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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Capt Carrales</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by jlheiz</i> <br /><br />Does anyone know of any books or pictures of the Peabody Shortline. I am looking for pictures of the cabooses they had. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Try this... <br />[url]http://www.lepeabody.com/index.html[/url] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br /> <br />I sent an e-mail to the IC historical association and got this excellent response... <br /> <br />Capt. Carrales, <br />The following is a quote from Al Lind's great book, From the lakes to the Gulf: A hHstory of the Illinois Central Railroad. <br /> <br />"The Peabody Short Line began life as the St. Louis & Belleville Electiric Railway (B&E), an electric suburban line serving the East St. Louis, Illinois area. Though offering passenger service in its early years it was principally a freight hauling railroad. Affiliated with the East St. Louis & Suburban Railway, the StL&B (B&E) came under the control of the Union Electric Company of St. Louis. It sold the line to the Peabody Coal Company in 1956. Nearly all the PSL's traffic was coal moving from the River King mine near Belleville, Illinois to the terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at East St. Louis, Illinois. <br /> In 1960 the Illinois Central took control of the PSL. It merged into the IC on August 1, 1961." <br /> <br />Since that time, probably by the late 60s or early 70s the IC abandoned the line. <br /> <br />Thank you for visiting our website. <br /> <br />A. B. Mifflin <br />Associate Editor and Art Director <br />Green Diamond, official quarterly publication of the Illinois Central Historical Society <br />501 Lexington Court <br />Carbondale, IL 62901 <br />618-529-3837 <br />ab13@hcis.net <br />
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