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Dining car, Chicago and North Western Railway
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
C&A Shops, Locomotive
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A locomotive sits in the C&A shops in Bloomington, Illinois. C&A (Chicago and Alton) shops were the largest employer in McLean County. There, the first Pullman sleeper, the first commerical dining car, and the first reclining chair car were made.
Welded rail, Chicago Great Western Railroad
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Piggyback' service, Chicago Great Western Railroad
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Railroad porters, Chicago and North Western Railway
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Major Nolton Engine, close-up
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This close-up of the Major Nolton Engine shows details like the antlers, lights, etc.
Texas engine #854, Chicago Great Western Railroad
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
First diesel engine of the Chicago and Alton Railroad
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Steam Engine in McLean County about 1875
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A steam engine in McLean County about 1875.
Major Nolton Engine
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A number of men surround the C&A "Major Nolton" Engine. The engine went to Chicago to fight the Great Fire in 1871, and it became nationally known because it reached Chicago in such short time to help fight the fire.
Rail crossing in St. Charles, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
The Green Diamond, Illinois Central Railroad
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, color
Chicago and Alton train
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w

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Dining car, Chicago and North Western Railway

C&A Shops, Locomotive

Welded rail, Chicago Great Western Railroad

Piggyback' service, Chicago Great Western Railroad

Railroad porters, Chicago and North Western Railway

Major Nolton Engine, close-up

Texas engine #854, Chicago Great Western Railroad

First diesel engine of the Chicago and Alton Railroad

Steam Engine in McLean County about 1875

Major Nolton Engine

Rail crossing in St. Charles, Illinois

The Green Diamond, Illinois Central Railroad

Chicago and Alton train

Dining car, Chicago and North Western Railway

C&A Shops, Locomotive

Welded rail, Chicago Great Western Railroad

Piggyback' service, Chicago Great Western Railroad

Railroad porters, Chicago and North Western Railway

Major Nolton Engine, close-up

Texas engine #854, Chicago Great Western Railroad

First diesel engine of the Chicago and Alton Railroad

Steam Engine in McLean County about 1875

Major Nolton Engine

Rail crossing in St. Charles, Illinois

The Green Diamond, Illinois Central Railroad

Chicago and Alton train