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William Besalke Retires from the Wabash Locomotive Shops

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Photograph of William Besalke taken on June 14, 1945 when he retired from Wabash locomotive shop after working there for more than 46 years as a blacksmith welder.

Tags: 1945, Besalke Family Collection, blacksmith welder, Decatur Herald and Review, retirement, Wabash, Wabash locomotive shop, William Besalke

Wabash RR Map Showing Right of Way from the Old Junction of the Decatur & E. St. Louis RR to Sangamon River (12/1/1909) (partial map)

This is a partial map showing the Wabash RR's right of way from the old junction of the Decatur & E. St. Louis RR to the Sangamon River. The part showing the Sangamon River is missing.

Tags: #8.003, 12/1/1909, 1909, additions, Bellevue Place, businesses, collection, College St., Decatur & E. St. Louis RR, Decatur IL, E.B. Durfee's 1st Addition, E.B. Durfee's 2nd Addition, E.B. Durfee's 3rd Addition, Eldorado St., H. Robinson's Addition, ISHRAB, ISHRAB-2017-25-121, Kearn & Bruces's Addition, map, Maps, McCaskill's Addition, Millikin Place., Monroe St., N. Mercer St., N. Pine St., North St., Office of Chief Engineer, old junction of Decatur & E. St. Louis RR, Park Place, Polar Ice & Storage Co., railroad, Railroad Map Collection, right of way map, S.K. Thompson's 1st Addition, S.K. Thompson's 2nd Addition, Sangamon River, Streets, Tracks, Van Dyke St., W. Cerro Gordo St., W. Green St., W. Prairie St., W. William St., Wabash, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, West Park Addition of outlots, Western Addition, Yates & Kings Addition

Wabash Railway Tracks - Mercer St. to N. Main St.

This map shows the Wabash Railway tracks from Mercer St. to N. Main St. It also shows the ITS tracks, businesses, and additions in the area. The map is not dated.

Wabash Railway Track - Monroe St. to Water St.

This map shows the Wabash track between Monroe St. and Water St.

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands, Tracks, and Structures - Wabash Yards (6/30/1919)

This Wabash Railway station map shows the lands, tracks, and structures in and around the Wabash yards.

Tags: #8.003, 13th St., 14th St., 15th St., 16th St., 1919, 22nd St., 23rd Place, 23rd St., 24th St., 25th St., 26th St., 6/30/1919, additions, Bourne Stroh's Addition, businesses, Camp and Emrich's Addition of Outlots, car shop, coach painting shop, coach shop, collection, Decatur Ice Company, Decatur IL, Donovan Heights 1st Addition, dry kiln, E. Marietta St., East Decatur Heights, general foreman car department, Herkimer St., ISHRAB-2017-25-92, locker & dining room, Locust St., Lumber Shed, machine & blacksmith shop, map, Maps, mill & tin shop, Moser St. Clarence Ave., Office of Chief Engineer, oil house, open shed, Orchard St., paint house, paint shed, Planing Mill, Power House, Raceland Plat "D" in Plat "A", rail saw, Railroad Map Collection, reclamation plant, service building, storage house, store house, Streets, Thomas Ave., Wabash, Wabash Place, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, wash room, yard office, Yards

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands, Tracks, and Structures - W. Williams St. to W. Green St. (6/30/1938)

This station map shows the lands, tracks, and structures of the Wabash Railway between W. Williams St. and W. Green St. in 1938.

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands, Tracks, and Structures - Thomas St. to James St. (6/30/1950?)

This Wabash Railway station map shows lands, tracks, and structures from Thomas St. to James St. in the 1950s.

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands, Tracks, and Structures - Fairview Park to N. Monroe St. (6/30/1919)

This station map shows the Wabash Railway's lands, tracks, and structures between Fairview Park and N. Monroe St. in 1919.

Tags: #8.003, 1919, 6/30/1919, Bellevue Place, Cerro Gordo St., collection, Decatur IL, Dunham St., Dunham's Addition, E.B. Durfee's 1st Addition, E.B. Durfee's 2nd Addition, E.B. Durfee's 3rd Addition, Fairview Addition, Fairview Ave., Fairview Park, Fairview Place, H. Robinson's Addition, H.A. Wood's West Park Addition of out lots, Hill's Addition of out lots, ICRR, Illinois Central Railroad, ISHRAB-2017-25-114, ISHRAB-2017-25-115, ISHRAB-2017-25-116, ISHRAB-2017-25-119, lands, map, Maps, McClelland Ave., Miller & Packard Addition, Mueller Manufacturing Co., N. Mercer St., N. Monroe St., N. Pine St., Oakland Ave., Office of Chief Engineer, Pleasant View, Polar Ice Co., Quinlan's 1st Addition, Quinlan's 2nd Addition, Quinlan's 3rd Addition, railroad, Railroad Ave., Railroad Map Collection, S.K. Thompson Addition, S.K. Thompson's 2nd Addition, Solana Place, station map, structures, Tracks, University Ave., University Heights, Van Dyke St., W. Eldorado St., W. Green St., W. King St., W. North St., Wabash, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Western Addition

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands, Tracks, & Structures - Fairview Ave. to Monroe St. (6/30/1919)

This map shows the Wabash Railway tracks from Fairview Ave. to Monroe St. in 1919. It also shows the businesses, additions, and streets between Fairview Ave. and Monroe St.

Tags: #8.003, 6/30/1919, A. Watts Addition, Adamson & Prather's Addition, additions, Anna B. Millikin Home, Avenue Park Addition, Bright St., Bundy's Addition, businesses, Cerro Gordo St., collection, College St., Cottage Hill Ave. Sunset Ave., Decatur IL, Dunham's Addition, E.B. Durfee's 2nd Addition, E.B. Durfee's 3rd Addition, E.B. Durfee's Addition, George F. Wessel's Addition, H.A. Wood Addition, H.H. Brown's 2nd Subdivision, H.H. Brown's Subdivision, H.S. Evan's Subdivision, H.S. Evans 2nd Subdivision, Hiram Johnson's Subdivision, Home Ave., Isabell's Addition, ISHRAB, ISHRAB-2017-25-130, John Allen resurvey, lands, Locus Addition, map, Maps, Marilla Dunham Place, McCaskill's 2nd Addition, McCaskill's 3rd Addition, Mercer St., Millikin Place, Millikin's 2nd Addition, Millikin's Addition, Mueller Manufacturing Co., Mueller's Addition, N. Monroe St., N. Oakland Ave., N. Pine St., Oakland Place, Oaklawn Addition, Office of Chief Engineer, Peter H. Brueck's 2nd Addition, Peter H. Brueck's Addition, Polar Ice Co., R.E. Kinney's Addition, railroad, Railroad Map Collection, S.K. Thompson's 2nd Addition, S.K. Thompson's Addition, Simpson's 2nd Addition, Simpson's Addition, station map, Streets, structures, Tracks, University Place, Van Dyke St., W. Decatur St., W. Eldorado St., W. Forest Ave., W. Green St., W. Macon St., W. Main St., W. North St., W. William St., W. Wood St., Wabash, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, West Park Addition of out lots, Woodland Addition, Yates & King's Addition

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands, Tracks and Structures - N. Monroe St to Wabash Yards (6/30/1919)

This station map shows the Wabash Railway's lands, tracks, and structures between N. Monroe St. and the Wabash yards.

Tags: 1919, 6/30/1919, American Brick Hominy Co., Assessor's subdivision, Assessor's Subdivision of block 4, B.H. Carr's Addition, Barnett's Resurvey, Broadway St., Central Ave., Cerro Gordo St., Church St., Clerk's Vision, collection, College St., County Subdivision, Decatur IL, Durfee and King's Addition, Durfee Warren Company's Addition, E.B. Durfee's 1st Addition, Edward St., Eldorado St., Erman Survey, Fearn Bruce subdivision, Franklin St., Front St., G.J. Parke's Resurvey, Gibb's Addition, H. Mueller Mfg Co. Resurvey, H. Robinson's Addition, H.R. Durfee's Addition, Hammer's Resurvey, Henry Prather's Addition, Huff Bros. Lot 2 Resurvey, ICRR, ICRR depot, Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Terminal System, ISHRAB-2017-25-105, ISHRAB-2017-25-106, ITS freight house, J.F. Montgomery's Addition, Jackson St., Joseph King's Addition, lands, map, Maps, Martin and Gatzing's Addition, Maryland St., Mason St., Monroe St., Morgan St., Mueller Mfg Co., N. Main St., N. Water St., Office of Chief Engineer, Plant and Tuttle's Addition, R.J. Oglesby's Addition, railroad, Railroad Map Collection, Reed & Co's Addition, S.K. Thompson's Addition, Sangamon St., Schroll's subdivision, station map, stock pens, structures, Swearingan's Resurvey, Tracks, Union St., V.H. Parks Warehouse, W. Green St., W. King St., Wabash, Wabash Depot, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, Wabash YMCA, Wait & Company's Addition, Western Addition, Yards

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