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Illinois Traction System 233
Title:  Illinois Traction System 233
Description:  Date and location unknown
Photo Date:  5/14/1939  Upload Date: 1/17/2013 9:33:14 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  ITC 233(Interurban)
Views:  1028   Comments: 0
Baltimore & Ohio RR 2-8-0 #2210
Title:  Baltimore & Ohio RR 2-8-0 #2210
Description:  Built by Alco in 1901, this locomotive was a class E24a with 62" drivers, generated 205 psi, and had anoverall engine+tender wheelbase of 57.62'.
Photo Date:  11/23/1939  Upload Date: 4/3/2013 10:16:53 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 2210(2-8-0)
Views:  1305   Comments: 1
WAB 0-6-0 #534 - Wabash RR
Title:  WAB 0-6-0 #534 - Wabash RR
Description:  This 1906 Alco-Rhode Island built switcher was a class B-7 and had a serial number of 41174. Forrest Trittenbach took the photo but date and location are unknown. I believe this unit is being rebuilt by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society See (http://fortwaynerailroad.org/category/projects/).
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 5:25:47 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  WAB 534(0-6-0)
Views:  2840   Comments: 0
ITC Boxcab #1563 - Illinois Termianl Co
Title:  ITC Boxcab #1563 - Illinois Termianl Co
Description:  Here is another 1910 ITC Decatur shops built boxcab in an unidentified location, possibly Decatur, IL. Specs - class B, 34' long, 9' 3" wide, engine wt 120,000 lb, B-B wheel configuration, 4 GE motors. The day in 1948 is approximate. Dick Rumbolz negative
Photo Date:  6/1/1948  Upload Date: 9/30/2017 8:27:18 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ITC 1563(Boxcab)
Views:  913   Comments: 0
ITC Boxcab #1583 - Illinois Terminal Co
Title:  ITC Boxcab #1583 - Illinois Terminal Co
Description:  Here is an example of a later boxcab built by the ITC Decatur shops in 1926. The boxcab had an articulated frame which helped on some of the tighter curves in the system. Specs - Class C, B-B+B-B wheel configuration, 1,500 hp. Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  3/12/1949  Upload Date: 9/30/2017 8:27:21 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ITC 1583(Boxcab)
Views:  805   Comments: 0
ITC Boxcab #1572 - Illiois Terminal Company
Title:  ITC Boxcab #1572 - Illiois Terminal Company
Description:  Here is another 1910 boxcab built by the ITC Decatur shops caught sitting in the Decatur yards. Specs - class B, 34' long, 9' 3" wide, engine wt 120,000 lb, B-B wheel configuration, 4 GE motors. Date is approximate. Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  6/1/1950  Upload Date: 9/30/2017 8:27:15 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ITC 1572(Boxcab)
Views:  808   Comments: 0
ITC Line Car 1706 - Illinois Terminal Co
Title:  ITC Line Car 1706 - Illinois Terminal Co
Description:  Here is a fairly nice original color slide of the Illinois Terminal line car #1706. Similar to #1702 now preserved at the Illinois Rwy Museum in Union, IL, this line car was probably built by the Illinois Traction System shops around 1922 like #1702 & 1703. The line was converted to diesel in 1958 so the remaining line cars (except 1702) were scrapped. No photographer was listed for the slide.
Photo Date:  8/28/1952  Upload Date: 5/5/2019 4:43:29 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  ITC 1706(MOW Trolley)
Views:  755   Comments: 0
WAB 2-8-2 #2267 - Wabash RR
Title:  WAB 2-8-2 #2267 - Wabash RR
Description:  A sister to the other K-3 Mikado in this album, this Mikado was also built by Alco-Schenectady in 1923 and was also a class K-3. It had the 64" drivers and developed the 200 psi like its sister. A good looking locomotive some 30 years after being built but soon to be "released from service" as Wabash put it. This is a Ray W. Buhrmaster photo.
Photo Date:  2/21/1953  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 5:27:15 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  WAB 2267(2-8-2)
Views:  1180   Comments: 0
ITC Line Car #1703 - Illinois Terminal Co
Title:  ITC Line Car #1703 - Illinois Terminal Co
Description:  Nearly identical to its sister line car now preserved at the Illinois Rwy Museum is this Illinois Terminal line car #1703 built by the ITS shops in 1922. No date or photographer was listed for this photo as it sits on a siding in the Decatur shops area. No known date for its scrapping.
Photo Date:  6/1/1955  Upload Date: 5/5/2019 4:43:26 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  ITC 1703(MOW Trolley)
Views:  673   Comments: 0
IC 9458
Title:  IC 9458
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/1956  Upload Date: 6/12/2025 2:26:37 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Andrew Sims
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IC 9458(SW1)
Views:  759   Comments: 0
PRR "Improving Freight Service," Page 11, 1957
Title:  PRR "Improving Freight Service," Page 11, 1957
Description:  Here is page four of a four-page article entitled "Improving Freight Service." It was published originally in the May 1957 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 11. Bottom Right Photo Caption: "Accurate per-diem records depend on careful check of cars going to or from PRR by interchange clerks like E. Fender, Decatur, Ill."
Photo Date:  5/1/1957  Upload Date: 4/28/2022 5:01:57 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  376   Comments: 0
ALCO 640-4
Title:  ALCO 640-4
Description:  ALCO DL-640 Demonstrator
Photo Date:  3/10/1960  Upload Date: 2/6/2023 6:36:44 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Fred Byerly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ALCO 640-4(RS27)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
GECX 751
Title:  GECX 751
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/30/1960  Upload Date: 1/31/2023 6:02:16 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  The Eastin-Phelan Corp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GECX 752(U25B) GECX 751(U25B)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
GECX 752
Title:  GECX 752
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/19/1960  Upload Date: 1/31/2023 5:57:29 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  The Eastin-Phelan Corp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GECX 752(U25B)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
WAB 1008
Title:  WAB 1008
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/11/1961  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 9:51:21 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  George Kantola
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAB 1008(E8A)
Views:  1483   Comments: 0
WAB 304
Title:  WAB 304
Description:  Photgrapher, date and location unknown
Photo Date:  10/1/1961  Upload Date: 6/4/2009 7:19:57 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Ryan Kertis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAB 304(DS44-1000)
Views:  2191   Comments: 2
PRR 9807, EF-15A, 1961
Title:  PRR 9807, EF-15A, 1961
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Decatur, Illinois, on 26 December 1961. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9807 and two more "EF" Class units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9807 is an EF-15A constructed in April of 1951 and retired in October of 1967 after just 16 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  12/26/1961  Upload Date: 3/2/2022 8:10:33 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9807(F7A)
Views:  857   Comments: 0
WAB 202
Title:  WAB 202
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/19/1963  Upload Date: 1/23/2021 12:12:53 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jeffrey Lawrence Collection
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAB 202(DRS4-4-1000)
Views:  942   Comments: 0
NKP 530 at Decatur
Title:  NKP 530 at Decatur
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  10/2/1964  Upload Date: 7/25/2025 10:30:59 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NKP 530(GP9)
Views:  496   Comments: 1
ITC Boxcab 1565 - Illinois Terminal System
Title:  ITC Boxcab 1565 - Illinois Terminal System
Description:  Good looking boscab built by the ITC Decatur shops in 1910, now preserved at the Illinois Ry Museum in Union IL. Specs - class B, 34' long, 9' 3" wide, engine wt 120,000 lb, B-B wheel configuration, 4 GE motors. The color slide is from the Houser collection.
Photo Date:  4/29/1965  Upload Date: 9/30/2017 8:26:50 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ITC 1565(Boxcab)
Views:  1067   Comments: 1
NKP GP9 #804 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP GP9 #804 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  Although mislabeled by the photographer J.W. Stubblefield as a GP30, this EMD built GP-9 was delivered to the Nickel Plate in January of 1959 (builder #25082). Through the different mergers, it was renumbered NW #2804 and then NS 1474. Behind it is Wabash unit #557 originally delivered by Fairbanks-Morse to the Wabash in May of 1956. It was re-engined by Alco and renumbered 597.
Photo Date:  6/1/1965  Upload Date: 7/19/2016 6:24:09 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NKP 804(GP9) WAB 557(H-24-66)
Views:  2111   Comments: 1
ITC SW1200 780
Title:  ITC SW1200 780
Description:  ITC SW1200 780 west of Decatur, Illinois on October 4, 1965, Kodachrome by Lou Schmitz, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  10/4/1965  Upload Date: 4/17/2012 3:03:10 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Lou Schmitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ITC 780(SW1200)
Views:  1716   Comments: 0
ITC SW1200 784
Title:  ITC SW1200 784
Description:  ITC SW1200 784 west of Decatur, Illinois on October 4, 1965, Kodachrome by Lou Schmitz, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  10/4/1965  Upload Date: 4/17/2012 2:01:03 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Lou Schmitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ITC 784(SW1200)
Views:  2071   Comments: 1
N&W U25B 3517
Title:  N&W U25B 3517
Description:  N&W U25B 3517 at Decatur, Illinois on October 4, 1965, Kodachrome by Lou Schmitz, Chuck Zeiler collection. As best I can tell, this locomotive was built in May 1962 as Wabash 504 (c/n 34258), renumbered (the Wabash U25B's were not renumbered in order) to N&W 3517 and later to N&W 8140.
Photo Date:  10/4/1965  Upload Date: 9/3/2011 3:48:11 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Lou Schmitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NW 3517(U25B)
Views:  2662   Comments: 0
Wabash E8 1000
Title:  Wabash E8 1000
Description:  Wabash E8 1000 at Decatur, Illinois, October 4, 1965, photo by Lou Schmitz, Chuck Zeiler collection. Built in October 1951 (c/n 15063) on EMD Order 6327, and it may have become N&W 3800.
Photo Date:  10/4/1965  Upload Date: 3/2/2011 10:42:12 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Lou Schmitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WAB 1000(E8A)
Views:  3007   Comments: 3
Wabash H10-44 382
Title:  Wabash H10-44 382
Description:  Wabash H10-44 382, Decatur, Illinois, October 4, 1965, photo by Lou Schmitz, Chuck Zeiler collection. The Wabash purchased two H10-44's in November 1946 (380 and 381) and two more in March 1949 (382 and 383), including this example, (c/n 10L101), which later became N&W #3382. Stenciled on the frame below the cab is "D-10", I assume the model designation on the Wabash. The Wabash also acquired three H12-44's from F-M (384-386) in March 1953. This photo presents a minor spotting problem: Most sources generally accept that the spartan cab was introduced in 1952, and those sources also agree that the construction of this unit was in 1949. Perhaps the Wabash removed the roof overhang on this switcher, I don't know for sure.
Photo Date:  10/4/1965  Upload Date: 2/23/2011 12:10:45 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Lou Schmitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WAB 382(H10-44)
Views:  2324   Comments: 0
Wabash F7 653
Title:  Wabash F7 653
Description:  Wabash F7 653 at Decatur, Illinois, October 4, 1965, photo by Lou Schmitz, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 653 was built in July 1950 as Wabash 1153 (c/n 11293) in EMD Order 3009, was renumbered to 653 and later became N&W 3653.
Photo Date:  10/4/1965  Upload Date: 3/4/2011 10:24:43 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Lou Schmitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WAB 653(F7A)
Views:  2595   Comments: 0
WAB #18
Title:  WAB #18
Description:  Wabash heavyweight enginemen's instruction car #18 (ex-coach #22, exx-Pullman 13 section [13S] tourist sleeper #5031, exxx-GIANT ROCK, exxxx-#2374, nee-12 section-1 drawing room [12S-1DR] sleeper CHAPPAQUA) (Lot #3949, Plan #2410, February 1912/July 1940), built for assignment to the NYC, modified for tourist service in July 1940 for assignment to the GN, reassigned to the Wabash in June 1941, renumbered in November 1941, sold to the Wabash at the 12/31/1948 Pullman divestiture, removed from revenue service in January 1953 and rebuilt to #18. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate Ektachrome 35mm slide. Photographer is unknown.
Photo Date:  6/6/1966  Upload Date: 12/22/2024 5:42:36 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Unknown/Louis Fols Collection
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  532   Comments: 0
N&W #700 CITY OF LAFAYETTE
Title:  N&W #700 CITY OF LAFAYETTE
Description:  Pullman Plan #3957A/D/A/E/J 37 seat parlor observation #700 CITY OF LAFAYETTE, ex-WAB, nee-26 seat parlor-1DR HELENA MODJESKA. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Date is approximate. Photographer is unknown.
Photo Date:  5/1/1967  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 11:03:24 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Unknown/Charlys Slides Collection/Louis Fols Collection
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  479   Comments: 0
PRR 7153, EFS-17M, 1967
Title:  PRR 7153, EFS-17M, 1967
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Decatur, Illinois, on 1 June 1967. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7153 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EFS-17M road switchers built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7153 was constructed in November of 1957.
Photo Date:  6/1/1967  Upload Date: 7/15/2024 5:24:25 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 7153(GP9)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
PRR 1488, EF-15A, 1967
Title:  PRR 1488, EF-15A, 1967
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Decatur, Illinois, on 3 October 1967. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1488 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #1488 is an EF-15A constructed as number "9788" in February of 1951 and renumbered "1488" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. ("Tchowee"; #20 of 40)
Photo Date:  10/3/1967  Upload Date: 5/20/2020 5:57:44 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 1488(F7A)
Views:  888   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  WAB 1570 (ex-B&M 70 BALD EAGLE) PS cafe - lounge rblt. from diner - lounge.
Photo Date:  8/1/1968  Upload Date: 8/9/2017 8:30:23 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jerry LaBoda scan collection
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  1495   Comments: 0
N&W 508 and 507
Title:  N&W 508 and 507
Description:  N&W GP9 508 - Wabash Cannonball.
Photo Date:  12/1/1968  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:14:29 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Henry Frick
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  NW 508(GP9) NW 507(GP9)
Views:  2528   Comments: 3
WAB B904
Title:  WAB B904
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/3/1969  Upload Date: 10/6/2020 11:38:59 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jeffrey Lawrence Collection
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAB B904(C424)
Views:  1148   Comments: 0
B&O #100
Title:  B&O #100
Description:  Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  3/4/1969  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 6:35:43 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  John W. Stubblefield/John C. Benson Collection
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  650   Comments: 0
Peoria Local
Title:  Peoria Local
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1970  Upload Date: 2/24/2008 11:29:05 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Tracy Bone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IC 9636(GP38-2) GTW 5834(GP38-2)
Views:  1335   Comments: 2
NW 1918
Title:  NW 1918
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/11/1971  Upload Date: 4/12/2010 8:30:24 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1918(U28B)
Views:  1418   Comments: 1
NW 8484
Title:  NW 8484
Description:  Date is the processing date on the slide.
Photo Date:  5/1/1972  Upload Date: 1/21/2018 10:09:59 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  J Stubblefield
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 8484(U30B)
Views:  718   Comments: 2
"Train Master Tribute," Page 28, 1973
Title:  "Train Master Tribute," Page 28, 1973
Description:  Here is page one of a 16-page cover article by J. David Ingles entitled "Train Master Tribute: A 20-Year-Old In Twilight." It was published originally in the August 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 28. Bottom Photo Caption: "The prototype Train Masters, demonstrators TM-1 and TM-2, clank across IC diamonds at Wabic Tower in Decatur, Ill., with a 70-car westbound Wabash redball freight on November 30, 1953." Photo by Walter A. Peters.
Photo Date:  8/1/1973  Upload Date: 10/2/2023 3:31:00 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FM TM-1(H-24-66) FM TM-2(H-24-66)
Views:  877   Comments: 0
NW 2240
Title:  NW 2240
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/29/1974  Upload Date: 5/4/2010 4:11:57 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 2240(SW9)
Views:  840   Comments: 1
NW 1776
Title:  NW 1776
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/5/1976  Upload Date: 10/7/2014 4:15:24 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1776(SD45)
Views:  1064   Comments: 0
NW 1776
Title:  NW 1776
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/5/1976  Upload Date: 10/7/2014 4:15:48 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1776(SD45)
Views:  894   Comments: 0
NW 1776
Title:  NW 1776
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/5/1976  Upload Date: 10/7/2014 4:16:11 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1776(SD45)
Views:  1006   Comments: 0
NW 1776
Title:  NW 1776
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/5/1976  Upload Date: 10/7/2014 4:16:39 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1776(SD45)
Views:  1127   Comments: 0
NW 3661
Title:  NW 3661
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1977  Upload Date: 9/17/2014 3:38:20 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NW 3661(F7A)
Views:  941   Comments: 0
NW 3661
Title:  NW 3661
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1977  Upload Date: 9/17/2014 3:42:23 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NW 3661(F7A)
Views:  882   Comments: 0
NW 3661
Title:  NW 3661
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1977  Upload Date: 9/17/2014 3:42:38 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NW 3661(F7A)
Views:  933   Comments: 0
IT 1750
Title:  IT 1750
Description:  At Decatur ILL
Photo Date:  11/19/1977  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:57:30 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Brian Knight
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ITC 1750(GP8) ITC 2004(GP38-2)
Views:  1033   Comments: 0
ITC 1750 c
Title:  ITC 1750 c
Description:  At Decatur ILL
Photo Date:  11/19/1977  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 10:08:58 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Brian Knight
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ITC 1750(GP8) ITC 2004(GP38-2)
Views:  917   Comments: 0
ITC 1750 b
Title:  ITC 1750 b
Description:  Decatur ILL
Photo Date:  11/19/1977  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 10:03:59 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Brian Knight
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ITC 1750(GP8)
Views:  791   Comments: 0


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