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Litchfield & Madison - diesel and misc.

Page #1

includes C&NW trains on L&M

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#1 and #2    RS-3 #303 when being delivered new;  on NKP at the L&M connection (exhaust, etc still covered).

#3    L&M RS-3 #303 new at Alco in 19  ;  the last RS-3 built.              LeClaireRail coll.

#4 and #5    #302 working the rip track at Edwardsville;  photo taken from washhouse area.

#6 and #7    #302 switching south of LeClaire before going on north to Benld.

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#8      Southbound #383 and L&M RS-3 meet at the top of Glen Carbon Hill;  Center Grove Road.

#9      #301 and #302 switching the ITC connection at LeClaire before going on to Madison.

#10    Northbound RS-3 topping Glen Carbon Hill at Center Grove Road.

#11    Northbound extra passing LeClaire on the way to Benld;  3 cars of auto frames behind engine.

#12    Two RS-3's cross the ITC electric line at LeClaire;  northbound Extra, Madison to Benld.

#13    Control stand of RS-3 seen through right side window.

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#14 and #15    Northbound #386 crossing S.Brown St. at the L&M enginehouse.

#16    #383 southbound between home signal and LeClaireTower with four F-7's.

#17    #383 ready to leave LeClaire area after making a pickup.

#18    Classic A-B-B-A lashup of F-7's on #383 at LeClaire;  single-slip switch in foreground is at ITC crossing.

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#20    #386 has just passed the LeClaire area on the way north to Benld.

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#21    C&NW A-B-A F-units on ready track at Benld, IL;  early 1950's.

#22    Northbound #386 near the top of Glen Carbon Hill;  track in foreground is NKP.

#23    #383 near Center Grove Road and close to starting down Glen Carbon Hill.

#24    #386 between Troy Road and Wolf St.  (poor photo)

#25    #383 passing through the Edwardsville terminal;  one of the Mikados sits in service area at right.

#26    GP-9 #1750;  from an EMD advertisement in 'Modern Railroads' magazine.

#27    EMD builder's photo of GP-18 #1774.            LeClaireRail coll.

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#28 thru #30    Baldwin builder photos of VO-1000 #100.               H.L.Broadbelt, LeClaireRail coll.

#31    EMD builder's photo of F-7 #4071A/B/C.                  LeClaireRail coll.

#32 and #33    Early C&NW piggybacks at Madison Yard;  single end-load ramp was near yard office.

#34    Company gondola of cinders at Edwardsville.  (cropped out of section of steam era photo)

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#35 and #36    L&M caboose #6 at Edwardsville (ex-MoPac ?);  photo #36 from Jeff Halloin collection

#37    Wood bay window caboose #8;  probably unusual in that most bay window cabooses are steel.

#38    L&M bay window caboose on C&NW train #383;  looking south between Troy Rd and LeClaire.

#39    View from cupola of caboose #6 (on rip track);  looking north toward Vandalia St.

#40    Looking north in Edwardsville terminal;  crane is unloading scrap for radiator plant.

#41    Variety of cranes (one steam) at Edwardsville;  radiator plant in background.

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#42     L&M mainline looking north toward Troy Road;  mid-1950's.

#43 thru #46    Edwardsville enginehouse;  L&M logo still intact when photos were taken in 1984.

#47     Madison yard office;  mid-1950's.             Dave Rogers collection

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