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Illinois Terminal Railroad article Classic Trains-Fall 2016

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Illinois Terminal Railroad article Classic Trains-Fall 2016
Posted by Old MRK on Thursday, September 15, 2016 12:54 PM

Where precisely is/was Federal IL, defined as "an industrial complex next to Alton, IL"?   What remains?  Does/did it have an "aka"?  HRS

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Posted by SSW9389 on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 6:11 AM

This is just speculation but the East Alton, Illinois Wikipedia site mentions an ammunition manufacturing site owned by Olin Corporation. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Alton,_Illinois 

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