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Misc. Subjects - page #1

7 wrecks and steam at Granite City Steel appear on 'Misc. - page #2'

WWII railroad damage, Frisco #1522, and 2nd hand diesels in Arkansas appear on 'Misc, - #3'

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#1 thru #3 Nickel Plate station in Edwardsville - 1983

#4 thru #7    4 photos of the Edwardsville station area taken after platform was graded away. Photos #4 through #6
                     face toward the north with the former L&M enginehouse visible in distance (semaphore is for White
                     Siding) while photo #7 faces towards the Troy Road crossing.

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#8 Nickel Plate's Edwardsville station in 1958.

#9 Edwardsville station after being closed and before being moved. --- Kevin Farmer photo

#10 Straightline map of the Litchfield & Madison in the Edwardsville and LeClaire area.

#11 Straightline map of LeClaire Tower area.

#12 Nickel Plate mainline; looking west into Edwardsville, from Richards Brick area.

#13 Nickel Plate mainline; looking east towards Marine Road and White siding.

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#14 Area map of railroads in the St.Louis Metro-East area (mid-1940's).

#15 Litchfield & Madison map; from 1954 employee timetable.

#16 East side of LeClaire Tower; as seen from IT yard.

#17 LeClaire Tower; operator's desk.

#18 and #19 LeClaire tower; interior -- Photo #18 is looking north and #19 is toward the south.

#20 LeClaire Tower; operator Ray Blue with IT train orders.

#21 NKP's westbound home signal for LeClaire interlocking.

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#22 thru #24 Illinois Terminal water tank at south end of LeClaire Yard; 1 mid-1950's and 2 from 1990.

#25 Illinois Terminal water tank at LeClaire Yard in 2003. --- Gary Forshaw photo

#26 NKP - IC crossing at Glen Tower.

#27 Glen Tower -- operator with visiting friends; mid 1950's.

#28 (added 7/25/03) L&M yard office; South end of yard at Madison, IL --- Dave Rogers photo

#29 L&M yard office; North end of yard at Madison IL.

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#30 thru #32 New York Central passengers trains detouring through Edwardsville on the NKP - 1958(?).
Photo #30 is eastbound after crossing Troy Road and photos #31 and #32 are westbound at station.

#33 and #34 Southbound IC taking orders at Glen Tower; IC ran over the L&M from Glen to Madison.

#35 Sperry rail inspection car at NKP station in Edwardsville; mid-1980's.

#36 Illinois Central passenger train entering north end of L&M yard at Madison; pre-WWII.

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#37 Nickel Plate MofW cars at Edwardsville during local work.

#38 Nickel Plate double door box car #24620.

#39 Nickel Plate coke car #120 (rebuilt wood-sheathed box car).

#40 Nickel Plate 2-bay hopper car #31273 (clay hopper for Richards Brick).

#41 Mill gondolas and other misc. on NKP in Edwardsville.

#42 Nickel Plate tank car #X-15 (company MofW service)

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#43 Nickel Plate double deck stock car #42449; magazine clipping, unknown origin.

#44 Early NKP piggyback; Edwardsville, mid-1950's

#45 Alco switcher carbody on flatcar; on L&M siding, approx. 1954.

#46 Illinois Central northbound freight at Peters Station.

#47 Illinois Central EMD TR-1 transfer switcher #9251 at L&M's Madison Yard
--- Rare EMD model built in 1941; only 2 sets were built, 1350 HP per unit.

#48 Illinois Central GP-9 #9404.

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#49 Last train on the former L&M (CNW/UP); picking up rail, Glen Carbon approx. 3-15-01. -- Scott Nauert photo

#50 FM unit is leading on an eastbound NYC passenger train that has just left St.Louis.

#51 and #52 New York Central 4-8-2 at Granite City Steel.

#53 Laclede Steel high-cube 6-axle gondola (ex-VGN Rwy).

#54 Laclede Steel in-plant wire gondolas.

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#55 (added 7/25/03) Baldwin builders photo of Alton & Southern 2-8-2 #15.

#56 Alton & Southern 3-cylinder 0-8-0 #12 at Museum of Transport, St.Louis.

#57 Lima double belpaire boiler (display model) at Museum of Transport, St.Louis.

#58 EMD builders photo of GP-18 demonstrator #1800.

#59 C&NW GP's pass by RR museum at N.Freedon WI; mid-1960's.

7 wrecks and steam at Granite City Steel appear on 'Misc. - page #2'

WWII railroad damage, Frisco #1522, and 2nd hand diesels in Arkansas appear on 'Misc, - #3'