Illinois Terminal 1595



Facts and Figures


Current Number1595
Railway RepresentedIllinois Terminal
BuilderIllinois Traction System
Built In1910
Builder's order id
Currently in (State)Missouri
--(Locality)Kirkwood
Totally out of svc date1956
(Initial retirement date)
Car Typelocomotive
-subtypefour-truck boxcab
-designationClass C
Statusdisplayed inoperable
More info
Gauge4'8.5"
Constructionsteel
Roof typeAR
EndedDE
Length52'5"
Width
Height
Weight160000
#Seatsn/a
#Wheels/Conf.16
Total HP1000
TrucksAlco RM63B
Brakes14EL
CompressorWABCO D4P (2)
ControlGE M (C6)
MotorsGE 205B (8)
Voltage (if not 600DC)

Locomotive 1595 on display at NMOT in 2021
Flickr
photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9790176@N07/51351760215/

Locomotive 1595 on display at NMOT in 2015
Hicks Car Works
photo: https://hickscarworks.blogspot.com/2015/09/visit-to-mot-part-2.html
Car History by Frank Hicks


Illinois Terminal 1595
The country's second largest interurban network was the Illinois Traction System - the McKinley lines - that stretched across much of the state of Illinois and lasted into the late 1950's. The ITS shops in Decatur, where literally hundreds of cars were maintained and rebuilt, was perhaps best known for the large fleet of boxcab locomotives that were designed and built entirely in-house. The most numerous type of locomotives the IT owned were the Class C's, the successor design to the Class B. The Class C's were four-truck locomotives with eight 125hp motors, making them extremely powerful freight haulers (unlike the Class B's, the C's were never used in passenger service). Their design, which placed the carbody atop a pair of decks which each were supported by two trucks, made it possible for the locomotives to navigate the sharp curves that some of the ITS's street running areas included. Class C 1595 is the only survivor of its type; it operated across the ITS (and later Illinois Terminal) until electric freight service was ended by dieselization in 1956, at which time it was acquired by MoT near St. Louis. It has been fully cosmetically restored and is on static display.

Ownership History


OwnerCar NumFromToPreservation?Loan?
Illinois Traction System (Missouri, St. Louis)15951910 1928 NO NO
Illinois Terminal (Missouri, St. Louis)15951928 1956 NO NO
National Museum of Transportation (Missouri, Kirkwood)15951956 present YES NO