Wabash Railroad Historical Society


Index of WRHS Publications


The Cannonball
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4/75 Introductory newsletter
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5/75 Magazine article references for certain Wabash cars
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6/75 Pullman heavyweight passenger car data list
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7-8/75 Freight car number series w/modeling manufacturer; passenger car consists
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9/75 Passenger car lightweight and heavyweight data
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10/75 City of St. Louis consist information
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11/75 Modeling magazine article references for stream engines #714, 700, 573, 675
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12/75 Model news; Caboose, hoppers & passenger cars
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1/76 Modeling information for rolling stock
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2/76 E8 diesel information
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3/76 ART modeling information
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4/76 Model news; 1940 & 1950 box cars
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5/76 Box car information; dwgs: locos Class C1& C3
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6/76 Wabash steam photo news, model news. dwgs: Locos Class C4 0-6-0 #1545-1569, Class E4 4-4-2 #602
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7-8/76 Wabash memorabilia prices. dwgs: Locos Class B7 0-6-0 #525-554, Class B7 0-6-0 #555-556
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9-10/76 Model news; dwgs: Locos Class F7 2-6-0 #817,848,859, Class G1 2-6-0 #2064,2067,2069,2073-2075, 2081, 2087
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11-12/76 Model news; dwgs: Locos Class I2 2-8-0 #2150, 2153, 2155, 2160 Class J1 4-6-2 #674
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12/76 Wabash streamline passenger cars on the Bluebird & Banner Blue
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1-2/77 Model news, photo news; Timetable data: April 1945 Kansas City to St. Louis, Centralia to Columbia; dwgs: locos Class M1 4-8-2 #2800-2824 Class O1 4-8-4 #2900-2924
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3-4/77 Model news, disbursement of select passenger cars; Loco L1 2-10-2 news
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5-6/77 Model news

The Wabash Flag
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Vol. 1, No. 1 Jan 78 Where are they now: passenger cars City of Decatur & City of Lafayette and locos 2-6-0 #573 & 0-6-0 #534. Who's who in WRHS: John Nixon.
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Vol. 1, No. 2 Feb 78 WRHS news; model news, want ads; Who's who in WRHS: Kirk Reynolds, David Righter
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Vol. 1, No. 3 Mar 78 Railroad and member news; Wabash photo catalog planned; list of existing Wabash passenger equipment; model news, Who's who in WRHS: Gary Roe, Mike Galligan, Jim Kelly
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Vol. 1, No. 4 Apr 78 Editor’s comments; more existing Wabash passenger cars; Those GP35's & C-424's; 1901 wreck in Seneca, MI; model news; Who's who in WRHS: J. David Ingles, Tony Wasson
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Vol. 1, No. 5 May-Jun 78 Editor’s column; sources of Wabash photos; diesels and cars, list of Wabash ex-B&M cars; Wabash stations
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Vol. 1, No. 6 Jul-Aug 78 Editor’s column; car sightings; steam locos; Forrest, IL in 1940's; modeler’s page; magazine scale drawing list for Wabash locos; Wabash stations; passenger car news; ex Wabash diesels comments from fans & employees; photos: 2-8-2 #2443, 2462, 2432, 2453; 2-10-2 #2507, 2523; GP7 #474; 2 ex-Wabash coaches; Who’s who in WRHS: Don Williams, James East

Vol. 1, No. 7 Sep-Oct 78 Paint mixing for model colors; Wabash history; locos; Wabash steam in Ontario; photos: 2-6-0 #1870, 4-4-2 #606, PA-1 #1020, F7 #706
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Vol. 1, No. 8 Nov-Dec 78 Editor’s column; some Wabash history; the wreck of #483; photos: 4-6-4 #207, baggage RPO #452, C-424 #B905, 0-6-0 #557; modeler’s section
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Vol. 2, No. 1 Jan-Feb 79 Steam locomotive roster, Wabash news; MOW water car #3158; Photos: Bluebird observation dome #1601, PA-2 #1052 & E8A #1000, bus. Car #100, chair car #1237, caboose AA 2822 & 2827, covered hopper 30314, Bluffs depot in 1978
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Vol. 2, No. 2 Mar-Apr 79 The Jersey Line (NJI&I); modeler’s news; photos: NJI&I Diesel Switcher #1, 2-6-0 #3 & Pullman Observation "Olivette", 4-4-0 #5 & Combine, Caboose 203, Indiana Northern Diesel Switcher #100, Wabash 2-6-0, Wabash 2-8-0
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Vol. 2, No. 3 May-Jun 79 Continuation of NJI&I article w/map; photos: NJI&I caboose #2, Wabash SW1200 #376, 4-8-4 #2800, 2-6-0 #286, 2-6-0 #817; details for first WRHS annual meeting
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Vol. 2, No. 4 Jul-Aug 79 Troop sleepers roster; Bluff-Keokuk line abandonment; diesel roster, MOW Kitchen/Diner #5667; models; photos: 4-6-2 #691, MOW Kitchen-Dinner 5667, F7A #1163, Wabash HO models
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Vol. 2, No. 5 Sep-Oct 79 Caboose #2830 new; principal functions of manifest freights; WRHS Annual Meeting 1979; modeler’s section; photos: 4-8-4 #2922, 4-6-0 #107, caboose 2830, hopper 36169, RPO 179, MO Depots: Moberly, Centralia and Mexico
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Vol. 2, No. 6 Nov-Dec 79 Principal functions of manifest freights (cont.), Restoration of F7 #671 (nee #1162), caboose 2830; photos: 4-6-4 #704 & 705, 2-10-2 #2515, Alco HH660 #100, cabooses #2601 & #2438
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Vol. 3, No. 1 Jan-Feb 80 Passenger train consists 7/1/58; caboose information for #2830-#2849 & Ann Arbor 2830-2839, FM Trainmasters; photos: 4-6-2 #675, cafe-lounge 1568, caboose 2783, AA Caboose 2830(M&SL 8),FM Trainmaster #550, #556, #594, TM-1 & TM-2
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Vol. 3, No. 2 Mar-Apr 80 Repainted F7 #671; Passenger train consists cont'd; photos: 2-8-2 #2267, F7 #671, mail cars, E8A #1009, 0-8-0 #1535, #1555
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Vol. 3, No. 3 May-Jun 80 Station status, modeler’s section; dedication of F7 #671, trip report; photos: F7 #671 restored, 4-8-2 #2810, wooden caboose 1940's, F7A #1158 (663), 2-6-0 #859, depots: Litchfield, IL, Fort Wayne, IN
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Vol. 3, No. 4 Jul-Aug 80 1916 & 1942 timetables; times worth remembering - Springfield Division (Div 10); photos: 4-6-2 #675, 2-8-2 #2742, 2-6-0 #841, Wabash model TM #550, 4-4-0 #412, caboose DT&I 125 (Ex-AA 2833)
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Vol. 3, No. 5 Sep-Oct 80 Annual Meeting #2; from the Cannonball; model info; caboose models 2700-2769; photos: 4-6-2 #670, members, Caboose models 2769 & 2722, 4-4-2 #603, Moberly Yard
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Vol. 3, No. 6 Nov-Dec 80 Wabash diesels; caboose #2722, 65'; gondola kitbash; dry transfers for Wabash models; photos: F9 #630, 0-6-0 #513, #546, 4-6-0 #644, Wabash model box cars, 65' gondola #12333, Wasson, Ohio Depot
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Vol. 4, No. 1 Jan-Feb 81 News; eastern extremity of Wabash RR; building the Bluebird in HO Scale; disposition of City of St. Louis cars; 0-6-0 Hallmark model review; more times worth remembering - Pittsfield area; Norborne, MO; caboose #2722; heavy wt parlor and observation cars; Columbia branch cars; gas Elect #4000; 13500 series hoppers; dwgs: Class B7 0-6-0 #525-554, Class B7 0-6-0 #555-566; photos: 4-4-0 #412 at Griggsville, 2-6-0 #841 at Valley City, Griggsville Depot
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Vol. 4, No. 2 Mar-Apr 81 Wabash RR History - Part 1; Bluebird in HO Scale; dwgs: Bluebird cars - dome, chair coach, baggage/ buffet/lounge, dinner, parlor; photos: E7A #1002 & Bluebird, model observation 1601, Amtrak inspection Car #10000 (Ex-PRR 1000 built by Wabash), combines #4378 & #4379, Lafayette, IN freight depot
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Vol. 4, No. 3 May-Jun 81 Wabash RR History - Part 2; Running Extra Photos: 4-6-4 #701, Autorack 474602, Wabash box car 82922 & 2-8-2 #2213, 4-4-0 #653, Baldwin VO-1000 #301
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Vol. 4, No. 4 Fall 81 Wabash in Quincy, IL; GP7 Roster; dwgs: map Quincy, IL, loco Class D15 GP7 #450-453 & #455-483; Photos: Quincy Depot, F7 #671, Quincy 1900's, GP7 #457, #461, GP9 #487
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Vol. 4, No. 5 Winter 81 Wabash reflections on a noble RR; Wreck of 1014 & 1013; Plug door models; Wabash RR in Kansas City; Photos: mystery photo, 0-6-0 #556, 4-4-0 #657, Model GP7 #474, NW GP9 #3486 (Ex-Wabash #486)
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Vol. 5, No. 1 Jan-Mar 83 City of Wabash Parlor car; WRHS news; Wabash RR memories & stories; Report on mini-meet; Running extra; Found - City of Wabash; Wabash loco notes; model news; Peru, IN and obituary; photos: City of Wabash Parlor/Observation car, 4-8-2 #2817, mystery box car #17047, Peru, IN yards - (CTC Office, westbound yard, eastbound yard), Wabash GE U25B #503
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Vol. 5, No. 2 Apr-Jun 83 2-8-0's, 2-8-2's and rosters; kitbashing a K-1; dwgs: loco Class I3 2-8-0 #2301-2330, loco Class K1 2-8-2 #2401-2462 not inclusive; photos: 2-8-0 #2305, 2317, 2321, 2325, 2429, 2428; F7A #1141 wreck
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Vol. 5, No. 3 Fall 83 2-10-2's and roster; Decatur & E. St. Louis RR; Timetable 1st district.. Peru - Montpelier 1959; dwgs: Class L1 2-10-2 #2501-2525; photos: 2-10-2 #2519, 2520, 2513, 2519, 2509, 2511, 2516, 2503, 2504, 2521; Jewel, OH depot
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Vol. 5, No. 4 Winter 83 ART Reefers, History & Roster; More on L-1's 2-20-2's and model info, Timetable 2nd District. Peru - Tilton; Photos: ART Reefers 8597, etc., 2233, 2614, 8686, 17881, 28203; ART shops; Covered. Hopper LOA 11038; 2-10-2 #2515, 4-8-4 #2812

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Vol. 1, No. 1 Spring 84 Dubious distinction, Various Loco photos, Timetable 3rd District. Montpelier - Detroit Photos: FM TM #551 & 550, John C. Gault Wabash car ferry, 2-8-0 #2321, E8 #1004 & 1011, 0-6-0 #565, 0-8-0 #1535, Switcher #123, PA-1 #1050 & 1053, 2-6-2 #2021, Moberly shop crew in WWI on #2010, Moberly Diesel Shop & GP9 #489, Model of 2-8-2, NJI&I Box 3409, 2-6-0 #573
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Vol. 1, No. 2 Fall 84 Caboose Issue; dwgs: Wabash cabooses #2770 - 2848, Ann Arbor cabooses #2831 - 2846; Photos: Wabash cabooses - #2619, 02208, 02209, 02208 end view, 02213, 02230, 02300, 2042, 2075, 2319, 2520, 2536, 2542, 2604, 2619, 2640, 2650, 2667 2711, 2716, 2737, 2778, 2801, 2841
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Vol. 1, No. 3/4 Winter 84 Depot Issue; dwgs: Std. concrete station, Std. signs: #1 Station sign for Bldg. & #2 Station sign for Post, Plan dwg #1665 - Station Sign; Photos: Wabash Depots - Monticello IL, Manhattan IL, Moravia IA, Wakarusa IN, Pattonsburg MO, Effingham IL, Antwerp OH, Martinsburg MO, Cerro Gordo IL, Belleville MI, Hallsville MO, Essex IL, Alexander IL, Dawson IL, Mount Sterling IL, Monticello IL (3), Griggsville IL, Buffalo IL, Maryville MO, Barry IL, Blanchard IA, Elmo MO, Silver City IA, Malverne IA, Sturgeon MO, Stonington IL, Morrisonville IL, Carrollton MO, Mount Olive IL, McDowell IL with old steam passenger train
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Vol. 2, No. 1 Summer 85 Greenville 60' Boxcars; dwgs: 60' Box cars 50100 - 50199; Photos: Wabash '60' Box 50000, 50076, 50076 end, 50076 end, 50051
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Vol. 2, No. 2 Fall 85 Wabash Auto Cars and Roster; dwgs: Wabash 40' Automobile car; Photos: Wabash Box cars 45326, 17021, 48499; NJI&I Box cars - 2086, 78070; Wabash Box cars 46017, 49128, 17047; Wabash MOWs 4121, 4090; Wabash Stock car 16422
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Vol. 2, No. 3a Spring 87 Wabash FM Trainmasters; dwgs: L-1089-6 FM Trainmaster 550 - 554A; Photos: TM - 552, 550 (TM Demo #1), 552 with F7A, 556 (553A), 592 (552), 594 & 595
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Vol. 2, No. 4 Fall 87 Wabash Piggy Back Trailers & Roster, TOFC Roster, Wabash primary Piggyback connections list, Wabash cabooses for sale, Monticello IL Depot moved; Dwg: Landers, IL TOFC Yard Photos: Wabash Switcher #367 with Piggyback Train, GP 540 & 541 with Piggyback Train, Wabash Trailer (2), Landers circus ramps with 75' Flats, TOFC Flat car end view, Wabash Flat Bed trailer, 75' TOFC with 2 32' trailers, open top trailer
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Keokuk Branch, Timetable 11th Dist. Bluffs - Keokuk and 1914-15 shippers guide; dwgs: Track plan of Bluffs Engine Facility; Photos: Roundhouse with #587, 576, 569; Mixed train Bluffs roundhouse, etc., Bluffs train wreck of Coal Chute, Meredosia Depot, 2-6-0 #596, 569, 571, 573, 573, 576; Depots at Chatton, Denver, Camp Point, Hersman, Golden, Carthage & Versailles IL; 2-6-0 #573, 587, 576, 576, Meredosia bridge over IL River with train.

Vol. 3, No. 3 Winter 89 Ferguson commuter trains, Timetables 1880 & 3 undated; dwgs: map Normandy - Ferguson MO, Wabash 1904 World's Fair Terminal Station, Class D30 4-4-0 77" drivers, Class D22 4-4-0 63" drivers, Class D22 4-4-0 69" drivers, Class D26 4-4-0 69" drivers, Class D27 4-4-0 69" drivers; Photos: Wabash Pass Train on Steel Bridge, Ferguson Depot with 4-4-0 #282, 4-4-0 #273
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Vol. 3, No. 4 Spring 90 More on Wabash piggyback Operations, WRHS 1990 Annual Meeting, Wabash RR preservation - Topeka IN Depot, more on Wabash Keokuk branchline, Clayton, IL depot; photos: PA #806, PB, & 2 F units heading a Wabash piggyback freight, Topeka IN depot with NW Geep #730, Clayton, IL depot, Wabash piggyback trailer #4009, yard tractor and Wabash TOFC trailer WABZ 252008, Landers, IL piggyback office and yard with TOFC Trailer Wabash 207, TOFC Wabash 4028 with Wabash crane, early Wabash TOFC rigging, TOFC flatbed trailer, Wabash 500 front & rear view, Clayton, IL depot circa 1900 & 1908 & 1900, Clayton IL Roundhouse with Wabash steam locos 173 & 171, aerial view circa 1956 of Wabash tracks at McDonnell Douglas plant.
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No. 17 Summer 90 Hide and Tallow Reflections by R L Warren, Ferguson in the 1940's by Wm. Warren, WRHS Annual Meeting, The Basement Wabash model news; Photos: '2-8-2 #2402 with freight & Wabash stock car # 19147, model Caboose #2704, 2-8-2 #2402, F units #1148A & B, Wabash passenger train with diesels, Wabash Steam loco at Ferguson, K-3b #2278, K-2 #2200, K-2 2-8-2 #2202, Ferguson 1940, 2-8-2 #2437 (2) & #2450, 4-6-4 #70?, E unit #1000, 4-6-2 #675, 4-6-4 #704, Katy F units at Ferguson, E unit with passenger train 1949, 4-6-4 #70?, 2-8-2 #2450 (3), 2-8-2 #2216 & 4-6-4 #70?; Timetables: St. Louis, KC, Denver & Pacific Coast 1/25/1945, St. Louis, KC, Denver, LA, SFC, Portland & Seattle, Moberly to Ferguson - 14th Dist. 9/3/1947, St. Louis to Ferguson & Ferguson to Luther - 14th Dist. 9/3/1947.
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No. 18 Fall 90 Double issue: The Big Mikes K-4 Class 2-8-2 by Chet French, Running Extra: WRHS Annual Meeting at Monticello IL, about this issue, The Basement Wabash; K-4 Class 2-8-2 mileage info & disposition table; dwgs: Class K-4 2-8-2; Photos: 2-8-2 #2734 with circus train, Close up K-4b, Following 2-8-2's #2700 (2), #'s 2703, 2704, 2705 (2), 2710, 2712, 2713 (4), 2716 (2), 2718 (2), 2719 (2), 2722, 2725 (2), 2729 (2), 2731 (2), 2732, 2734, 2735 (2), 2738, 2739, 2742 (2), 2729 Tender rear view, 2601, 2259, J-2 #696 & #2738 Dbl Header, Mo Pac 2-8-2 #1438 & #1496
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Taylorville and Tilton; The Basement Wabash; Photos: Clarksdale depot, Tilton depot, #2438 steam and #80048 box car in Indiana, Tilton yard, Taylorville depot; Wabash RR bridge after near wash-out near Taylorville, IL, Bluebird SW of Taylorville, IL at Sangamon River bridge; Maps: Tilton yard
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No. 20 Winter 91 Streator Branch; The Basement Wabash; dwgs: GP-7 EMD class D-15, class F7, class K1, class I2; Photos: #2459 near Streator, IL; I-2 2-8-0, F-7 class mogul; Strawn, IL, depot; Forrest, IL, depot; McDowell, IL, depot; Pontiac, IL, depot; Rowe, IL, depot; Cornell, IL, depot; Sante Fe tower at Wabash crossing, Streator, IL; Sante Fe tower Irwin, IL; various ten-wheelers at Streator, IL; Streator Depot; mogul #859 at Forrest, IL; slide door caboose #2227 at Forrest, IL; Maps: Streator Branch track charts

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Wabash caboose restoration (#2847). The Basement Wabash. Overland Models: Cabooses; photos: restoration of Wabash caboose #2847
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No. 22 Summer 92 The Basement Wabash; Wabash E-7s and E-8s; roundhouse foreman's view of Wabash E Units; dwgs: E-unit paint scheme, EMD class D-20, EA-7 D-40, EA-7 D-20, E8-A D-22; photos: first Wabash passenger diesel on City of Kansas City, unit #1000, 3 E7s (ABA) w/ Union Pacific B unit, Atlantic 602, J-1 #672, J-2 #699, Mike 4-6-4 #700, E8 #1009, E7 #1002, #703, Bluebird w/E7 #1002, E7 #1002 & #1001, PA-1 #1020A in Decatur, IL, E8 #1003, #1006, E7 #1007, E8 #1000, #1008, #1004 derailment, E8s #1003 & #1013 At Vandeventer, E8s #1010, #1004, #1011, #1012, #1014, #1015, E7 #1017, ex-Wabash #1008 & #1015 (N&W #3808 & #3815), #1002 & #1002A, E7 #1016 at Kansas City; tables: passenger diesels placed in service, table of Wabash engine classes/ types
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No. 23 Summer 93 Wabash Interlocking Towers; Wabash Railroad telegraph call letters, OJ Tower, MI; Winston Tower, IL; crash at Winston Tower; Wabash-GMO crossing in Jacksonville, IL; DeCamp Tower; Milan Tower, MI; Page Ave. Tower, MO; Mansfield, IL; Lotus, IL, ILES Tower, Springfield, IL; Mercer Tower, Decatur, IL; Santa Fe Tower, Streator, IL; Lodge, IL; Gibson City, IL; Romulus, MI; Le Claire Tower, Edwardsville, IL; Cecil, OH; Manhattan, IL; Block 222, North Kansas City, KS; Drwgs: tower at Milan, MI; semaphore blades and signals; Reprint of Wabash crossings and junctions for Decatur and Moberly Divisions
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No. 23 Winter 93 Coal on the Wabash, scatter tags. Wabash coal cars; dwgs: 36000, 37000, 39000 series cars; charts: Illinois coal tonnage, Wabash coal tonnage, Wabash on-line coal mines; dwgs: coal cars #35000 - #35999, #37000 - #37799, #36800 - #36824, #39000 - #39399; maps: track maps of coal facilities; photos: old coal shaft, Taylorville, IL; Taylor English Coal Co. Mine; Mark Twain coal loading facility; mine shafts at Martinsburg, MO; Pershing Mine 1950-track and tipple, truck; Taylorville, IL mine area; Panther Creek Mine #3, Springfield, IL; stock certificate; various coal company logos; coaling at Peru, IN; Wabash coal cars #30001, #31000, #35037, #35599, #74050, #34313, #39187, #30974, #39152, #37153, #37093, #37584, #36006, #38150; Anderson Grain hoppers; #700 working coal at Taylorville, IL
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No. 24 1994 Wabash Cabooses: #2042, #2109, #2229, #2319, #2528, #2100, #2543, #2619, #2649, #2608 (NW 562608), #2667, #2700, NW #562700, #2711, #2717, #2753, #2723, #2722, #2722 (NW 562722), #2799, #2805, #2857, #2822, #2827, #2823, #2808, #2832, #2778; Drawing 2770-2849 series, paint scheme table, graphic of Wabash caboose types, table of caboose data

No. 25 1994 Wabash Transfer Cabooses; #02216, #80048, #02236, #02490, #02208, #02209, #02202, #02205, #02300, #02230, #02551, #2601, #2602, #2743, #2825, #2806, #2774
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No. 26/27 1995 Bluebird Issue; history, route, consist, diagrams and pictures of the streamlined Bluebird passenger train
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No. 30 Winter 1996 American Refrigerator Transit Issue; data files 1 & 2
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No. 31 Spring 1996 GP35 Issue; data files 3 & 4

No. 32 Fall 1996 Head-end Passenger cars; data file 5
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No. 33 Winter 1997 One Day at Hamilton, IL (incident with Wabash 573 on 6/7/52); Tilton, IL photos; Wabash people

No. 34 Spring 1997 Tribute to George Drake, Jr.; misc. letters; photos: Milan crossing, tower, station (1980), #688 J-2 at Decatur, #1000 E8A at Decatur, #2902 O-1 at Decatur, #145 53’ 6" flat car with #73 32’ flatbed trailer on board; lithograph reprints from 1885 Wabash calendars; Wabash advertisement from 1903

No. 35 Summer 1997 Painting issue; Lettering for bridge signs; Painting Wabash models; More than just diesels; Wabash standard window flag; Wabash Railroad Paint Folio; data files 6 & 7
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No. 36 Winter 1998 10th District Helpers; Tonnage rating Chart; photos: Baylis, Valley City, #2459 K-1 2-8-2, #2711 K-4b 2-8-2, #2420 K-1 2-8-2, #2702 K-4b 2-8-2, #2708 K-4b 2-8-2

No. 37/38 Spring / Summer 1998 Features the City of Kansas City passenger train. The history, the route, the consist, and lots of pictures.

No. 39/40 Winter / Spring 1999 Columbia Branch issue. Origin of the branch, the facilities, the shippers, the equipment, the operations, Columbia Station. Lots of photos, which include of Bridge #671, Hallsville, Columbia and Hallsville stations, yards, equipment. Sanborn Fire map reprints of Columbia and Hallsville.

No. 41 Summer 1999 St. Charles bridge issue. Features both bridges and their development and construction. Photos of the first bridge and some of the Pitcairn Bridge.
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No. 42 Winter 2000 Precast Concrete Stations issue. Issue describes how the stations were built, where they were built. Includes photos and diagrams; How to model these pre-cast concrete stations.
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No. 43/44 Spring / Summer 2000 The Wabash in Canada - The Buffalo Division. Overview, timetable, Chatham Subdivision, Cayuga subdivision, maps and equipment photos.
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No. 45 Winter 2001 TOFC facilities. Maps of the 21 major ramps. Photos of flatbed trailer #59, 40' reefer vans #1004 and #1010.
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No. 46/47 Spring / Summer 2001 The Wabash in Chicago. Examines the facilities of the Wabash RR in the greater Chicago area. Explores how the Wabash reached Chicago from central Illinois and from Indiana, the history of Landers Yard along with the details on how the yard was modernized to meet the Wabash’s needs for the 60’s, and Wabash’s 47th St. freight transfer facilities built in the later 1950’s. Also memories of train watching near Landers Yard in the mid-60’s. Photos include Landers Yard facilities and 47th St. facilities. Maps of Landers Yard and 47th St.
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No. 48/49 Winter / Spring 2002 The Wabash in Canada - Parts 2 & 3. A continuation of Part 1 of Wes Dengate's story of the Wabash's Canadian operations. Part 2 explores the relationship of the Wabash RR and the Grand Trunk & Canadian National RRs. Part 3 takes a look at the motive power and operations on the Buffalo Division in the 1940s. The issue also includes a tribute to George C. Drake. Includes corrections to The Wabash in Canada - Part 1 issue. Photos include Wabash F7s and SW1 #103at Windsor, snow plow #3700, Mikado #2271 at St. Thomas, the St. Thomas terminal facilities, coaling facility at Aylmer,K-3 #2269 at Cayuga, K-1 #2458 at Windsor, combine #02551, F-7 #1870 at St. Thomas, J-2 #1676 and G-1 #2022 at Simcoe, K-3 #2268 at Niagara Falls, K-3 #2270 at St. Thomas and Wabash switcher #51. Features Chatham, Cayuga and Welland timetables and tonnage ratings.
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No. 50 Summer 2002 Interior Restoration of Wabash Caboose #2847. The main article takes you through the investigation and discovery process used by Vance Lischer as he carried out the interior restoration of his Wabash Railroad caboose #2847. Also in this issue is a short essay by James Holzmeier on Wabash Mogul #573 which is still in storage at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, MO.
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No. 51 Winter 2003 Wabash Memories. Four anecdotal stories by three individuals who experience the Wabash RR firsthand. The first article shares Neal Fink's experiences as a young man in the St. Louis area. The second and third articles document the NJII&I fan trip of 1949 and then his experiences riding mixed train #52 in 1936. The fourth article is by Bob Vrooman who talks about a special meet near St. Thomas, Canada and Buffalo, NY. Photos include P-1 #703, Mikado #2417, B-7 0-6-0 #531, and photos from a NJII&I excursion in 1949.
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No. 52/53 Spring / Summer 2003 40th Anniversary of the End of Wabash Operations. This Banner issue commemorates the 40th Anniversary of the leasing of the Wabash Railroad Company by the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company on October 16, 1964. A ten section double issue to close out the 2003 publication year.
The first article was taken from the 1973 issue of Norfolk & Western magazine and relates the story of the Wabash Railroad from its roots with the Northern Cross Railroad in Illinois in 1838 to the 2428-mile system it was in 1964. The next article explains the circumstances that led up to the October 1964 leasing of the Wabash Railroad and its ultimate merger into the Norfolk Southern system in the 1990s. Four articles were selected from the original Wabash Railroad publication, The Banner for the year 1964 and reprinted word for word and in the same style and formatting of the original issues. Also included is a chart that shows at a glance the major components that eventually made up the Wabash system and their years of existence. Also featured are two tables of information as of 2004 about Wabash right-of-way still in existence and Wabash equipment and structures that have been preserved. Following is James Tilton's article detailing where some of the towns and timetable names came from in What’s in a Name. Winding up this issue are tables listing Wabash Station Numbers for Transportation Purposes originally issued in 1964, sorted first by number and then alphabetically. At the centerfold is a historic timeline of Wabash railroad milestones from the Northern Cross until the company’s demise.
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No. 54 Winter 2004 Wabashing Through Litchfield, IL / Modeling the St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad. An article from Joe Collias written about his days watching and photographing trains in Litchfield, IL and includes almost a dozen of his photos. Neil Fink's contribution as our first model layout write-up. The basis of the layout is the St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad. The StL&H actually was in operation from 1882 until its abandonment in 1962. It consisted of 104 route miles from Hannibal to Gilmore, MO and connected with the Wabash Railroad at both ends.

No. 54 Winter 2004 Rail fan trip from 1954 from Topeka KS to Keokuk IA, on the Wabash 11th District. A wreck on the Wabash that destroyed the town's depot in Philo, IL in 1962. A reprint of Stan Rydarowicz's article on the Athearn kit conversion of Wabash Panel Hoppers published in the February 2005 issue of RailModel Journal. An expose' of the New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad Company that explores the NJI&I's history and operations before its loss of identity in the 1982 formation of Norfolk Southern. A brief presentation on the Studebaker Corporation. Photos and maps.
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No. 55/56 Spring/Summer 2004 An entertaining story written in 1974 regarding a rail fan trip twenty years earlier from Topeka KS to Keokuk IA, the Wabash 11th District. Finis for Philo describes a Wabash wreck that destroys the town’s depot in Philo, IL in 1962. A reprint of an article on the Athearn kit conversion of Wabash Panel Hoppers published in the February 2005 issue of RailModel Journal. An expose´ of the New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad Company. Explores the NJI&I’s history and operations before its loss of identity in the 1982 formation of Norfolk Southern. Two additional short articles close this issue, one anecdotal of the NJI&I, and the other a brief presentation on the Studebaker Corporation.
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No. 57/58/59 2005 The Wabash Railroad's Omaha Line, a 227-mile route that passed through the remote parts of northwest Missouri and southwest Iowa to reach Omaha NE and a vital connection with the Union Pacific Railroad. Based on an article published in the Illinois Traction Flyer, we examine the construction, operation and demise of the Sangamon Ordnance Plant that was located just west of Illiopolis, IL from the point of view of the Illinois Terminal Ry. Wabash Freight Traffic in Northwest Ohio in the 1950s predominantly the Toledo area. Modeling the Wabash in 7½ gauge.
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No. 60/61/62 2006 Issues consists of two articles: Signaling 101: an introduction to railroad signaling, and Signaling on the Wabash which discusses how the Wabash RR did their signaling. Contains many photographs, diagrams and graphics. Discusses Wabash signaling history.
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No. 63/64/65 2007 Issues consists of seven articles: Wabash’s Iles Tower which protected the crossing of the Chicago & Alton (GM&O) and Wabash RR at the south side of Springfield IL. A visual look via maps and data at the locations of the industries that the Wabash RR served in St. Louis. A look at the 8th District, at times know as the: Effingham, Stewardson and Sullivan Branch. A follow-up article on the Wabash’s 18th and 19th Districts Wabash Line to Omaha. Larry Lett shares some of his stories of growing up with and working for the Wabash and its successors. Closes with the Backyard Wabash Part 2 featuring scratch-built 1½“ scale Wabash #700 4-8-4.
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No. 66/67 2008 This double issue contains an article on Wabash and Ann Arbor Open Top Hopper Cars. The article is a follow-up to an article printer fifteen years ago in The Banner entitled, “Coal on the Wabash. Followed by a reprint of Stan Rydarowicz’s article on Wabash Parlor Cars in HO scale from Rivarossi Models published in the October 2003 issue of RailModel Journal.
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2008
HO F-4 2-6-0 from Kemtron Kit
HO/N Wabash Standard Plan 215: scrap bin
Compelling Products: N/HO/O
 Review Wabash in Color v2
Wabash 2bay 1958cf Covered hoppers; HO/N/O
N - Diesels

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No. 68/69 2009 Victor Baird, with background from Clarence Montgomery and James Tilton, both ex-Wabash employees, tell the story of The Gary Local, The Last Mixed Train in Indiana

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1983-1995

1988 calendar cover 1988
Cov: Banner Blue E-8 @ Vandeventur 1956
Jan: K-4b 2707 @ Litchfield
Feb: NW 714? Ft Wayne
Mar: 670 @ Columbia, 1953
Apr: Caboose 2700 near Chicago
May: Depot @ Moravis, IA, 1957
Jun: J-2 684 @ Oak Lawn, 1948
Jul: Cafe Parlor 1509 @ Logansport, 1947
Aug: K-1 2404 @ Wabash, 1947
Sep: 4-4-0 256 , 1931
Oct: 1000(2), 1052 @ Decatur, Early 1960s
Nov: Tender Behinds O-1 2922, B-7 545
Dec: Cairo, MO , 1910
1989 calendar cover 1989
Cov: 1141A
Jan: B-8 488 @ Moberly, 1933
Feb: LO 33044 @ Moberly
Mar: S-1 2 @ Montpelier, 1965
Apr: Baggage Car 368 "Banner Route"
May: O-1 2912 @ Decatur
Jun: J-2 683 @ Jacksonville, late 1940s
Jul: K-4b 2719 @ Decatur, 1948
Aug: GP-7 450 @ Ft. Wayne, 1964
Sep: Caboose 2805 , 1965
Oct: Freight Station @ Decatur, early 1950s
Nov: 4-6-0 717 @ St. Louis
Dec: G-1 2087 @ North Kansas City, 1939
N/A1990 calendar cover 1990
Cov: M-1 2821 @ Decatur
Jan: VO 304 @ Decatur cab-less
Feb: GP-7 462 @ Chicago 75th, 1965
Mar: PA-1 1021A @ Chicago late 50s
Apr: F-7 1180
May: C-3 1535 @ Decatur
Jun: K-1 2453 @ Decatur,rear view
Jul: FA-2 821
Aug: Caboose 2667 @ Taylorville, 1948
Sep: Caboose 2759 @ N KC early 60s
Oct: 587 @ Bluffs, 1953
Nov: K-4b 2718 @ Hannibal, late 40s
Dec: P-1 700 @ Decatur 1950
1991 calendar cover 1991
Cov: O-1 2901, 1943
Jan: 602 @ Chicago, 1940
Feb: O-1 2923 @ Brooklyn, late 1940s
Mar: GP-7 457 @ Moberly, 1953
Apr: K-3b 2278 @ Decatur, late 1940s
May: Depot Maryville, post 1964
Jun: WABIC (Decatur), late 1930s
Jul: I-3 2308 @ Decatur , 1939
Aug: 1102 @ new Decatur shops
Sep: 671 and 2904 @ Peru late 1940s
Oct: K-4 2725 @ Litchfield IL , 1940
Nov: F7A 708 @ Montpelier, 1963
Dec: 608 @ Granite City, 1939
N/A1992 calendar cover 1992
Cov:
Jan: P-1 705 @ Litchfield take water
Feb: wood caboose 2649 @ Decatur late '30s
Mar: Bement 1948, water & coal towers, station
Apr: 705 storage-express 1960s
May: K-3 2261 @ St. Thomas ON
Jun: E-8 1012 @ Moberly 1964
Jul: O-1 2918 @ Peru late 1940s overhead view
Aug: 47881 and other freight cars after WWII
Sep: K-1 2420 @ Bluffs
Oct: J-1 660 @ Decatur
Nov: Piggy back loading at St. Louis
Dec: B-7 534 @ Decatur 1948
N/A1993 calendar cover 1993
Cov:
Jan: 302 @ Montpelier, 1965
Feb: M-1 2806 builders photo
Mar: 969 @ Peru, wood express reefer 1940
Apr: 1149 @ Des Moines
May: J-1 664 @ Logansport, 1947
Jun: caboose 2702 @ Chicago 1967
Jul: L-1 2515 @ Landers
Aug: E-8 1004 @ Decatur 1955
Sep: B-7 556 @ N KC 1948
Oct: GP-7 479 @ Des Moines 1959
Nov: O-1 2900 @ Brooklyn
Dec: G-1 2074 @ Decatur 1938
N/A1994 calendar cover 1994
Cov: P-1 706 1948
Jan: 540 @ StL
Feb: M-1 2810 @ Chicago
Mar: O-1 2901 @ Brooklyn
Apr: ex L-1 as C&O 4002
May: ex L-1 as C&EI 4000
Jun: P-1 703 @ StL 1946
Jul: K-1 2420 @ Bluffs
Aug: M-1 2812
Sep: 533 @ StL 1936
Oct: F-4 569 Bluffs
Nov: J-2 696 Vandeventer(StL)
Dec: M-1 2822
ask about a copy1995 calendar cover 1995
Cov: 660 + O-1 @ Peru IN, 1949
Jan: J-2 687 @ Decatur IL, 1937
Feb: K-2 2215 @ Moberly MO, 1947
Mar: C-3 1539 @ Peru, 1947
Apr: K-1 2449 @ Peru, 1953
May: E-4 602 @ Peru, 1947
Jun: O-1 2923 @ Peru, 1947
Jul: F-4 573 @ Bluffs IL, 1947
Aug: B-6 524 @ Peru
Sep: K-4 2700 @ Moberly, 1947
Oct: B-7 539 @Peru. 1948
Nov:  P-1 704, @ Peru,1947
Dec: G-1 2075 @ Moberly, 1947
1996 calendar cover 1996
Cov: 665 and 2904 @ Decatur IL, 1950
Jan: 1535 @ Decatur
Feb: M-1 2821@ Decatur
Mar: Conductor Rose + Cannonball @ Decatur
Apr: J-1 660 @ Decatur
May: K-1 2421 @ Taylorville IL
Jun:  665 SB Banner Blue @ Litchfield IL, 1947
Jul: O-1 2912 @ Decatur, 1946
Aug: P-1 705 @ Decatur
Sep: E-7 1001 NB Blue  Bird @ Decatur, 1951
Oct: 551+550 @ Litchfield, 1955
Nov: E8A 1014 EB City of StLouiss @ Centralia MO 1953
Dec: O-1 2911 SB @ Harvel IL 1952
1997 calendar cover
1997
Cov: O-1 2924 @ Lafayette Jct., 1941
Jan: E-7 1001 @ Vandeventer (StL) 1948
Feb: Helena Modjeska, pre City of Lafayette Decatur 1947
Mar: C-1 1501 @ Decatur 1940
Apr: P-1 703 1947
May: Wabash Billboard @ Vandeventer
Jun: FA-1 @ Decatur 1949
Jul: P-1 702 @ Decatur 1947
Aug: J 693, 1947
Sep: J-1 672 @ Vandeventer(StL) 1948
Oct: K-4b 2700 @ Moberly 1947
Nov: PA-1 1020A on Cannonball
Dec: City of Kansas City 1947 heavyweight
1998 calendar cover
1998

Cov: J-2 684 and 697 St. Charles
Jan: K-3b 2275 West of StL, 1949
Feb: P-1 701 West of StL, 1949
Mar: J-1 669 @ Granite City Bluebird
Apr: M-1 2823 #91 east of Mitchell
May: O-1 2919 + 2915, Litchfield 1951
Jun: K-1 2417 Mitchell
Jul: M-1 2824 Mitchell
Aug: 573 Bluffs, 1953
Sep: 614 Mitchell, 1940
Oct: O-1 2916 @ Mitchell, 1952
Nov: K-4b 2719 Litchfield 1949
Dec: P-1 706 + F7 Bluffs 1952
1999 calendar cover 1999
Cov: J-1 675 SB Banner Blue @ Decatur IL
Jan: M-1 2817 @ Decatur
Feb: K-2 2217 @ Luther Yd St. Louis MO
Mar: J-1 667 @ Litchfield IL
Apr: K-1 2420 @ Decatur
May: E8A 1008 Banner Blue @ Vandeventer St Louis
Jun: O-1 2920 @ Decatur
Jul: M-1 2824 @ Decatur
Aug: J-1 675 @ Springfield IL
Sep: K-1 2428 @ Springfield
Oct: E7A 1002 WB City of St. Louis @ Vandeventer
Nov: M-1 2818 @ Decatur
Dec: P-1 704 NB Blue Bird @ Decatur , early 1950s
2000 calendar cover 2000
Cov: J-1688+J-1 SB Special @ Decatur IL
Jan: U25B 509+GP35 546+ C424 B903+FM 597 EB East Hannibal IL 1964
Feb: City of Wabash , 1959
Mar: U25B 500 WB @ Iles Springfield IL 1964
Apr: 486+485 Special to South Bend, IN 1959
May: Lima 411@ North Kansas City MO
Jun: Motor car 4001@ Springfield IL 1951
Jul: PA-1 1020A Cannonball @ Decatur 1961
Aug: FM-24-66 554A @ Hull IL
Sep: F7 1180A +FA1 @ Ft. Wayne IN
Oct: FA2 821+GP-7 Illiopolis IL 1964
Nov: J-1 667 @ Decatur
Dec: E7A 1001 City of St. Louis @ St. Louis MO
2001 calendar cover 2001
Cov: J-1 674 departing @ St. Louis MO
Jan: E8A 1005 SB @ Decatur IL
Feb: K-1 2449 @ Granite City IL
Mar: GP7 452 @ Decatur
Apr: cabooses 2504 & 2614
May: 4-4-0 656 @ Ft. Wayne IN, 1928
Jun: City of Kansas City WB @ Carrollton MO
Jul: Obs-Parlor 1600 City of Kansas City @ WB Jct
Aug: Ann Arbor RS-1 21 @ Owosso MI 1956
Sep: J-2 697, J-1 674, K-3b 2278
Oct: Trailer @ Buffalo NY
Nov: FA1 set 1203 @ Decatur
Dec: P-1 703 in freight service

2002

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2003

2004 calendar cover 2004
Cov: K-4 2737 @ North Kansas City MO, 1950
Jan: 665 on POW train
Feb: Dome-Coach 203
Mar: H-24-66 557
Apr: F-4 576 + 587 @ Carthage IL
May: P-1 @ Salisbury MO
Jun: Pig trailer 352 , late 1950s
Jul: PA1 1020+1020A
Aug: Depot Sublette MO
Sep: P-1 700 rear view
Oct: SW8 123 pulling PCC cars near Delmar Station
Nov: F7A 1183A+1183 @ Decatur 1952
Dec: City of St. Louis inaugural run @ Moberly MO
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2005


2006

2007 calendar cover
2007

2008 calendar cover
2008
Cov: Inglesyde c1885
Jan: GP9 487+489 mail train Council Bluffs
Feb: E-4 606 near Mitchell, IL 1941
Mar: J-2 683 Special StL 1939
Apr: 1428 Deluxe Chair car
May: Gp7 474 Dearborn Station
Jun: P-1 704 Lafayette Jct 1946
Jul: E-3 614 Monticello IL 1925
Aug: J-2 689 Fort Street Union Station
Sep:1570 Cafe/Lounge 1966
Oct: P-1 702 Detroit Lmtd Delray
Nov: PA-1 on Limited 1956
Dec: 653 , 1925

2009

2010 calendar cover 2010
Cov: F-1 #16
Jan: Jan 1959 Forrest IL "Long Local"
Feb: NJI&I 192 StL 1963
Mar: 1180A+552A+1180 @ N KC Feb 1959
Apr: Ecwardsville Depot 1969
May:Bridge over Schaefer Rd Detroit
Jun: F-4 576 on Keokuk branch
Jul: Wreck crane 3186 @ derailment, 1943
Aug: E7 1000 1949
Sep: Wabash 16600 stock car
Oct: Depot Shingleton MI (upper)
Nov: J-1 662 Ft Wayne
Dec: F7 ABA EB Tolono

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