Illinois Central Railroad Engine 1536 Travels Through Downtown Murphysboro

Illinois Central Railroad Engine 1536 Travels Through Downtown Murphysboro

Railroads; Steam locomotives; Illinois Central Railroad Company

Illinois Central Railroad Engine 1536, a Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive travels through downtown Murphysboro. These train tracks are no longer located here, and have since moved to the east of the city. An alleyway remains where these tracks once were. The building to the near left is now a parking lot, and the Ross clothing store building still stands but contains modifications to the architecture.

Ben Gelman

Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

1959

Copyright The Southern Illinoisan

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