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ChathamIL.net The first railroad through Chatham was the Alton and Sangamon Railroad, chartered by the Illinois General Assembly in 1847 to build a railroad from Alton to Springfield by way of Carlinville and New Berlin where it would connect with the Northern Cross, Illinois' first railroad, using their track to enter Springfield. In 1851 the General Assembly authorized the Alton and Sangamon to construct their railroad using the most direct route from Carlinville to Springfield, thus paving the way for the railroad to go through Chatham. The first train from Alton to Springfield went through Chatham on September 9, 1852, but by then the railroad's name had been changed to Chicago and Mississippi. www.chathamil.net /history/chathamrailroadstation

Welcome to Alton, New Hampshire - About Alton The M/S Mt. Washington comes into port at Alton Bay The original “Mount” was a steamer built by the Boston and Maine Railroad constructed at Alton Bay during 1871-2 and was the largest vessel on the lake. Committees have been established to revitalize the site of the Alton Railroad Station into a Community Park and other committees are working on improvements to municipal buildings and public areas and updates to the Town’s Master Plan. Alton has Board of five elected Selectmen and they appoint a Town Administrator who is a full-time staff member. alton.nh.gov /About.asp

Today's Headlines - Friday, November 19, 1999 ALTON, Iowa -- A fatal crash of two Union Pacific Railroad trains in northwest Iowa Wednesday night could have been prevented by technology designed to automatically stop trains on a collision course, federal safety officials said Thursday. According to the Omaha World-Herald, National Transportation Safety Board officials said the accident five miles south of Alton wouldn't have happened if the railroad had been using the special safety equipment. ALTON, Iowa (AP) -- A freight train from Minnesota slammed head-on into an empty grain train near this small northwest Iowa town, killing a conductor and the driver of a van that was parked by the tracks, officials said Thursday. www.ble.org /pr/archive/headline1119.html   (428 words)

EAST ALTON - EAST ALTON - It looks like it is going to be another bleak year for 63-year-old Frank Bayliss and his Alton and Pacific Railroad. Those three paying customers, a mother, father and their daughter from Southern California, were on a vacation along the North Coast, and they came up as far as Alton just to ride the train. One day, a few years ago, a local television station did a story on his railroad (he thinks it was KIEM's Carol Olson). users.snowcrest.net /marnells/eastalton.htm   (428 words)

Welcome to Alton, New Hampshire - About Alton The M/S Mt. Washington comes into port at Alton Bay The original “Mount” was a steamer built by the Boston and Maine Railroad constructed at Alton Bay during 1871-2 and was the largest vessel on the lake. Committees have been established to revitalize the site of the Alton Railroad Station into a Community Park and other committees are working on improvements to municipal buildings and public areas and updates to the Town’s Master Plan. The St. Katherine Drexel Church is being constructed on Route 28 between Alton and Wolfeboro and replaces the St. Joan of Arc Church which was destroyed by fire in 2000. alton.nh.gov /About.asp   (1436 words)

Penn Central Railroad Buckeye Yard and Interlocking Diagrams Diagram of CP WEST ALTON which controls the west end of the controlled siding from CP ALTON and is southwest of Buckeye Yard. Penn Central Railroad Buckeye Yard and Interlocking Diagrams Click on any thumbnail to open the full sized image. penncentral.railfan.net /pc-plant/buckeyeyard/buckeyediag.html   (1436 words)

Top 10 Most Outrageous Government Programs The first SS law was held unconstitutional in 1935 in the court case Railroad Retirement Board v Alton Railroad. Laws and treaties -- if in opposition to constitutional or Amended constitutional principles are invalid, period. There was an attempt in the Fifties to pass either legislation or an amendment to do exactly that-eliminate or refuse any treaties contrary to the Constitution and National Sovereignty. www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/865819/posts   (4374 words)

History of the Mark Twain Zephyr, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad While in this service, the familiar Burlington Route herald on the nose of the 9903 was altered to read "Alton Burlington" reflecting the joint route with the Alton between St. Louis and KC. The original Burlington Zephyr had successfully raised patronage to overflow levels on the Kansas City to Lincoln route, expectations were high that the Twins would do the same for the highly competitive, revenue-challenged route between Chicago and the Twin Cities. That afternoon, the Burlington executive directors and guests departed on a steam special for Denver to be dinner guests of Mr. www.gatewaynmra.org /articles/mt-zephyr.htm   (3358 words)

October 1938 Official Railway Equipment Registery Chicago and Alton Railroad Co., The (see Alton Railroad Co., The) Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Co., The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Co. drucifer.net /RRnet/ORER3810.htm   (3358 words)

NTSB - Publications Title: Railroad Accident Brief: Collision, derailment, hazardous materials release, and fire in Alton and Southern Railway Company classification hump yard in East St. Louis, Illinois, September 21, 2004. Title: Hazardous Materials Railroad Accident in the Alton and Southern Gateway Yard in East St. Louis, Illinois, January 22, 1972. Title: Illinois Central Railroad Company and Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company Collision Between Yard Trains at Riverdale, Illinois, on Sept. 8, 1970. www.ntsb.gov /Publictn/R_Acc.htm   (3358 words)

NTSB - Publications Title: Railroad Accident Brief: Collision, derailment, hazardous materials release, and fire in Alton and Southern Railway Company classification hump yard in East St. Louis, Illinois, September 21, 2004. Title: Hazardous Materials Railroad Accident in the Alton and Southern Gateway Yard in East St. Louis, Illinois, January 22, 1972. Title: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company Train Yard Accident Involving Punctured Tank Car, Nitric Acid and Vapor Cloud, Denver, CO, April 3, 1983. www.ntsb.gov /Publictn/R_Acc.htm   (6797 words)

October 1938 Official Railway Equipment Registery Chicago and Alton Railroad Co., The (see Alton Railroad Co., The) Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway Co. (see Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad) Cincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad Co. (see Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co.) drucifer.net /RRnet/ORER3810.htm   (6797 words)

Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: Railroad Articles There was a railroad from Chicago to Galena, called the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, and south of it, at a distance of thirty miles West of Chicago, was an ambitious little town called Aurora, which, in 1852, desired a branch to connect it with the main line at Turner Station. If afford the means of ingress and egress to twenty-two railroads; it owns, for the common, joint use of thse railroads, the lasgest and finest Union passenger station existing, and it furnishes freight facilities, storage yards and warehouses for all the vast tonnage that these twenty-two roads bring into and out of St. Louis. In this dilemma it was concluded to form outside auxiliary railroads companies under the general corporation laws of Missouri and Illinois, and to enter into traffic contracts between them and the bridge company for the performance of railway service between St. Louis and East St. Louis. tacnet.missouri.org /history/encycmo/encycmorr.html   (6797 words)

Alton, Illinois - Civil War Era - Confederate Prison The Alton prison opened in 1833 as the first Illinois State Penitentiary and was closed in 1860, when the last prisoners were moved to a new facility at Joliet. A cemetery in North Alton that belonged to the State of Illinois was used for most that died. The first prisoners arrived at the Alton Federal Military Prison on February 9, 1862 and members of the 13 th U.S. Infantry were assigned as guards, with Colonel Sidney Burbank commanding. www.altonweb.com /history/civilwar/confed   (6797 words)

The Pennsylvania Railroad This station is also used by the trains of the Chicago and Alton Railroad. In 1892 the Pennsylvania Railroad adopted a 4 ft. 8-1/2 in. The Pennsylvania took over the Camden and Amboy Railroad in, 1871, and all records of early railroad construction agree that this ancient stretch of track was one of the first to be laid anywhere in the United States. mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r009.html   (4601 words)

Alton, Illinois - Civil War From the remains of a prison that housed Confederate soldiers and sympathizers, to buildings housing stops on the underground railroad, Alton has a Civil War heritage that is unmatched by any community north of the Mason-Dixon line. Alton's heritage is so deep that had the City been south of the Mason-Dixon line it might well be venerated much as communities in the south are to this day. A scant few years after emancipation that the first Memorial Day celebration in the United States was held in Alton; the current celebration, beginning in 1868, is the oldest consecutive Memorial Day Parade in the United States. www.he.net /~altonweb/history/civilwar   (4601 words)

Alton, Iowa Fact Sheet ALTON - (first called East Orange) Nassau township, Sioux County, Platted 1873, Incorporated 1881, First settled 1870, Railroad arrived 1872, built station 1870, built hotel 1873 and a saloon was erected same year and closed, the school used the building. Alton Democrat papers are located at the library, both the originals and microfilm from May 25,1893 (first year of issue) through 1976. The older Alton newspapers are an excellent source since it had correspondence columns from many of the surrounding area towns. www.rootsweb.com /%7Eiasioux/FactSheets/alton.htm   (328 words)

Haunted Alton! Although Illinois was a Free State, because Alton is so close to Missouri (a Slave State), it was a major stop on the Underground Railroad. Alton may be one of the most haunted small towns in all of America, but there are definitely ghosts in other places, too! We’ll be going to the most active haunts in Alton to give tourists an opportunity to sense the fear, the danger, and meet the ghosts for themselves. www.hauntedalton.com   (408 words)

A History of Alton, Illinois and the Riverbend Area from an Alton School District Textbook, Page 6 Illinois became involved in the Underground Railroad in 1850. At the beginning of the Civil War, Alton was a very important city on the border between the North and the South. Troops of the Seventh Illinois Infantry Regiment, under the command of Colonel John Cook, were the first to arrive in Alton. www.4sullivans.com /jtsgeneralstore/historyaltonp6.html   (1519 words)

ALTON & PACIFIC STEAM RAILROAD The Alton and Pacific was a 24" gauge steam railroad operated from 1968 until 1989 by Frank Bayliss, a Los Angeles native and lifelong railfan. It saw service as NWP maintenance-of-way car #259 for a number of years, and for a while was used as a home by a railroad worker in Eureka near the "balloon track." It was trucked to Alton in 1975, but despite some unsuccessful attempts at refurbishment it is obviously in very poor condition today. Visually, the boiler and steam engines have been removed and replaced with the diesel powerplant and a hood that extends from the front of the cab to the front of the engine. harrymarnell.com /alton.htm   (3445 words)

Wood River and Spotsy RailRoad (WR&S) I intend to acquire some unlabeled Heavy Pacifics and passenger cars, and label them WR&S. In the meantime, I have a Heavy Pacific from the Chicago and Alton line pulling a four-car passenger train, "The Alton Limited", circa 1920's. Well, these are two lines from my home area, Alton/Wood River. The line on the left (of the two going up the picture, not across) is the inner line (passenger line) of the layout. www.geocities.com /wrspotsy   (3445 words)

Alton, Kansas KS Home Improvement Contractors Fire Station No. 4 in Lawrence, Kansas, originally a stone barn constructed in 1858, was a station site on the Underground Railroad. Select Category to Find Contractors in Alton, Kansas: Fort Riley, Kansas, between Junction City and Manhattan, was the cradle of the United States Cavalry for 83 years. www.servicemagic.com /d.Alton.KS.html   (157 words)

HAUNTED ALTON: HISTORY & HAUNTINGS OF THE RIVERBEND REGION Alton became one of the major station on the Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape to the north. ALTON and THE CIVIL WAR: There are a number of places connected to the Civil War in Alton, including the site of Illinois' first prison. Author Mark Twain once referred to Alton as a "dismal little river town" but today, our city is designated by a more colorful description.. www.prairieghosts.com /alton.html   (1433 words)

WWW Links Friends of the Chicago & Alton Depot Inc Station preservation group in Independence, MO Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (Don Richter) GWR Modelling Site UK's Great Western (Mikkel Funder) GWR Westbury Station Wiltshire, UK GWSR - Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway Preserved railway on former Great Western tracks www.tadlane.com /rrlinks2.htm   (1433 words)

East River on Encyclopedia.com Eight bridges, including the historic Brooklyn Bridge, span the river; subway, railroad, and vehicular tunnels pass beneath it. East Alton-Wood River High School - Board member The new water wars: on the Missouri and rivers further east, dying industries control the flow and leave emerging businesses high and dry. www.encyclopedia.com /html/E/EastR1ive.asp   (1433 words)

Peoria-Pekin Interurban Railroad The Chicago and Alton and the Rock Island Railroads were the purchasers. When the Rock Island Railroad went bankrupt in 1980, the line was sold to the Chicago and North Western, which was acquired by the Union Pacific. Interurbans reorganized 1937 to Illinois Terminal Railroad Co. The following are the most significant interurban companies acquired by Illinois Traction Co., basically operating between their namesake cities. www.iltrails.org /peoria/bcpt/interr.html   (1433 words)

Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: Railroad Articles Alton was one of the most important and enterprising towns in the State, and Springfield, in Sangamon County, was the capital - and it was though advisable to have a railroad between the two. In the later part of the year 1899 that part of the St. Louis, Peoria & Northern Railway lying between Springfield and Peoria passed into the control of the Chicago & Alton Railway Company, and is now a part of that system. It might be supposed that the road was conceived and built for the purpose of connecting the two great cities of Chicago and St. Louis, with Alton as a way station, but it was not. tacnet.missouri.org /history/encycmo/encycmorr.html   (1433 words)

McKenzie County - Theodore Roosevelt National Park The town of Sully Springs (2 miles from the South Unit of the park) was one of the most important shipping points for hides on the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad. This town, situated in Pyramid Park on the banks of the Little Missouri river, and surrounded by the Bad Lands with their fine scenery is, at the present time one of the most prosperous and rapidly growing towns along the line of the Northern Pacific. Frank Moore's Pyramid Park Hotel, completed near the Badlands Cantonment in the same year, served as an outfitting point for hunting parties. www.4eyes.net /Theodore/part2.htm   (2015 words)

Visitor's Guide to East Alton, Illinois East Alton began as a railroad station in the early 1800s, with a large parcel of land given over by President James Madison in 1821. East Alton has the distinction of being one of the first communities in Madison County to have a complete, modern shopping center with the construction of the Wilshire Shopping Center. Images - Elsah, Illinois and Owl109 Enterprises, St. Louis, MO www.greatriverroad.com /Cities/EAlton/EaltonCover.htm   (81 words)

HistoryLink Essay: Theodore Roosevelt and Republicans carry Washington state on November 8, 1904. He ran against "Gold Democrat" Alton B. Parker (1852-1926) who favored a return to a strick gold standard as monetary policy. Such blatant tactics influenced the next legislature to establish the railroad commission. Parker's platform differed little from that of Roosevelt, however, and he tallied only 38 percent of the national popular vote. www.historylink.org /_output.cfm?file_id=2770   (271 words)

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