90 Fall 90 Spring 91 Spring 92 Fall 91 Fall 94 Spring 98 Fall 98 Fall 98 Spring 92 Fall 94 Fall 92 Spring 93 Fall 93 Spring/Fall 96 Spring/Fall 97 Spring 98 Fall 98 Spring 99 Fall 99 Spring 00 Fall 00 Spring 01 Fall 01 Spring 02 Fall 02 Fall 02 Spring 03 Spring 03 Fall 03 Spring 04 Fall 04 Fall 05 Fall 06 Fall 06
The Storeroom The ITS Paperweight The IT Cardboard Ruler The Ashtray SD39 Saftey Glass Award Streamliner Door Key IT Switch Lock and Keys Railbus #206 The CO&P Pass The Calendar Menus The Caboose Marker Lantern St. Louis & Alton Cars Switchstands The Class C #1595 IT Passenger Passes Passenger Revenue Tickets Tools of the Trade The PCC Cars IT Standard Interlocker Appliances The Oncinawile 1947 Directory of Industries The ITC Light Bulb Post-Interurban History - Decatur Stations Train Orders and Related Forms The Stepbox	Page 10 10 10 9 9 18 9 12 10 22 14 17 16 22 32 34 36 16 22 10 30 12 38 22 22	Issue 4/87 9/87 4/88 Fall 88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Fall 89 Spring 90 Fall 90 Spring 91 Fall 91 Spring 92 Fall 92 Spring 93 Spring/Fall 97 Spring/Fall 97 Spring/Fall 97 Spring 99 Fall 00 Spring 01 Fall 01 Fall 04 Spring 05 Fall 05 Fall 06
The Stationery Shop Streamliner Post Cards Bloomington Station Peoria Station and Bridge Postcards Alton-Grafton Cards CO&P Cards The Depot Cards Parlor Car Cards Freight Trains St. Louis & Alton GP-7 Card The Class C Postcard Lebanon - East St. Louis	Page 10 9 18 9 12 10 21 20 17 17 22 30	Issue 4/88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Fall 89 Spring 90 Fall 90 Spring 91 Fall 91 Spring 92 Fall 92 Spring 93 Spring 01
The Plat - System Map System Map of 1930 Steam Division Map of 1919 Streamliner Map of 1948 System Map of 1969 Substation Map of 1931 A&E Map of 1925 System Map of 1923 System Map of 1955 System Map 1928 East Peoria-Farm Creek Yard Proposed Routes Proposed Alternate Routes Interstate Highway Routes The ITS: June 4, 1917 The Alton & Eastern (Steam Division) IT Trackage Map of Springfield St. Louis Terminal System Map 1910 System Map 1924 ITS vs. The Hardroad System	Page 11 11 11 10 19 14 13 15 10 12 21 26 27 17 16 16 14 32 32 18	Issue 4/87 9/87 4/88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Fall 89 Spring 90 Fall 90 Fall 91 Spring 94 Spring/Fall 95 Spring/Fall 96 Spring/Fall 97 Spring 98 Fall 98 Fall 01 Fall 03 Spring 04 Fall 04 Spring 06
The Plat – Stations The Danville South Lines The Danville Champaign Line The Champaign - Springfield Line Mackinaw to Decatur Peoria to Springfield Springfield-Granite City Litchfield-Hillsboro The Valley Division The St. Louis & Alton East Peoria - Farm Creek Yard St. Louis-Granite City The Ogden-Homer Line The Pennsy Secondary Line Route 66 - The IT Rail's Road The Peoria Gateway The St. Louis - Granite City Crime Area	Page 12 12 12 11 20 15 16 14 15 12 15 25 10 22 16 19	Issue 4/87 9/87 4/88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Fall 89 Fall 89 Spring 90 Spring 92 Spring 94 Spring 99 Spring 99 Fall 99 Fall 02 Spring 07 Fall 07
The Timetable Passenger - April 27, 1941 Freight - April 30, 1950 - #20 Passenger - Nov. 7, 1948 Freight - Feb 1, 1970 - #1 Public Timetable - Nov. 9, 1924 Employee - Alton-Grafton 4/29/51 Public (CO&P) - December 3, 1933 Employee # 9 - November 25, 1955 Employee #13,14,26,1,10 - (1941-1960) St. Louis & Alton - 6/25/38 Public- April 24, 1949 Employee #10 Supplement #1 & #2 Passenger Timetable Roster Employee Timetable Roster Public - June 4, 1917 Employee: A&E #45 - 10/26/58 The Bridge Car Schedule Employee #26 Central-Eastern - 7/21/29 Employee #14 - 10/11/42 Public - June 4, 1917 Employee - August 25,1909 Public - November 9, 1924 Employee #19 - 1/15/50 Employee #8 - 6/12/55 Employee #5 9/4/04 Public 9/25/55	Page 13 18 15 23 31 10 16 22 21 20 20 18 30 21 16 23 17 24 21 30 31 25 7 29 23 23	Issue 4/87 9/87 4/88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Fall 89 Spring 90 Fall 90 Fall 91 Spring 92 Spring 93 Fall 94 Spring/Fall 95 Spring/Fall 96 Spring 98 Fall 98 Spring 99 Spring 00 Fall 02 Fall 02 Fall 03 Spring 04 Fall 04 Fall 05 Spring 06 Spring 06
The Shops Painting the Class "D" Painting the Alco RS1-S2 Painting the Streamliners Modeling / Painting the SD39 Standard Rotary Substation The Tower Car Modeling The SW 1200 The Caboose Fleet The GP-7 Paint Schemes Drawings The Switchstand Modeling the GP-7 Modeling the Class C Modeling the Block Signal The F7-B Painting IT’s #273-285 The Class “A” & “O” Road Steam Locomotives #30-32 GP38-2 Drawing Modeling the Class “B” ITS Trainman’s Interlocker HO Scale IT SW1500s The Phone Booths Passenger Motors 273-285 SW8 Decatur Passenger Station The Standard Tool House The ITS Business Car 233 The Atlas Illinois Terminal RS-1	Page 14 14 16 13 16,26 11 16 22 13 16 19 18 24 14 28 14 18 9 22 24 28 28 20 18 16 24 28 28	Issue 4/87 9/87 4/88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Fall 89 Fall 90 Fall 91 Fall 92 Fall 92 Fall 92 Spring 93 Fall 93 Fall 94 Spring/Fall 97 Spring 98 Fall 98 Fall 99 Spring 00 Fall 00 Fall 02 Fall 03 Spring 04 Fall 04 Fall 05 Fall 06 Spring 07 Fall 07
The Car Shops The High Side Chip Gondola The 34' Composite Hopper The 50' All Steel Box-Series 700-807 IT 50' Flatcars 70 ton Airslide Covered Hopper Drop Bottom Gondola 70 Ton Drop End Gondola 50 ' Plug Door Box Car ITC 637 40' 6000 Series Box Car The 3000 Series Gondola The 100 Ton P-S Covered Hopper Bloomington Box Car Car Markings The ITS Snow Plow The 4700 Series Triple Coal Hopper The 3100 Series Gondola The 960-965 (ATSF) Caboose The 125-134 Series Covered Hopper The 620 - 621 60' Box Car The ITC 8200 & 8300 (51500) Series Automobile Box Cars The 8100 Series Boxcar The 902-916 Series Boxcar	Page 20 19 15 25 22 23 21 27 22 6 6 7 22 18 25 25 13 18 18 26 29 10	Issue 9/87 4/88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Fall 89 Spring 90 Fall 90 Fall 91 Fall 92 Spring 93 Fall 93 Spring 94 Fall 94 Spring 98 Fall 98 Spring 99 Fall 99 Spring 00 Spring 02 Fall 03 Spring 04 Fall 04
The IT Sign Shop Whistle Sign Stop Board St. Louis Station Sign Boundary Markers Mile Post Yard Limit Keep Off Of The Bridge Cross Buck No Trespassing Subway Sign Close Clearance Sign Speed Sign Slow Signs Block Signal Signs Siding Sign Section Insulator Sign Steam Division Milepost Sign Pole Sign Station Sign Close Clearance Sign Standard ITS Crash Gate Subway Water Guage Electric Railroad Crossing The “Y” Sign Drumhead Tail Signs	Page 22 22 27 25 22 23 21 22 27 18 22 7 7 7 17 26 24 24 26 24 26 29 20 31 24	Issue 9/87 4/88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Fall 89 Spring 90 Fall 90 Spring 91 Fall 91 Spring 92 Fall 92 Spring 93 Spring 93 Fall 93 Fall 94 Spring/Fall 97 Fall 98 Spring 99 Fall 99 Spring 00 Fall 00 Fall 01 Fall 02 Spring 04 Spring 06
The Annual Report 1956 - The Sale of the Illinois Terminal 1957 - The Year of Transition 1958 - The End of an Era 1959 - The Downhill Slide 1960 - A Lackluster Year 1961 1962 - Turning The Tide 1963 - A Spirit Of Optimism 1964 - A Dim Year 1965 - A Brighter Future 1966 - A Banner Year 1967 - A Most Unfortunate Year 1968 - A New Beginning 1969 - A Much Better Year 1970 - Confidence In The Future 1971 - A Profitable Year 1906 - The Beginning 1980 - Good News and Bad News 1972 - Profitability Returns 1973 - A Very Good Year 1974 - A Year To Be Proud Of 1975 - A Year of Decline 1976 - The Spirit of ’76 1977 - Bridge Out!!! 1978 - Bleak as Winter 1979 - Favorable Weather Ahead 1980 - Generations 1906 - Great Expectations 1907 - The Goal in Sight 1909: A Year of Development 1910: A Bright Future 1911: A Very Economical Showing 1912: A Boom Year 1913: An Aggressive Year 1914: An Up and Down Year 1937-A Newly Reorganzied Company 1938-Illinois-Iowa Power Co. Emerges 1939 - The Power Company Emerges	Page 19 17 18 24 32 24 24 23 23 28 19 23 23 27 27 23 43 43 39 23 27 27 27 27 27 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 39 31 27 30 7	Issue 4/87 9/87 4/88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Fall 89 Spring 90 Fall 90 Spring 91 Fall 91 Spring 92 Fall 92 Spring 93 Fall 93 Spring 94 Fall 94 Spring/Fall 95 Spring/Fall 96 Spring/Fall 97 Spring 98 Fall 98 Spring 99 Fall 99 Spring 00 Fall 00 Spring 01 Fall 01 Spring 02 Fall 02 Spring 03 Fall 03 Spring 04 Fall 04 Spring 05 Fall 05 Spring 06 Fall 06 Fall 07
The B&B Department Georgetown Station Champaign Station Bloomington Station Standard Tool House Peoria Station Concrete Block Substation Springfield Station East Belt Barn Auburn Station A&E Alton Depot Gauntlet Bridge Hamel Station Buff Brick Depot IT Standard Flat Top Culvert Bridge Carlinville Depot Passenger Pagoda East Peoria Station East Peoria Shop Support Buildings East Peoria Shops Edwardsville Station Homer Park The Pennsy Connection (Morton) East Belt Yard Office Decatur Shops The Adam Street Station: Peoria	Page 21 20 25 26 22 23 19 11 14 13 14 16 18 24 4 4 14 6 14 4 18 24 24 34 26	Issue 9/87 4/88 Fall 88 Fall 88 Spring 89 Spring 89 Fall 89 Fall 90 Fall 90 Spring 92 Spring 92 Spring 92 Fall 92 Spring 92 Spring 93 Fall 93 Spring 94 Spring 94 Spring 94 Fall 94 Spring 99 Fall 99 Spring 02 Spring 05 Spring 07
The Publicity Department The Class "D" Public Timetable - 4/50 The Alco Public Timetable 4/30/53 Streamliner Display Schedule	Page 20 23 23	Issue 4/87 9/87 4/88
Along the Right of Way ITS vs. the Hard Road (Subways) An Illinois Terminal Fan - George Isaacs Rags: ITS Mascot Sangamon Ordnance Plant Ideal Train Service Ray Reed: Motorman The Conductor The Life of Exec. Vice President H. E. Chubbuck	Page 18 19 17 12 22 28 28 20	Issue Fall 99 Spring 00 Spring 02 Fall 02 Fall 03 Spring 06 Fall 06 Spring 07
The Waybill Covered Hopper of Pigeons Boxcar of Rattlesnakes "Lips" Gaseous Flatus Expired Chickens Rabbits!! Eggs! Pet Rocks Smoke! Horse Spit Excursion for Horses Coffee Cup IT Tour Maps	Page Insert 24 Insert Insert Insert 24 Insert Insert Insert Insert Insert Insert Insert	Issue 4/87 9/87 4/88 Fall 88 Spring 90 Fall 90 Spring 91 Spring 92 Fall 92 Spring 93 Fall 93 Spring 94 Fall 94
The Electrical Department Power Collection Experiments	Page 24	Issue Fall 04
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