Identifier: streetrailwayrev14amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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within thenext two years, after the existing gap between Decatur and Champaign, which is to be built, is completed. These two lines are oper-ated from one power house situated at Riverton, about six milesfrom Springfield, and this plant, which is thoroughly modern in itsequipment and engineering details, has been design.-d with an ulti- The Springfield-Decatur line parallels the Illinois Central for aboutiYi miles out of Springfield and then parallels the Wabash R. Ft.to Decatur. This part of the line has four railroad crossings atgrade, these being with the Wabash, Illinois Central, the Baltimore& Ohio and the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. The line fromSpringfield to Hast St. Louis is entirely completed as far as Car-linville and contracts for the completion of the line from Carlin-ville to East St. Louis have already been let. The part of the linenow completed passes through a number of towns, .some of whichare of considerable size, and Springfield being the capital of the
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HAMIl.TnN-CORl.ISS KNdlNK .\Nn CENKR.VL EI.ECTRU ALTtKN.XTOK liN RIVEKTON POWER HOUSE. mate capacity sufiicient to eventually supply current for the entiresystem, including some branches which it is proposed to build in thenear future. The Illinois Central Traction Co. is the name of the system run-ning from Springfield east to Decatur and the St. Louis & Spring-field Railway Co. runs from Springfield southwest to Carlinville andwill be completed down to East St. Louis within a short time as workon the lower portion has already commenced. While this part ofthe system as a whole may be considered under construction, someparts have been in operation since last June. The line from Spring-field to Riverton has been operating on an hourly service as has alsothe line from Springfield south to Auburn. The power house atRiverton was first put into partial operation near the end of Augustand during SeptembL-r the entire distance from Decatur down toCarlinville was opened to service. state

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