UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD
Archives/Special Collections
William DiMarco Railroad Collection, 1901‑1980
MC 53
Manuscript Collections
William DiMarco Railroad Collection, 1901‑1980
4 cu ft and oversize
Box 1
[Railroad engine photo collection. Numbers denote wheel configuration and engine numbers.
All photos are 8" x 10" BW prints unless stated otherwise.
The photos of steam engines are copies made in the 1960s-70s of originals dating from ca. 1910-1950]
Folders:
Alton, Steam:
4‑6‑2: #5266‑5299
2‑6‑0: #2406, 2997
2‑8‑0: #2975‑2999, 4370‑4390
Alton, Diesels
Chicago & Alton, Steam:
4‑4‑2: #553, 554
2‑6‑0: #310, 335, 360, 362
4‑6‑0: #250
4‑6‑2: #601, 602, 605
2‑8‑0: #420
2‑8‑2: #856, 864
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Steam:
4‑6‑2: #102, 207, 223, 399
Chicago & Illinois Midland, Steam:
4‑4‑0: #500, 501, 502
0‑8‑0: #540, 549
2‑8‑2: #519‑561
2‑10‑2: #600‑659, 700‑759
Chicago & Illinois Midland, Diesel: Color snapshots & enlargements
Chicago & Illinois Midland, Cars: Color snapshots, 1976
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, Diesel engines & cars, 1958‑1977
Illinois Central, Steam:
2‑4‑0: #201
4‑4‑0: #4931
4‑4‑2: #1010
0‑6‑0: #70, 71, 80, 181, 196, 215‑297, 304
2‑6‑0: #3729
4‑6‑2: #1002, 1033, 1049; 1110‑1192, 1198, 1200, 1203
0‑8‑0: #3300‑3560
2‑8‑0: #641‑693, 702‑791, 883, 902‑980, 1503
Box 2
Folders:
Illinois Central, Steam:
2‑8‑2: #1205‑1980, 3769‑3969
2‑8‑4: #7000‑7047, 8012‑8049
4‑8‑2: #1310, 2066‑2456, 2500‑2616
0‑10‑0: #3401; 2‑10‑0: #3614
2‑10‑2: #2700‑2989, 3001‑3014
2‑6‑6‑2: #6003, 6008
Illinois Central, Electric & Diesel, 1945‑1976
Illinois Central Gulf, Diesel (Bloomington Shops)
Illinois Terminal, Steam:
2‑6‑0: #6‑20
2‑8‑2: #30
Illinois Terminal, Diesel, 1967‑1981
Illinois Terminal, Electric, 1940‑1957
Springfield, Clear Lake & Rochester: Maps, 1914 (xerographs)
Springfield Suburban, Electric
Springfield Trolley, Electric
Box 3
Folders:
Wabash, Steam:
4‑4‑0: #657, 659
4‑4‑2: #606‑622
0‑6‑0: #516‑564
2‑6‑0: #569‑587, 622‑642, 826‑859
2‑6‑0: #622, 632 (Original Prints, c1910)
2‑6‑2: #2005‑2074
4‑6‑2: #661‑699
4‑6‑4: #700‑706
0‑8‑0: #1501‑1568
2‑8‑0: #2155‑2315
2‑8‑2: #2201‑2601 (2 folders)
2‑8‑2: #2700‑2824 (2 folders)
4‑8‑4: #2900‑2923
2‑10‑2: #2503‑2525
Wabash: Bluffs Station, Diesels, Freight Cars (color snapshots)
Box 4
Folders:
New York Central, Steam:
4‑4‑0: #999, 1004
0‑6‑0: #6807, 7448
0‑6‑0: #70, 71, 182, 232, 6673‑6794, 7332‑7915 (freight)
2‑6‑0: #1923, 1924, 4399, 4914
4‑6‑0: #800‑873, 1235‑1291, 2066, 2080, 4473, 4476,
4804, 9205, 9221, 9223 (freight)
4‑6‑2: #17, 4387‑4595, 4667‑4933, 6518‑6528, 8332
4‑6‑4: #2058, 2918, 5201‑5299 (3 folders)
4‑6‑4: #5300‑5398 (3 folders)
4‑6‑4: #5400‑5470, 6600‑8213 (3 folders)
Box 5
Folders:
New York Central, Steam
0‑8‑0: #271, 7202‑8020
2‑8‑0: #538, 1131‑1234, 5476‑9393
2‑8‑2: #22‑37, 134‑357, 1214‑1499 (4 folders)
2‑8‑2: #1630‑1999 (4 folders)
2‑8‑2: #1503‑1599 (4 folders)
2‑8‑2: #2002‑2927, 3020‑3833, 6054‑9745 (4 folders)
2‑8‑4: #9400
4‑8‑2: #60, 62, 2592‑2994, 3000‑4384, 6002, 6010, 6012
4‑8‑4: #5500‑6024
0‑10‑0: #7191
2‑6‑6‑2: #1935
New York Central (head‑on): #6878
New York Central, Diesel, #501
New York Central (Negatives and original prints)
Box 6
Folders:
Pennsylvania, Steam:
0‑4‑0: #477‑914, 1098‑1540, 3893‑3894
4‑4‑0: #1035‑1401, 3167, 5097
4‑4‑2: #13, 413‑645, 1002‑1800, 3005‑3156, 4150, 5066‑5227, 6258‑6538, 7002‑7484, 8054
0‑6‑0: #31, 42, 344‑750, 1125‑1846, 2800, 4024, 4029, 5261, 6342‑6349, 7928, 7977, 9002
4‑6‑0, #508, 816, 1648, 1814, 1961, 1962, 1985, 2216, 5710, 5711, 5714
4‑6‑2: #945, 1120‑1433, 3228‑3876, 5477‑5699, 7153, 7522, 8085 (3 folders)
4‑6‑2: #8‑958, 1387‑4052 (3 folders)
4‑6‑2: #5038‑9997 (3 folders)
4‑6‑4: #4754
0‑8‑0: #6569, 6613
2‑8‑0: #915, 2664, 7935‑9900 (5 folders)
2‑8‑0: #21, 153‑848, 1045‑1481, 2660‑4124 (5 folders)
2‑8‑0: #5102‑7974 (5 folders)
2‑8‑0: #8014‑8831 (5 folders)
2‑8‑0: #9010‑9943 (5 folders)
Box 7
Folders:
Pennsylvania, Steam:
2‑8‑2: #71, 110, 121, 305‑931, 1197‑1732, 7342‑9752 (2 folders)
2‑8‑2: #1275, 1329, 1330, 4130, 5480, 6306‑6767, 8256, 8584, 9628, 9631 (2 folders)
4‑8‑2: #6706‑6799 (3 folders)
4‑8‑2: #6800‑6999 (3 folders)
4‑8‑2: #6713‑6993 (3 folders)
6‑8‑6: #6200
2‑10‑0: #4444‑4652, 6493‑9857
2‑10‑0: #531, 1279, 2871, 3662, 4253‑4691, 7944
2‑10‑4: #6404‑6497
4‑10‑2: #6130
0‑8‑8‑0: #3183, 7250, 7332
2‑8‑8‑2: #378
4‑4‑4‑4: #5503‑5526, 6110‑6177
4‑4‑6‑4: #6176, 6185, 6196
4‑6‑6‑4: #4816
6‑4‑4‑6: #6100
Box 8
Folders:
(Atchison, Topeka &) Santa Fe, Steam:
4‑8‑2: #3700
4‑8‑4: #3771
2‑10‑2: #3800
2‑8‑2: #4000
2‑8‑4: #4103
4‑8‑4: #2919
2‑10‑10‑2: #3000
2‑8‑2: #3812
4‑6‑2: #3440
4‑6‑4: #3540, 3460
2‑10‑4, #5000
4‑6‑2: #1251
2‑10‑2: #1639
2‑6‑6‑2, #1167, 1169, 1170?, 1171
Bessemer, Steam: 2‑10‑4: #620
Chesapeake & Ohio, Steam:
4‑6‑4: #300
4‑8‑4: #601
2‑10‑2: #2000
2‑10‑4: #3003
2‑6‑6‑2: #1300
2‑6‑6‑4: #1610
2‑8‑8‑2: #1560, 1570, 1580
Chesapeake & Ohio, Diesel: 4‑8‑4‑8‑4: #500, 501
Chesapeake & Ohio, Track Repair
(Chicago &) Northwestern, Steam:
4‑4‑0: #219, 908
0‑6‑0: #2051, 2114, 2610
4‑6‑0: #172
4‑6‑2: #505, 510, 514, 614
0‑8‑0: #2638, 2908
2‑8‑0: #1823
2‑8‑2: #2525, 2581
(Chicago &) Northwestern, Diesel
Coos Bay Lumber Company, Steam: 2‑8‑2: #104
Duluth Missabe Iron Range, Steam: 2‑8‑8‑4: #222, 223
Erie, U. S. Mail Railway P. O.: #5001, 5002
Erie, U. S. Mail/Railway Express Trains
Northern Pacific, Steam:
4‑6‑2: #2152
4‑8‑4: #2650, 2670
2‑6‑6‑4: #5101
4‑6‑6‑4: #5107, 5125, 5134; 5138 & 5139 together
2‑8‑8‑4: #5000
Philadelphia & Reading, Steam: 2‑8‑8‑2: #1805, 1817
Richmond‑Washington, Steam: 4‑8‑4: #551, 553, 610, 613
Southern Pacific, Steam:
4‑6‑2: #2400
4‑8‑0: #2900
4‑8‑2: #4300, 4400
2‑8‑4: #3506
4‑10‑2: #500
2‑10‑4: #700
2‑6‑6‑4: #3901, 4207
2‑8‑8‑2: #3800, 4004, 4007, 4043
2‑8‑8‑4: #4100, 4102, 4114, 4126, 4133, 4151, 4153, 4159, 4180, 4211, 4272
Union Pacific, Steam:
4‑8‑4: #8444
2‑10‑2: #5053
4‑10‑2: #8000
4‑12‑2: #9085
4‑6‑6‑4: #3938
2‑8‑8‑2: #4002
Western Maryland, Steam:
2‑8‑0: #706, 806, 810, 850
0‑6‑0: #1011
4‑8‑4: #1401, 1403, 1404, 1412
2‑10‑0: #1112
Baltimore & Ohio, Diesel: #3517, 6938
Nickel Plate Road, Diesel: #100
Norfolk & Western, Steam and Diesel: Engines, freight cars
Northwestern, Diesel
Precision, Diesel
Southern Pacific, Diesel
Union Pacific, Diesel: Engines, cars, cabooses
Brief History of #315, Denver & Rio Grande, 2‑8‑0 (w/photo)
[End of railroad engine photo collection]
Railroad scenes:
Railroad cars, engines, trains, yards, landscapes
Railroad cars, interiors and exteriors, yards, ferry
Railroad scenes: Deming, Almagordo, Tucamcari, Santa Rosa, NM.
Railroad Scenes: Tucson, Arizona
Railroad Scenes: Green River and Richfield, Utah
Railroad Scenes: North Las Vegas
Trains in Motion: Lackawanna & Western, Chicago & N'western and others
Box 9
Folders:
Bartlesville (OK) Interurban Railway (Electric)
Bay Area Rapid Transit (Electric)
Boeing Vertol Light Rail Vehicle (Electric)
BM&LP (Electric)
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City (Electric)
Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee (Electric)
Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Electric)
Chicago Transit Authority (Electric)
CSL (Electric)
Danville (IL) Trolleys (Electric) (w/original prints and negatives)
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern (Electric)
Great Northern, Steam: 0‑8‑8‑0, #2055; Electric: #5004‑B, 5008‑B
Indiana Service Corp.; Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern; Pittsburgh Railways (Electric)
Norfolk & Western, #235 (Electric)
Pacific (Electric)
Saltair (Electric)
Box 10
Folders:
Time Tables: Southern Pacific, Jan 1955; B&O, Jan 1959; Southern, April 1964; L&N, April 1968, C&EI, Oct 1969, C&O/B&O, Oct 1970
Time Tables: C&NW, Sept. 1954 and Jan 1976
Time Tables: CN, Oct 1973; Amtrak, Oct 1973; MP, April 1973; Amtrak, Oct 1973
Chessie (Ferry), June 1977
Canadian National Railroad Freight Schedule, Oct 1973
Time Tables: CP, Oct 1973; C&NW, Jan 1975; IHB, Oct 1975
Time Tables: Great Northern, Aug 1934 and June 1951
Illinois Central Gulf (Gulf Central): Time Tables; Operating Rules; Newsletters; 1971 Annual Report; US News & World Report reprint
Time Tables: New York Central, June 1925, Mar 1926, April 1963
Time Tables: Penn RR, Aug 1943, Oct 1959, April 1964, July 1964
Box 11
Folders:
Time Tables: Union Pacific, Oct 1967 and April 1970
Time Tables: Wabash, C&IM, IC, 1911‑1953
Time Tables for Employees: AT&SF, April 1966, Oct 1975, Oct 1976, Feb 1977, April 1977
Time Tables for Employees: Burlington Northern, Sept 1968, April 1976, Oct 1976, April 1977, Oct 1977
Time Tables for Employees: Canadian Pacific, Oct 1973 (6 divisions)
Time Tables for Employees: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific, April 1975, Jan 1976, Oct 1976, April 1977, Sept 1977, Oct 1977
Time Tables for Employees: ICG, Oct 1975, April 1976, Oct 1976
Time Tables for Employees: GTW, April 1976, April 1977, Oct 1977
Time Tables for Employees: N & W, June 1970, IHB, Dec 1976
Time Tables for Employees: Southern, Mar 1971, Jan 1972, April 1973, April 1974; Union Pacific, May 1972
Soo Line Special Instructions and Speed Restrictions, April 1972
Box 12
Folders:
The Banner, v 3, no 3 (incl. article by William Warren on Ferguson, Illinois, and Wabash Railroad)
Illinois Terminal Historical Society, Current Lines, April 1981
GM&O Historical Society News, Spring 1977‑Fall 1979; 1979 Calendar
Railroads of Oklahoma, June 6, 1970‑April 1, 1978.
Railroad cars, engines, trains, landscapes (snapshots)
Closeups of engines, interior & exterior
Floor Plan, Admin. Bldg. Dept. of Public Works, Springfield, IL, 1965
C&IM Track Chart, Peoria‑Taylorville, 1926 (redrawn 1949)
P. O. Study Map of Missouri , April 1961; L&N Profile, E. St. Louis to Evansville, IL (no date)
Conrail System Map (no date)
CA&E Commuter ticket book; Wabash RR bank deposit records, 1960
Union Pacific Brochure on California; Postcards
"Standard Light Rail Vehicle," ASME Publication, Sept 1973
Central Electric Railfans' Assn. Newsletter, 1978
Personal notes, DiMarco: Partial inventory of collection, addresses of fellow hobbyists and dealers, correspondence
Annual Report of National Railroad Passenger Corporation,
Oct 30, 1970‑Oct 29, 1971, Wash. D. C., Oct 1971
Box 13
Folders:
Chicago & Alton RR: East Spfld Yards, Roundhouse, Shops, Blueprint, 1919
Chicago & Alton RR: Spfld, Land, Track, Structures, 1913
Chicago & Alton RR: Ridgley, Land, Track, Structures, 1927
Chicago & Illinois Midland: Newsletter, 1955; Operating Instructions, 1972; Map of Springfield Yards, 1964
C&IM: Time Tables, 1907 and 1915
Illinois Central: Time Tables, 1955, 1964, 1966, 1967; Locomotive data, 1954
Illinois Terminal: Time Tables, Clippings, Blueprints, 1925‑27 and 1953‑54
Springfield (IL) Maps, 1916, 1966, 1968
Sangamon County Map, c1892 (photocopy)
Central and Illinois Midland Railway Company Locomotive Data, 1954
Oversize items:
Illinois Commerce Commission. Defect Chart, n.d. (showing common locations of mechanical defects on steam locomotives; transparency).
Illinois Commerce Commission. Illinois Railroad Map, 1928 (3 complete copies, 2 partial copies, index of places).
Illinois Department of Transportation. Railroad Map of Illinois, 1928, prepared 1974.
Illinois Commerce Commission. Railroad Map of Illinois, 1970.
Illinois Department of Transportation. Illinois Railroad Map, 1981 (2 copies).
Chicago & Alton RR. Suggested Line, Springfield to Woodson, 1903 (linen).
Chicago & Alton RR. Tracks and Fences near Tower, Ridgeley, Ill., 1904 (linen).
Chicago & Alton RR. Tracks, C. & S. Mine to Sangamon Avenue, Ridgeley, Illinois, 1907 (linen).
Chicago & Alton RR. Map showing Additional Facilities at Camp Lowden, Springfield, Ill., 1917 (blueprint).
Chicago & Alton RR. Lands, Tracks and Structures, Jacksonville, Ill., 1919 (blueprint)
Chicago & Alton RR. Plan showing Illinois Traction System, 1928 (onion skin).
Chicago & Alton RR. Plan showing location of Illinois Traction System between Lincoln and Mackinaw, 1928 (onion skin).
Illinois Terminal Company and Wabash Railway. Right‑of-Way and Track Maps, 1928 (roll of brown photocopies, 44 sheets).
Wabash Railway. Right‑of‑Way and Track Map, Springfield and Sangamon County, 1919 (photocopies, 8 sheets).
Wall Charts:
Grand Trunk, Canadian National Railways, 1948, 40" x 50"
Pennsylvania Railroad and Connections, n.d. [c1960?], 31"x 55"
Southern Pacific Lines, 1952, 42" x 52"
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