| This little Illinois Central 2-4-4-T Huntington type steam locomotive has led an interesting life. Built by the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works in May of 1880 as Illinois Central #213, it worked the passenger service around Chicago. During its life, it has been renumbered several times - IC #221 in 1884, IC #201 in July of 1890, IC #1401 in July of 1900, back to IC #201 in 1934 for the Chicago World's Fair (with Casey Jones as engineer), back to IC #1401 for the 1948-49 Chicago RR Fair. This photo is from the "Wheels A'Rolling" pageant during the RR Fair. It then bounced through a couple of private owners and finally landed at the Illinois Railway Museum in December of 2002. No exact date or photographer was give for this original photo. |