| Vertical File Inventory- This is a listing of the contents of vertical files containing information about the Illinois Terminal Railroad |
| Illinois Terminal 1953 Trust Certificate |
| Illinois Terminal Railroad Equipment Trust Series C; 2% Serial Equipment Trust Certificate, July 1, 1953, issued from the St. Louis Union Trust Company |
| Illinois Terminal Annual Reports | |
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"Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Progress Report, 1970," includes letter from E.B. Wilson, President, pictures, and a map of tracks |
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"Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Annual Report, 1973," includes financial information, list of board of directors and officers, letter to stockholders |
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"Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Annual Report, 1974," includes financial information, list of board of directors and officers, letter to stockholders |
| Illinois Terminal Miscellaneous Maps | |
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Correspondence from Jack Keefe to Bill Kemp, April 2009, includes copies of maps and timetables, list of stops between Peoria and Foulk |
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Illinois Terminal Railroad System map of Illinois and the St. Louis area, no date |
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Illinois Terminal Railroad Company, no date |
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Opening Dates of ITS Passenger Lines and Dates of Discontinuance of Passenger Service map, no date |
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Illinois Traction Society 2003 Meet, Bloomington Line Tour Map, Bloomington map with Illinois Terminal line, steam railroad lines, and the street car system (2 copies) |
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Illinois Traction Society 2003 Meet, Bloomington to Mackinaw and North Jct. (Decatur) to Bloomington map |
| Illinois Terminal Timetables | |
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Illinois Traction System Book of Trains, March 1926, timetables between St. Louis, Edwardsville, Staunton, Litchfield, Hillsboro, Carlinville, Springfield, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Lincoln, Bloomington and Intermediate Points |
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Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Time Tables, April 1939 (2 copies) |
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Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Time Tables and Fast Through Freight Service, September 1946 |
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Illinois Terminal Railroad Company, Peoria, Springfield, Decatur, Champaign, Bloomington, Danville, St. Louis, February 1949 |
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Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Timetables, April 1950 |
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Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Timetables, April 1951 |
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Time of Arrival of Trains at Danvers, photocopy |
| Illinois Terminal Tickets | |
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Illinois Terminal ticket for daily excursion and coach (3 items) |
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Receipts for Illinois Car Fare W.B. Carlock and Milo Custer from Bloomington to Danvers and return, May 1916 |
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Illinois Traction System way bill receipt signed by Spafford, May 1913 (2 items) |
| Illinois Terminal Newspaper Articles | |
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Letter from Jack Keefe to Bill Kemp, January 2009, list of newspaper articles which mention the Illinois Terminal |
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"Danvers Line Opened," Pantagraph, January 7, 1907, p. 9, c. 5-6 |
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Advertisement, Pantagraph, January 9, 1907, p. 10 |
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"The First Cars Through," Pantagraph, April 15, 1907, p. 10 |
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"Peoria Line Duly Opened," Pantagraph, April 22, 1907, p. 6, c. 5-6 |
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"Brought $100,000 to Illinois Since 1900," Pantagraph, March 14, 1914, p. 7 (?), c. 3-4 |
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Advertisement, Daily Bulletin, May 11, 1919, p. 5 |
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"Interurban dead in its tracks for 30 years," Pantagraph, February 20, 1983 |
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"Bloomington once a stop on electric railway system," Pantagraph, April 12, 2009, p. B3 |
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Illinois Traction Society |
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Flyer for car preservation fund, 1962 |
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Illinois Traction Society Membership Roster 2004 |
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"The Phone Booth, A Publication of the Illinois Traction Society," v. 18, n. 1, 2004 |
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Illinois Terminal Railroad Company, "The Flyer," Illinois Traction Society membership application |
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"The Flyer," v. 18, n. 1, Spring 2004 (the magazine of the Illinois Terminal Railroad History) |
| Lincoln Land Traction | |
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ILLINET record for Lincoln Land Traction by James D. Johnson |
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"Traction Rockets Again in Book," Pantagraph, July 17, 1966, p. 3 |
| Selected Bibliography- List of selected books about the Illinois Terminal Railroad |
| BOOKS: |
| Illinois Terminal Railroad System. The Illinois Traction System, Illustrated; A Written and Pictorial Review of This Great Interurban System and of the Cities Connected Thereby. California, 1906. |
| Jenkins, Dale. The Illinois Terminal Railroad: the Road of Personalized Services. Hart, MO: WhiteRiver Productions, 2005. |
| Jenkins, Dale, Mark Barnett and James Reese. Illinois Terminal Railroad Spotter's Guide, Volume I: The Diesels. Illinois Traction Society and Brueggenjohann/Reese, Inc., 2001. |
| Johnson, James D. The Lincoln Land Traction. Wheaton: Traction Orange Co., 1965. |
| Lloyd, Gordon E. Illinois Terminal: In Color Volume I. Scotch Plain, NJ: Morning Sun Books, 1998. |
| Scott, Thomas William. Geography of the Illinois Terminal Railroad [thesis]. University of Illinois, 1951. |
| Stringham, Paul H. Illinois Terminal: The Electric Years. Glendale, CA: Interurban Press, 1989. |
| Volkmer, William D. Illinois Terminal: In Color Volume II. Scotch Plain, NJ: Morning Sun Books, 2001. |
| VERTICAL FILES (Containing articles): |
| Changnon, Stanley A. "The Famed Electric Railroad of Illinois' Past." Historic Illinois 26 (2004): 8-15. |
| Fortney, Mike. "The Rise and Fall of the Bloomington Line." The Flyer 22 (2008): 32-45. |
| Johnson, Dick. "Abandonment of Interurban Railroads [research paper]. Illinois State University (?): 1-18. |
| Middleton, William D. The Interurban Era, "The McKinley Lines." Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing, 1961. |
| Steventon, Wm. A. "Bloomington- A Model City." Traction and Models 9 (1973): 12-16. |