Prototype Photos

Featuring photos from the Bon French Collection and other photos from TLMRC members.

Bon French travels west to photograph 4014

Paul and Brian Wussow's Photos in Glen Ellyn IL

On the way to Promontory

Featuring photos by C. Richard Neumiller from the Bon French Collection.

A little history along the way....

The Milwaukee Road

Images from the C. Richard Neumiller Collection. (Low Resolution)

Early Days on the WSOR

Images from the C. Richard Neumiller Collection. (Low Resolution)

The SOO Line

Images from the C. Richard Neumiller Collection. (Low Resolution)

The Age of The Streamliner

High Resolution Photos by C. Richard Neumiller

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Alcos by C. Richard Neumiller

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SOO Line Alco by C. Richard Neumiller, a native of Peoria, Illinois. He took his first railroad slides at the Chicago Railroad Fair in 1950. His photographic activity increased while at Knox College in Galesburg, where he graduated in 1953. He served on the Peoria city council from 1973 to 1984 and as mayor of Peoria in 1984-85. He retired from the Central Illinois Light Co. in 1996. Dick passed away January 2, 2015. The Peoria Journal Star:Article, Editorial, Obituary

For additional photos by C. Richard Neumiller look at the selection of photos on the Railroad Heritage site or the Center for Railroad Photography & Art.

The Center has Exhibitions Tour the Country Check their Web Site

KCS 1 photo by Bon French was awarded First Place at the Du Page Division Photo Contest 12/1/13.

UP 3985 in Glen Ellyn IL by Paul Wussow

Dinner Train in Fox Lake IL in the late 1990s

WC 6535 Southbound

MP36PH Locomotive # 425 has undergone a rehabilitation by Metra. The Red and Yellow color scheme was designed by Philip Weibler back in 1969.

Locomotive #425 will be placed in service this week on the Rock Island Line in honor of retiring CEO/Executive Director Don Orseno.

Switches at Bradley Junction set for the main line to Rhinelander WI.

Another story "in the works" is about Rondout IL Tower.

Photos as modeling aids will be a new clinic this fall, so take photos of details

This is a service building at Bradley Junction

Here are some extra photos of details shot around Rhinelander

Loading of logs from trucks and weathering details on a tank at the Papermill

CB&Q 4960 in Aurora IL by Paul Wussow

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Update 10/18/19