Dale Jenkins Illinois Terminal Railroad Research

Our President and founding member of the ITS, Dale Jenkins has completed exhaustive research on numerous topics covering the Illinois Traction and Illinois Terminal Railroad.  That research is presented on this and the following pages.  Many thanks to Dale.  We believe that you find the information highly informative and useful.  The information is provided in volumes by topic.  Each topic is described below and includes associated links to access the documents described.

THE OBSCURE HISTORY OF THE ILLINOIS TERMINAL

Just as described - Little known facts about the Illinois Terminal - Check it out!

Obscure History of the Illinois Terminal

DRAWINGS

This Volume includes a great number of engineering and other drawings from the ITS and ITC.  They can be accessed through the links below:

Bridge Department

Diesel Locomotive Lettering Diagrams

Freight Motor Drawings

100 Series Passenger Equipment Drawings

Interurban Passenger Equipment Drawings

Streamliner Drawings - Part 1

Streamliner Drawings - Part 2

Overhead Department

Right of Way

System-wide Station Drawings

Decatur Station Blueprints

East Peoria Station Blueprints

 Peoria Station Blueprints

Springfield Station Blueprints

Structures

The McKinley Bridge

Substations

FEHL MAPS

Mr. George Fehl of St. Louis prepared a large number of highly detailed maps of the Illinois Traction System in the early to mid-1900's.  They are truly works of art and provide insight to what the Illinois Traction System really looked like at the zenith of it's history.

Decatur-Mackinaw

Springfield-Champaign-Urbana

Springfield-Peoria

Springfield-St. Louis

Urbana - Danville

ILLINOIS RAILROADS - THEN & NOW

This Volume includes an extensive listing of information regarding railroads - steam, diesel, and electric that operate or have operated in Illinois including reporting marks, routes, stations and more!

The Guide to Illinois Railroads - Then and Now

LINCOLN LIBRARY DOCUMENTS

This Volume provides a directory by box number and file of the extensive collection of railroad related documents housed by the Lincoln Library.  These documents cover numerous railroad related topics from Abandonments to Work Equipment.

Lincoln Library Document Directory

PROMOTIONAL BOOKLETS

This Volume includes two (2) promotional Booklets that were published by the ITS.  The first is a summary of the Illini Trail, and the second is a summary of Industrial Sites along the Illinois Terminal in the Metro-East St. Louis Terminal.

Illini Trail

Metro-East Terminal Promotional Booklet

ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION RESOURCES

Listing of Illinois Commerce Commission Annual Reports prepared by the railroad companies that are housed in the Illinois State Archives.  The listing provides the years that the reports were published and the reports are categorized by "Steam Railroads" and "Electric Railroads".

This volue contains three (3) rule books from the Illinois Traction from the early 1910's.  See links below!

STATION ROSTER

This volume contains the system-wide list of Illinois Traction Stations by Route.  See link below!

Illinois Traction System/Illinois Terminal Railroad Station Roster - By Route

Illinois Traction System/Illinois Terminal Railroad Station Roster - Alphabetic Listing

VIABILITY STUDIES

This Volume contains nine (9) different technical studies that were performed on or by the railroad to evaluate numerous topics such as Line Construction, Operating Condition, Power and Substations, Passenger Loads and Operating Profitability.

Illinois Terminal System Studies

CHARLES COFFIN AWARD POSTER SUBMITTALS

This Volume contains five (5) Posters that were prepared by the ITC in response to a competition sponsored by the Charles A Coffin Foundation.

Charles Coffin Award Posters

CORPORATE FLOW CHARTS

This Volume contains two (2) different organization flow charts that were prepared by the railroad to describe the formation of the railroad and addition of companies to the Greater ITC Organization.

Main Division Flow Charts

Steam / CO&P Division Flow Charts

INDUSTRIAL GUIDES

Volume contains desk and wall calendars published by the railroad from 1950 to 1978.

ITS Industrial Guide - 1911

ITS Industrial Guide - 1926

ITS Industrial Guide - 1948

ITC DESK CALENDARS

This Volume contains desk and wall calendars published by the railroad from 1950 to 1978.

ITC Desk Calendars - 1950s

ITC Desk Calendars - 1960s

ITC Desk Calendars - 1970s

ITC DINING CAR MENU'S

This Volume contains dining car menu's that were published and described food and meals that were available on Illinois Terminal Trains from 1947-1950.

ITC Dining Car Menu's

ITC STOCK CERTIFICATES

This Volume contains six (6) different sample Stock Certificates that were issued by the Illinois Terminal.

ITC Stock Certificates

ITC NEWSLETTERS

This Volume contains thirteen (13) Newsletters published by the Illinois Terminal between 1964 to 1980.

ITC Newsletters

ITC PASSENGER PASSES

This Volume contains thirteen (13) Passes issued for travel on Illinois Terminal trains.

ITC Passenger Passes

TIMETABLE ROSTER

This volume contains the all-time listing of Illinois Traction and Illinois Terminal Passenger Timetables.  See link below!

Timetable Roster Listing

ITC TIMETABLE COVERS

This Volume contains seventeen (17) passenger Timetables published by the Illinois Terminal from 1905 to the end of passenger service in 1955.

ITC Timetables Covers

ITC TRAIN ORDERS

This Volume contains ten (10) Train Order and operation documents published by the Illinois Terminal.

ITC Train Orders