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Illinois Trolley Lines

We have a full page on the Fox River Valley line.

Belvidere City Ry.

Unknown number.

Bloomington & Normal Ry. & Light Co.

8, work car, was rebuilt from a city car.

Bloomington Pontiac & Joliet Electric Ry.

201 "Dwight" was built by American Car Co in 1904.  It was scrapped in 1925.

202 "Pontiac" was built by American Car Co in 1904 as a demonstrator for the St Louis Fair.  It was sold to BP&J in July 1905 and scrapped in 1925.

Bluff City Electric Street Ry.

4 was built by Brill Car Co in 1898.  It became Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Ry 4 in 1898 and later was used as a work car.

Cairo Ry. & Light Co.

200.

Central Electric Railfans Association

 We have a picture of their private car.

Central Illinois Traction Co.

230 was built by St Louis Car Co in 1924.  It was transferred as Chicago & Joliet Electric Ry 250 in 1927 and sold as Jamestown Street Ry 87 in April 1934.  It was retired in 1938 and sold as a shed in 1941.

231 was built by St Louis Car Co in 1924.  It was transferred as C&J 251 in 1927 and sold as JSRy 88 in April 1934.  It was retired in 1938 and sold as a shed in 1941.

Chicago & Interurban Traction Co.

Chicago & Southern Traction Co.

We have a full page on this line.

Chicago & Joliet Electric Ry.

We have a full page on this line.

Chicago & West Towns Ry.

We have a full page on this line.

The line was apparently begun in 1901 in steam service as AD&R, In 1906 passenger service was operated with gas cars and went under bankrupt in 1908 and closed. In 1909 it was reorganized as CA&D and electrified in 1910. There 3 passenger cars and 2 freight motors. They also had 2 steam locomotives which were retired after 1911 when all electric was operated. The line was in receivership in 1913 until 1917 and again from 1918 until 1923. Operation was closed on January 31, 1923.

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8 was built by Kuhlman in 1907 and sold shortly.

21 was built by American Car in 1910 and retired in 1923.

22 was built by American Car in 1910 and retired in 1923.

24 was built by American Car in 1910. It was taken by Elgin & Belvidere to replace their 205 after the CA&D had wrecked it. It apparently was never used by E&B and scrapped in the late 1930s.

302 was a weed killer.

Chicago Aurora & Elgin

 Index

 They owned a street car and you can find the complete story under North Shore Line 350 Series Cars.

Chicago Harvard & Geneva Lake Ry.

 I have a full page on this line.

Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee

 Index.

 I have a full page on this line.

Index.

Index.

Commonweath Edison Co.

We have a full page on this power plant company.

This company operated out of St. Louis on the Eads Bridge into East St. Louis and then fanned out on four main routes. It was formed in 1892 and took over the various independent lines in the area. In 1896 the line over the Eads Bridge was built. In 1897 a freight line to Belleville was built and in 1898 a parallel passenger line opened. A branch from it at Edgemont was opened to Collinsville in 1899. A more direct line to Collinsville from East St. Louis opened in 1901 and the line was extended to Edwardsville in 1902. In `1903 a line was built from Edgemont to Lebanon using the former B&O trackage between O'Fallon and Lebanon. In 1905 the line from East St Louis to Alton was opened and the same year there was a connection built between Mitchell and Edwardsville. Freight service, as well as frequent passenger service was provided. In 1922 it was dominated by the North American Company which also owned the Illinois Traction and the two systems came under common control. But by this time the system was on a downward trend and disintegration began. The Alton line was sold to the IT as part of their re-organization into Illinois Terminal. It was operated until 1953 by them except for the Mitchell-Edwardsville line which was abandoned in 1932. The Lebanon line was abandoned in 1928 and part of the line to O'Fallon was taken over by the IT for steam freight service. Also in 1928 the line between Edgemont and Caseyville was abandoned. Collinsville to Edwardsville was also abandoned in 1928. The remaining trackage was abandoned in 1932 except for the freight line to Belleville which had been operating as the St. Louis & Belleville Electric. It was purchased by Union Electric Co and operated until after World War II when they sold it to Peabody Coal and it was operated as the Peabody Short Line and dieselized. In 1961 the line was purchased by the Illinois Central.

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19 was part of the Alton line.

73 was built by St Louis Car Co in 1924.  It was transferred as Illinois Terminal RR 473 in February 1935 and sold for scrap to Biermann Iron & Metal Co on July 24, 1959.

01 was a freight motor.

"New York"

We have a full page on this line.

Evanston Rys.

4 was built by St Louis Car Co in 1913.

9 was built by St Louis Car Co in 1913.

Howard Terminal.

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