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
1.1
"Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Progress Report, 1970," includes letter from E.B. Wilson, President, pictures, and a map of tracks
1.2
"Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Annual Report, 1973," includes financial information, list of board of directors and officers, letter to stockholders
1.3
"Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Annual Report, 1974," includes financial information, list of board of directors and officers, letter to stockholders

 

Illinois Terminal Miscellaneous Maps
1.1
Correspondence from Jack Keefe to Bill Kemp, April 2009, includes copies of maps and timetables, list of stops between Peoria and Foulk
1.2
Illinois Terminal Railroad System map of Illinois and the St. Louis area, no date
1.3
Illinois Terminal Railroad Company, no date
1.4
Opening Dates of ITS Passenger Lines and Dates of Discontinuance of Passenger Service map, no date
1.5
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)
1.6
Illinois Traction Society 2003 Meet, Bloomington to Mackinaw and North Jct. (Decatur) to Bloomington map

 

Illinois Terminal Timetables
1.1
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
1.2
Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Time Tables, April 1939 (2 copies)
1.3
Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Time Tables and Fast Through Freight Service, September 1946
1.4
Illinois Terminal Railroad Company, Peoria, Springfield, Decatur, Champaign, Bloomington, Danville, St. Louis, February 1949
1.5
Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Timetables, April 1950
1.6
Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Timetables, April 1951
1.7
Time of Arrival of Trains at Danvers, photocopy

 

Illinois Terminal Tickets
1.1
Illinois Terminal ticket for daily excursion and coach (3 items)
1.2
Receipts for Illinois Car Fare W.B. Carlock and Milo Custer from Bloomington to Danvers and return, May 1916
1.3
Illinois Traction System way bill receipt signed by Spafford, May 1913 (2 items)

 

Illinois Terminal Newspaper Articles
1.1
Letter from Jack Keefe to Bill Kemp, January 2009, list of newspaper articles which mention the Illinois Terminal
1.2
"Danvers Line Opened," Pantagraph, January 7, 1907, p. 9, c. 5-6
1.3
Advertisement, Pantagraph, January 9, 1907, p. 10
1.4
"The First Cars Through," Pantagraph, April 15, 1907, p. 10
1.5
"Peoria Line Duly Opened," Pantagraph, April 22, 1907, p. 6, c. 5-6
1.6
"Brought $100,000 to Illinois Since 1900," Pantagraph, March 14, 1914, p. 7 (?), c. 3-4
1.7
Advertisement, Daily Bulletin, May 11, 1919, p. 5
1.8
"Interurban dead in its tracks for 30 years," Pantagraph, February 20, 1983
1.9
"Bloomington once a stop on electric railway system," Pantagraph, April 12, 2009, p. B3

 

Illinois Traction Society
1.1
Flyer for car preservation fund, 1962
1.2
Illinois Traction Society Membership Roster 2004
1.3
"The Phone Booth, A Publication of the Illinois Traction Society," v. 18, n. 1, 2004
1.4
Illinois Terminal Railroad Company, "The Flyer," Illinois Traction Society membership application
1.5
"The Flyer," v. 18, n. 1, Spring 2004 (the magazine of the Illinois Terminal Railroad History)

 

Lincoln Land Traction
1.1
ILLINET record for Lincoln Land Traction by James D. Johnson
1.2
"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.

 

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Pictures
Map

 

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