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Inside a streetcar, a round farebox numbered 3575 sits in a railed conductor's area beside brown seat backs. Barred windows sit below a row of small upper windows, and a man stands holding a railing at the right edge.

The conductor's area and farebox inside a preserved streetcar that appears to be a PCC, at the museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Conductor's Area, Union, IL

Close view from inside a streetcar of a brown leather operator's seat on a chrome frame beside brown-painted control gear, a black dash panel with a small dial meter, and bright windows behind.

Operator's seat and controls inside a streetcar cab, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

A dim, empty interior of an old railway car: a center aisle with a ribbed floor runs between rows of brown seats, each with a vertical metal grab pole, under a row of ceiling lights, with arched windows along the sides and a pair of large windows at the far end.

Interior of an old electric railway car, looking down the aisle between rows of seats with grab poles, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

Dim streetcar interior with rows of dark seats and chrome grab handles along a sunlit aisle. At the far end is a cab with an orange cabinet under two bright end windows, and a trolley pole shows outside.

Interior of a preserved streetcar, looking down the aisle toward the operator's end. The note places it at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

A green and cream streetcar with an orange stripe and a raised trolley pole stands on gravel track under overhead wire, its front sign reading 36 119-MORGAN.

Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 4391, signed for route 36 to 119-Morgan, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

A rusted green and cream streamlined streetcar with broken windows and damaged lower side panels stands inside a wooden-trussed barn, with a red car behind it and a person standing at the right.

A weathered Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar in green and cream waits for restoration in a storage barn, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

A vintage wooden interurban train car is parked inside a large wooden building with a truss roof; other similar cars are visible behind it.

A maroon wooden interurban car, likely from the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, is parked inside a wooden-trussed carbarn. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

A two-unit diesel locomotive painted in yellow and dark green with the letters CNW on the side moves along a track next to a green, grassy field under an overcast sky.

A Chicago and North Western GP40 locomotive, number 5512, leads a train through a rural field in its signature yellow and dark green livery. June 7, 1986 · Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL

A green and cream interurban car numbered 415, lettered for the Illinois Terminal Railroad, is parked at a station platform with people nearby and overhead wires above.

Illinois Terminal Railroad Master Unit car 415 at a station platform, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. August 15, 1995 · East St.Louis, Union, IL

A vintage green and cream interurban car numbered 415 is on a track next to a paved road, with overhead wires and open farmland in the background.

Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban car 415, painted in green and cream, is shown on a street-level track at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. August 15, 1995 · Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL

A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 18, parked on a track next to a grassy area, with another blue locomotive partially visible in the background.

A Union Pacific EMD E9 locomotive, number 18, in a yellow and red livery, displayed at a museum yard. August 15, 1995 · Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL