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The Illinois Terminal Railroad Company (reporting mark ITC), known as the Illinois Traction System until 1937, was a heavy duty interurban electric railroad with extensive passenger and freight business in central and southern Illinois from 1896 to 1956.
Illinois Terminal was built with funds provided by the Federal Transit Administration, Illinois Department of Transportation, the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District and the city of Champaign, [2] and was named for the Illinois Terminal Railroad, an electric interurban line that ran from Champaign, and at one time extended as far as St. Louis.
The Illinois Traction System Mackinaw Depot is a former in use 1909 to 1953 Illinois Terminal Railroad interurban passenger depot in Mackinaw, Illinois that still stands. The Illinois Terminal Railroad (from 1896 to 1937 known as the Illinois Traction System) ran an over head trolley wire powered railroad from Peoria on the north to St. Louis on the south with branches to Champaign and Urbana.
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Illinois Terminal Railroad: Illinois–Missouri Terminal Railway: ITC ITC: 1954 1956 Illinois Terminal Railroad: Illinois Northern Railroad: IN ATSF: 1901 1975 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: Illinois Parallel Railroad: CNW: 1851 1853 Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad: Illinois RailNet: IR 1997 2005 Illinois Railway: Illinois River Railroad ...
Poor patronage led the Illinois Terminal to withdraw the City of Decatur in August 1950; the equipment was reassigned to the Peoria run. [9] The new service was named Sangamon, which was the railroad's original choice in 1947. [5] [10] All three sets were withdrawn by 1956 when passenger service on the Illinois Terminal ended. [11]
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The Illinois Traction Building, located at 41 E. University Ave. in Champaign, Illinois, was the headquarters of the Illinois Traction System, an interurban railroad serving Central Illinois. Built in 1913, the building held the railway's offices and served as the Champaign interurban station until 1936; it later housed the offices of the ...