Illinois Terminal - Road of Personalized Services  $69.95 Order Code: ITRP

8 1/2 X 11 Vertical Hard Cover with Dust Jacket 328 pages, Color and B&W

ISBN: 1-932804-00-5 Signed and Numbered Limited Editions Available: add $20

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Section 1: The Interurban Era
        Bridging the Gap
    Chapter 1: The McKinley Years
        Louis E. Fischer
        Indiana, Almost
        H. Eugene Chubbuck
        Components for Survival
    Chapter 2: The Building of an Empire
        Belts That Never Were
        Building a Fleet for Operations
    Chapter 3: Passengers--1901–1927
        ITS Adopts Green and Gold
        Joseph M. Bosenbury
        Special Trains
        ITS: An Enviable Freight Operator
    Chapter 4: Freight--1901–1927
        Ray L. Reed
        Excess Speed on a Class C
        Melted Resistor Bank on a Class C
Section 2: The Expansion Era
        Big Time Railroading
    Chapter 5: The Steam Lines
        Katherine E. Wilson
        A Railroad Within A Railroad
    Chapter 6: The St. Louis & Alton
        Wrecks & Unusual Occurrences
        The Bugged Motorman
        The Alton Depot
        A Full Service Railroad
    Chapter 7: Passengers--1928–1945
        A New Era for IT Freight Service
    Chapter 8: Freight--1928–1945
        The Class C Trip to Cleveland
        The "Clear Vision" Window
Section 3: The Transition Era
        From Interurban to Freight Only
    Chapter 9: The Diesels Arrive
        The Proposed EMD Diesel Facility
        Requiem for the Freight Electrics
        Wholesale Streamlining
    Chapter 10: The Streamlined Era
        Streamliner Mishaps
        The Party Wouldn't Last
    Chapter 11: Radical Transformation
        The End of Names and Parlor-Car Service
        New at Both Ends of the Train
        Two-Way Radios
        The SW1200 Switchers
        Last Rites
        Requiem for the Passenger Electrics
Section 4: The Diesel Era
        Titanic Tenacity
    Chapter 12: New Direction
        Additions to the Retirement Party
        Milton E. Leppert
        The Experimental Paint Schemes
        A Marriage that Didn't Work
        The Oval Paint Scheme
        Locomotive Renumbering
        The "Keeper of the Road"
    Chapter 13: The Wilson Years
        Errald Boyd "Bobby" Wilson
        Santa Fe All the Way. . . to the IT
        Eugene F. Moore
        IT's Business Car President
        The IT in Turmoil
    Chapter 14: Countdown to N&W
        The N&W Inspection Train
        Requiem for the Diesels
Appendix: Equipment Rosters
Index
Maps