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Railroad Wreck with Two Men |
Railroad Wreck with Two Men |
August 1960 |
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Railroad Wreck |
Railroad Wreck |
August 1960 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Nickel Plate Warehouse and Section Foreman’s house |
Nickel Plate Warehouse and Section Foreman’s house taken in 1909 at Peter Station. The road in the foreground that ran between warehouse and station. This road became Route 157 in the 1930’s. |
1909 |
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Peters Train Station in Glen Carbon |
Peters Train Station before 1913. These buildings were located between the tracks just west of Illinois Route 157. Gottieb Schumachers store is in the background, presently Judy’s Inn Tavern. The building attached is the freight house that is used for unclaimed freight. |
Before 1913 |
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Clover Leaf Train Station at Glen Carbon |
This station was located east of Meridian Road between the tracks just north of Miner Park. The Clover Leaf later became the Nickel Plate Railroad. J. F. Dickman was the railroad agent. Coal mine No. 1 is at the far right. A brick structure of the mine is now occupied as a residence. Meridian road is on the far left. |
January 1900 |
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Clover Leaf Train Station |
Clover Leaf Train Station right after it was moved to Glen Carbon. The name is not painted on the station yet. Madison Coal Corporation Mine No. 1 is in the background. The man in the photo is J. F. Dickman the railroad agent. |
January 26, 1900 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Streetcar Crossing the East St. Louis Interurban Electrical Lines |
Streetcar crossing the East St. Louis Interurban Electrical Lines as it crossed present-day Glen Carbon Heritage Trail. Streetcar ran from 1899-1928. |
1918 |
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Kasper Kaser At Glen Carbon Crossing
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Kasper Kaser At Glen Carbon Crossing waiting by a streetcar shelter.
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1902 |
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Tish Miccer at the Illinois Central Railroad Station |
“I am the ambitious looking guy, sitting there, look like I’m waitin’ for a freight, eh?” –Tish |
June 5, 1939 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Train Arriving at the Glen Carbon Train Station |
Train arrives at the Glen Carbon train station to pick up passengers. Both the Illinois Central Railroad and Clover Leaf railroad provided passenger service to St. Louis several times a day, beginning at 6:00 am. One could spend the say in St. Louis, watch the Veiled Prophet parade, and still catch the 10:10 pm train home. |
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