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Isaiah Green

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Photograph of Isaiah Green (d. 2/11/1909), a veteran Wabash Railroad employee. He started in 1881 as a wiper, then as a helper in the storeroom. He was a Civil War Veteran, serving with the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. The photo ran in the…

Tags: 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 1909, biography, Civil War, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Isaiah Green, Photo File: Biography, storeroom, veteran, Wabash Railroad, wiper

Alonzo Gray

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Photograph of Alonzo Gray. He came to Decatur in 1878 from New York, and was employed by Wabash Railroad until 1910. At that time, he went to work for the Illinois Traction System. He was an expert on interior car-work, and a cabinet maker by…

Tags: 1910, Alonzo Gray, biography, cabinet maker, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Illinois Traction System, interior car-work, New York, Photo File: Biography, Wabash Railroad

Delano, Crunelle, and Taft

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Photograph of Frederic A. Delano, Laurence Crunelle, and Lorado Taft at the joint luncheon of the Illinois Art Extension tour and the American Civic Association at the Decatur Country Club on September 30, 1929. Delano was the president of the…

Tags: 1929, American Civic Association, biography, Decatur Country Club, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Frederic A. Delano, Illinois Art Extension tour, Laurence Crunelle, Leonard Crunelle, Lorado Taft, Photo File: Biography, Wabash Railroad

John Zeller

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Photograph of John Zeller; (died 4/11/1932). He came to Decatur about 1860 and started driving oxen used by the Wabash in switching cars. Later he took a job in a meat packing plant that was located about where the Catholic Cemetery (Calvary)now is…

Tags: biography, butcher, Calvary Cemetery, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, John Zeller, Landscape Gardener, Meat Packing Plant, Photo File: Biography, St. James Catholic Church, Wabash Railroad

Clifford E. Ocheltree

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Photograph of Clifford E. Ocheltree; (born 1/20/1874; died 7/14/1949); married Mary E. Moore; trainmaster on the Wabash R.R., began as a telegrapher 6/21/1893 and retired after 44 years, 6/30/1937; member First Presbyterian Church. Photo by Rembrandt…

Tags: 1926, biography, Clifford E. Ocheltree, Decatur IL., First Presbyterian Church, Herald and Review, Mary E. Moore, Photo File: Biography, Rembrandt Studio, Telegrapher, Trainmaster, Wabash R.R., Wabash Railroad

Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western RR Right of Way and Track Map - Fairview Ave to Franklin St. (6/30/1918 - Revised 6/7/1959)

This map shows the Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western RR right of way and track from Fairview Ave. to Franklin St. The CI&W RR was operated by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. The map also shows the Wabash RR tracks and the St. Louis Bridge…

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Illinois Central Railroad Station Plat Map - Eldorado St. to Hickory St. (12/26/1951)

This is a station plat map for Illinois Central Railroad showing the tracks from Eldorado St. to Hickory St. The map includes the Wabash RR and Pennsylvania RR tracks, streets, and additions.

Illinois Central Railroad Station Map - Northern Cross (9/1939)

This map shows the Illinois Central Railroad crossing the Wabash Railroad at the Northern Cross in September 1939. It also shows the Wabash RR yards, businesses, and streets around the Northern Cross.

Tags: #8.003, 1939, 9/1939, B&O RR Depot, Broadway St., businesses, Calhoun St., Cerro Gordo St., Clinton St., collection, Decatur Coffin Co., Decatur Grocer Co., Decatur IL, Decatur Novelty Works, Eldorado Oil Co., Eldorado St., Esplanade St., Front St., Gronne Concrete Products Co., Hammon Bros. Transfer Co., Hilton St., Home Manufacturing Co., ICRR, ICRR freight house, ICRR passenger depot, Illinois Central Railroad, ISHRAB-2017-25-66, Kraft Hotel, Leisey Brewery, map, Maps, Marietta St., Maryland St., Morgan St., North St., Northern Cross, Orchard St., Pearl St., Prairie Ave, Railroad Ave., Railroad Map Collection, Rath Packing Co., Sangamon St., Shellabarger Elevator Co., Short St., Streets, Swift & Co., The Grigolet Company, Track, Tracks, Union Iron Works, Wabash, Wabash Ave., Wabash freight house, Wabash machine shop, Wabash passenger depot, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash Roundhouse, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, Wabash YMCA, Walrus Manufacturing Co., Wide's Oil Co., William St., Yards

Illinois Central Railroad Plat of Portion of P.D. & E Old Main (5/11/1912)

This map shows the portion of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville RR from W. Grand Ave to Wabash Ave. This line was operated by the Illinois Central Railroad in 1912.

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands, Tracks and Structures - Monroe St. to Wabash Yards (6/30/194?)

This station map shows the Wabash Railway tracks from Monroe St. to the Wabash yards.

Tags: #8.003, 194?, 6/30/194?, additions, American Hominy Co., Assessor's subdivision, B.H. Carr's Addition, Barnett's Resurvey, Broadway St., businesses, Central Ave., Cerro Gordo St., Church St., Clerks Vision, collection, College St., County Subdivision J.F. Montgomery's Addition, Decatur IL, Durfee and King's Addition, Durfee Warren & Company's Addition, Edward St., Eldorado St., Erman Survey, Fearn & Bruce Subdivision, Front St., Gibb's Addition, H. Mueller Mfg Co., H.R. Durfee's Addition, Hammer's Resurvey, Henry Prather's Addition, Huff Bros. Resurvey, ICRR, ICRR depot, Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Terminal System, ISHRAB, ISHRAB-2017-25-133, ITS, ITS freight house, Jackson St., Joseph King's Addition, King St., lands, map, Maps, Martin and Gatzing's Addition, Maryland St., Mason St., Monroe St., Morgan St., Mueller Mfg Co. Resurvey, N. Main St., Northern Cross, Plant and Tuttle's Addition, Prather Addition, R.J. Oglesby's Addition, Railroad Map Collection, Reed & Co's Addition, S.K. Thompson Addition, Sangamon St., Schroll's subdivision, station map, stock yards, Streets, structures, Swearingan's Resurvey, Tracks, Union St., V.H. Park's Warehouse, W. Green St., Wabash, Wabash Depot, Wabash freight house, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, Wabash YMCA, Wait * Company's Addition, Water St., Western Addition, Yards

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