Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Illinois Traction System/Urbana and Champaign Railway, Gas, and Electric Co. building
Image | Champaign-Urbana Historic Built EnvironmentShows the north and west sides of the structure.
First depot of Galena & Chicago Union Railroad
Image | 1880-1889 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "The first depot of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad Company (now Chicago & Northwestern Railway). This depot stood at the southwest corner of North Canal and West Kinzie streets. It was built in 1848 and was Chicago's first railroad depot. In 1881 the depot was removed. By courtesy of Chicago Historical Society" From text: "It was a one-story frame building loca...
Chicago and Northwestern terminal
Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Passenger Terminal, Chicago Chicago and North Western Railway"
Keeley Institute: Waiting for the train
Image | 1891 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] The Keeley Institute--Waiting for the Train at Dwight. [See "Keeley Institute."]". From text: "Train time is always looked forward to at Dwight, sometimes with pleasure and sometimes with sorrow. Pleasant ties are broken every day. The departing graduate, while looking forward with pleasure to meeting his friends once more...
Peoria and Eastern Railroad Co. Depot
Image | Champaign-Urbana Historic Built EnvironmentShows the east and north sides of the structure.
Illinois Central Railroad Co. Depot
Image | 1988 | Champaign-Urbana Historic Built EnvironmentShows the west and south sides of the structure.
Illinois Central Railroad Co. Depot
Image | 1948 | Champaign-Urbana Historic Built EnvironmentShows the west and south sides of the structure.
A Group of Librarians in the North Asbury Park Train Station, Asbury Park, New Jersey
Image | 1916 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPicture #1916_16: Off for Princeton Day
San Francisco to Chicago via the Burlington route
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1876 | Railroad MapsSan Francisco to Chicago via the Burlington route
Dallenbach House
Image | Champaign-Urbana Historic Built EnvironmentShows the north side of the structure.
Wabash Railroad Co./Illinois Terminal Railroad Co. Depot
Image | Champaign-Urbana Historic Built EnvironmentShows the west and south sides of the structure.
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Saint Louis Railroad Co. Depot
Image | Champaign-Urbana Historic Built EnvironmentShows the north and east sides of the structure.
Frisco Railway Station, Fort Scott
Image | 1949 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Map of the Missouri Pacific and St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railways and connections
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1892 | Railroad MapsMap of the Missouri Pacific and St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railways and connections
Map of the Missouri Pacific Railway, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, Rio Grande Western Railway, Rio Grande Southern Railroad, St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, Texas & Pacific Railway, International & Great Northern Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway : leased, operated & independent lines and connections
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1904 | Railroad MapsMap of the Missouri Pacific Railway, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, Rio Grande Western Railway, Rio Grande Southern Railroad, St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, Texas & Pacific Railway, International & Great Northern Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway : leased, operated & independent lines and connections
Map of the Illinois Traction System, Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Railway, showing connections with Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway territory in Illinois
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1921 | Railroad MapsMap of the Illinois Traction System, Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Railway, showing connections with Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway territory in Illinois
Special military excursion by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, Danville route, leaving Chicago on Saturday, October 16th, 1880, at 6:00 P.M.
Multi-Page Item | 11 pages | 1880 | Railroad MapsSpecial military excursion by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, Danville route, leaving Chicago on Saturday, October 16th, 1880, at 6:00 P.M.
Best line for all points west, northwest and southwest : through daily trains over its own direct lines, between Chicago, Peoria and Saint Louis, and Omaha, Lincoln, Denver, Deadwood, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Atchison, St. Paul, Minneapolis
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1900 | Railroad MapsBest line for all points west, northwest and southwest : through daily trains over its own direct lines, between Chicago, Peoria and Saint Louis, and Omaha, Lincoln, Denver, Deadwood, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Atchison, St. Paul, Minneapolis
Chicago For the Tourist
Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoBook cover. Full text: "Chicago For The Tourist Reached by the Illinois Central R. R." Image depicts Grant Park, with the Logan Statue in the foreground, and the Illinois Central Station at 11th Street and S. Michigan Avenue behind.
Frisco Railway Station, Fort Scott
Image | 1949 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
The Railway Station
Image | 1862 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
A Railroad Station Waiting Room
Image | 1940 | Modern and Contemporary Art from the Jonathan Fineberg CollectionCorcoran Gallery of Art, District of Columbia, United States
Map of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway : "big four route" and connections
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1892 | Railroad MapsMap of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway : "big four route" and connections
Geographically correct map of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad : Danville route and its connections
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1885 | Railroad MapsGeographically correct map of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad : Danville route and its connections
Illinois Central Station
Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Grant Park, the Lake, Michigan Boulevard and Central Station of the Illinois Central R. R."
Mail at Union Station
Image | 1906 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "The fast mail at Union Station". From text: "Chicago to-day is the greatest mail center on the continent. Seven hundred tons of this concentrated commerce flow through her gates every twenty-four hours. From every point of the compass, it comes to this great hopper to be ground out, separated, and sent to its destination. Why is this? It is because Chicago is the f...
Terminal of Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Image | 1912 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Passenger terminal of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, completed in 1911. Courtesy of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway." From text: "In the annual report for the year ending June 30th, 1907, mention is made of the new passenger terminal which has lately been completed on the West Side between Lake street on the north, and Madison street on the south, occupying...
Michigan Southern R. R. Depot
Image | 1869 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "The Michigan Southern, and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific trains start from the same depot on Van Buren, opposite LaSalle street."

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