SOUTHERN 6100

ID# 51,830

SOUTHERN 6100

Southern Railway System No. 6100 on display at Electro-Motive Division's 50th anniversary celebration on September 9, 1972 at McCook, Ill. No. 6100 was EMD's model FT demonstrator 103 and ran with a companion B unit for a total of 2700 hp. The FT locomotive is credited as the leading influence that brought an end to the steam locomotive era.

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Steam Locomotive #360 at Galesburg, Illinois in 1905

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad #1220 at Chicago, Illinois in 1936

ID# 17,568

Union Pacific Railroad Steam Locomotive #9 at Chicago Century of Progress Exposition in July, 1933

ID# 25,789

Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive #3854 at East St. Louis, Illinois on August 15, 1936

ID# 9,641

Relic Trolley Museum

ID# 59,456

RELIC TROLLEY MUSEUM
Rt. 31, South Elgin, Illinois

Car 441 has just passed under the Illinois Central Railroad bridge at Coleman, Illinois, on the Fox River Line. A ten-bench summer car of Brill design, it was assembled in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1908 and operated there until 1965. The car is similar to thousands which operated throughout the United States in the early 1900's. It is now operated by RELIC between South Elgin and Coleman on Sundays and holidays, May 30 through October 31.

Natchez & Hamburg Steam Locomotive #1 at Rosenwald Museum in 1942

ID# 45,629

Chicago & North Western Railroad Passenger Car at Chicago Railroad Fair in 1948

ID# 25,463

Cumberland Valley Railroad Baggage Car at Chicago Railroad Fair in 1948

ID# 25,447

Rock Island Railroad, Steam Locomotive #1301 at Bureau, Illinois in 1900

ID# 37,289

New York Central Railroad Steam Locomotive #4180 at Chicago, Illinois in May, 1908

ID # 2,179

Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive #6795 at East St. Louis, Illinois on September 7, 1936

ID # 18,736

Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive #5399 at Chicago, Illinois

ID # 9,642

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Steam Locomotive #6037 at Chicago, Illinois in 1941

ID # 11,159

Illinois-Iowa Power Company Trolley 360 at Peoria, Illinois in July, 1940

ID # 27,177

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Steam Locomotive #8312 at Chicago, Illinois in December, 1948

ID # 11,180

Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company Three Car Train

ID # 1,855

A three car Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company train paused to take on passengers at Marengo, III. in the early 1920’s. (From the book "The Dairy Route” by Carl F. Gustafson.)

Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive #1694 at Collinsville, Illinois on June 13, 1936

ID # 10,328

Camden & Amboy Railroad "John Bull" at Chicago Rail Fair on July 29, 1949

ID # 9,632

Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive #5538 at Chicago, Illinois in 1946

ID # 9,630

Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1945.