By Mike Schafer for trains.com
Interurbans, steam, big diesel freights — Illinois Terminal had ’em all
The Illinois Terminal Railroad might be one of the most misunderstood Class 1 railroads of the 20th century. If you think “the I.T.,” as most called it, was just a creaky electric interurban that gave up on passengers and got some diesels to haul freight to a few customers, think again. To continue reading…