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Close Up Photographs of Damage in the Train Yards After the Norfolk & Western Explosion

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Close up photographs showing the damage in the train yards after the Norfolk & Western Railway Co. explosion which occurred on Friday July 19th, 1974. This accident occurred after a tank car containing propane was punctured by another car, leaking…

Tags: 1974, Cars, Damage, Decatur IL, East side, Evactuation, Explosion, Herald and Review, Norfolk & Western, Photo File: Railroads, Propane, Rail Cars, Rail Yards, railroad, Railroads, Tracks, Yards

Close Up Photographs of Railroad Equipment Damage after the Norfolk & Western Explosion

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Close up photographs of railroad equipment damage after the Norfolk & Western Railway Co. explosion which occurred on Friday July 19th, 1974. This accident occurred after a tank car containing propane was punctured by another car, leaking gas and…

Tags: 1974, Cars, Damage, Equipment, Evacuation, Explosion, Herald and Review, Norfolk & Western, Photo File: Railroads, Propane, Rail Cars, railroad, Railroads, Tracks, Yards

Illinois Central Railroad Map - Sangamon St. to Division St. (Revised-Date Illegible)

This map shows the Illinois Central Railroad tracks and yards between Sangamon St. and Division St., and all the streets and businesses in between. It also shows the Pennsylvania RR tracks and yards.

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 Station Plat Map - Center St. to N. Union St. (6/10/1952)

This station map for the Illinois Central Railroad shows the tracks from Center St. to N. Union St., the Pennsylvania RR, and the streets and businesses between those two streets.
There are 2 ISHRAB-2017-25-58 maps in the physical collection. Only…

Tags: 1952, 6/10/1952, additions, Alexander Lumber Co., Arnold Coal Company, Builders Supply Company, businesses, C.W. Handy Addition, Center St., Church Hill Addition, Clinton St., collection, Columbia Heights Addition, D.F. Shelley Addition, Decatur IL, E. Division St., F.M. Gaddis Addition, Francis St., Garfield Ave., H.A. Wood Addition, Hunter Bros. Addition, ICRR, ICRR yards, Illinois Central Railroad, ISHRAB-2017-25-58, ISHRAB-2017-25-59, Johnson Ave., M. Johnson subdivision, map, Maps, Morgan St., N. Broadway St., N. Church St., N. Main St., N. Union St., N. Warren St., N. Water St., North Side, Olive St., Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania RR, Peoria Cartage Co., R.C. Augustine Addition, Railroad Map Collection, Richview, Skelley 2 Oil Station, Stares Addition, station plat, station plat map, Streets, Superior Welding Co., Tracks, W. Johnson St., W.G. Traver Co., Whitchel Addition, Williams Subdivision, Yards

Illinois Central Railroad Station Plat Map - Decatur St. to Cerro Gordo St. (9/11/1951)

This is a station plat map for Illinois Central Railroad showing the tracks from Decatur St. to Cerro Gordo St. It also includes the streets and businesses between those two streets, and the Wabash RR tracks.

Tags: #8.003, 1951, 9/11/1951, additions, Assessors sub of lot 8, B.H. Cassell's Addition, Broadway St., businesses, Cerro Gordo St., collection, Decatur Grocer Co., Decatur IL, Decatur Novelty Works, Decatur Soya Products Co., Decatur St., Deep Rock Oil Corp., E.E. Lily & Son, Eldorado St., Frank Shull, Front St., Gates & Johnson Co., Gault St., Gault's 1st Addition, Gault's 2nd Addition, Hamman Brothers Transfer Co., Hilton St., ICRR, ICRR freight house, ICRR yards, Illinois Candy Co., Illinois Central Railroad, Industry Court, ISHRAB-2017-25-60, J.K. Warren's South Addition, J.N. Bills 2nd Addition, Jackson St., Kraft Hotel, Macon St., Main St., map, Maps, Maryland St., Moorehouse and Wells Co., Morgan St., North St., Office of Assistant to the Division Engineer, Ornamental Iron Works, Prairie Ave., Railroad Map Collection, Rath Packing Co., S. Franklin St., Short St., Sinclair Oil and Refining Co., Streets, The Grigolet Company, Tracks, Union Iron Works, US Manufacturing Co., Wabash Railroad, Wabash RR., Washington St., Water St., William St., Wood St., Yards

Illinois Central Railroad Station Plat Map - Tait Ave. - Division St. (9/15/1952)

This Illinois Central Railroad station plat map shows the yards, tracks, streets, and businesses between Tait Ave. and Division St. in 1952.

Tags: #8.003, 1952, 9/15/1952, Alexander Lumber Company, businesses, Calhoun St., Charles St., coal yard, collection, Collins-Bruley Construction Company, Curtis Ave., Decatur IL, diesel shop, Division St., Elmhurst Ave., Garfield Ave., George S. Walker Inc., Harrison Ave., ICRR, ICRR yards, Illinois Ave., Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois St., ISHRAB-2017-25-97, ISHRAB-2017-25-98, J.L. Johnson and Sons., Jasper St., laudromat, Leader Ave., Leader Iron Works, Logan St., Lowber St., map, Maps, Miss Mary Schnepp, Mr. A.H. Schnepp, Mueller Ave., Mueller Company, Office of Assistant to Division Engineer, Olive St., Perfect Potato Chip Company, Railroad Map Collection, Sawyer Biscuit Company, station plat map, Streets, Sunshine Biscuit Company, Superior Welding Co., Tait Ave., Tracks, Woare Builders Supply Company, Woodford St., Yards

Illinois Central Railroad Track from Wood St. to Sangamon St. (7/28/1921)

This map shows the ICRR from Wood St. to Sangamon St. crossing the Wabash Railway between the Wabash freight house and the Wabash roundhouse.

Tags: #8.003, 1921, 7/28/1921, Allen McReynolds & Co. Addition, B.H. Cassell's 8th Addition, B.H. Cassell's Addition, Broadway St., Cerro Gordo St., CI&W depot, Cincinnati Indianapolis & Western RR, Clinton St., collection, Decatur Coal Co., Decatur Coffin Co., Decatur Grocer Co., Decatur IL, Decatur Manufacturing Co., Decatur Novelty Works, Decatur Railway and Light Co., Eldorado St., Gattlings Addition, Hammon Bros. Transfer Co., Home Manufacturing Co., ICRR, ICRR passenger depot, ICRR yards, Illinois Candy Co., Illinois Central Railroad, ISHRAB-2017-25-47, Jackson St., Kraft Hotel, Main St., map, Maryland St., McClelland Grocery Co., Morgan St., North St., Northern Cross, Plant & Tuttles Addition, Prairie Ave., Prather Martin & Gattling's Addition, Prathers Addition, Railroad Map Collection, Sangamon St., Shellabarger Elevator Company, Short St., Tracks, Union Iron Works, Wabash Ave., Wabash freight house, Wabash machine shop, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash round house, Wabash RR, Wabash RR passenger depot, Wabash RR YMCA, Wabash yards, Walrus Manufacturing Co., William St., Wood St., Yards

Pennsylvania Lines - Proposed Extension of Side Track for the Shellabarger Elevator Co. & Re-arrangement of Tracks in Marietta St. Yard (12/6/1919)

This map shows the proposed side track extension of the Pennsylvania Lines for the Shellabarger Elevator Co., and the re-arrangement of the Marietta St. yards.

Photograph of the Illinois Central R. R. Roundhouse and Yards

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Photograph of the Illinois Central R. R. roundhouse and yards in Clinton IL, taken on May 17, 1910.

Tags: 1910, Clinton IL, Decatur IL, Herald and Review, Illinois Central, Illinois Central R. R., Railroads, Roundhouse, train, Yards

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