This third rail electric line serving the western Chicago suburbs folded in 1958 before I could get any of my own pictures of it in action.

System map

My thanks to Mike Farrell, Joe Testagrose, Jerry Appleman, Bill Volkmer, Ken Josephson, Don Ross and others who have posted these pictures on the web for all to see.

On the line and at the Wheaton Shops

From the Mike Farrell Collection
The Wheaton yards after abandonment - 1961

From the Bill Volkmer collection

From the Don Ross collection

At the Illinois Railway Museum

At the Fox River Trolley Museum

At Trolleyville U.S.A.

At the Seashore Trolley Museum

At the Rockhill Trolley Museum

At Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Midwest Old Threshers

Operating on the Cleveland RTA