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Webmaster Dave - Newer Photos / Older Photos / Hmmm
Adam Robillard - West end around 2005
NEW Adrian Thomber - Shots taken at East Joliet in 2007.
AGM5 - USS Gary Mill in 2003
Alex Desimone - #674 at West Chicago in 2004
Alex Mokrycki - Various in Griffith and West Chicago in 1999
Bill Christopher - MPEX demo unit and #656 in 2001/03
Bill Gustason - Photos mainly in the Indiana area 1996-2006 and scans of old steam loco prints.
Bob Webber - Older B&W caboose photos taken from Bob's collection.
Brian Skrabutenas - Photos around the Gary Works Mill, and other locations on the railroad.
NEW Chris R. Tarlini - Photos of 670 and 674 in new paint, 3/2003.
Dispatcher BK - Old Diesel Photo Collection | Old Steam & Various Photo Collection
Dennis Schmidt - Various 70's era and newer photos.
Edward Weisensel - #446 prepped for paint at the WS Horicon shop.
Frank D. - Locos | Trains | Cars | Maint. of Way | Right of Way | Projects | Various
Frank Vollhardt - Photos of #460.
NEW George Forero - B&W shots from trains on the main 1971-72.
Jeff Kerner - Joliet | Gary | Waukegan | BN Train Wreck | People
Joe Usselman - #446 in yellow.
Joel Hinkhouse - Modern photos, including #460.
John Benson - Mainly 90's era locos and some cars.
John Dziobko - The short lived Rock Island line operation.
Kevin Heggi - Various modern photos, mainly on Lakefront.
Kevin Piper - Mainly 70's era photos.
Kevin Ruble - Mid era diesel photos.
Louis Cerney - Excellent collection of 60's & 70's era photos.
Mike Janke - First yellow painted unit #446.
Neal Stringer - Locos | Cars & MoW | Trains | Right of Way | Shops | Trips | Visitors | Various | Milepost Covers
Paul Hunnell - Mainly 90's era locos and cars.
Rich Witt - Western Sub, including Barrington Tower.
Rob Olewinski - Late 90's era around Gary.
Roger Kirpatrick - Caboose photos from Roger's collection.
Ron Shain - The Bicentennial unit and various other photos.
Sam Carlson - Mainly 70's era photos.
Wlliam Eley - 70's era on Western Sub.

Official Photos

Accidents - Some past accidents on the railroad.
Aerial - Various shots of plants, yards, and other features along the railroad.
Bridges - Various old photos of bridges and culverts along the right-of-way.
Cabooses - Shots of wood and steel J cabs, including some unique designs.
Diesel Locomotives - Various shots of diesel road and switcher locomotives.
Loads - A collection of unique loads being carried by the railroad.
Motorcar - Photos showing off an old custom rail motor car the RR had.
Maintenance of Way - A few MoW scenes from the old days.
People - Past employees and other people on the railroad.
Places - Including shops, facilities, and other locations on the railroad.
Rolling Stock - A collection of various build photos and other shots of cars.
Steam - All sorts of awesome steam loco photos, including both CLS&E & EJ&E.
Trains - An assortment of train photos across the railroad.
Various - All the photos that didn't fit anywhere else.

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Birmingham Southern
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
Lake Terminal
Union Railroad
US Steel

Models

Webmaster Dave
Custom Models
Production Models (HO)
Production Models (N)
Production Models (Other Scales)
Decals
Decal Art (Printable)

Maps

EJ&E Archive Map - Created using all the available info available. Last version: 2008.
1965 USS Detail Maps - Scans from the detail sections of a system map printed in 1965.
Interchange Maps - Interchange details from the Feb, 2008 version of the official EJ&E Track Chart.

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Documents

1956 Porter Line Timetable Pages
1966 Outline of the Railroad
"The Blue Island Roads"
"EJ&E Diesels: In the Beginning" by Dave Novak
"EJ&E Diesels: The 40's" by Dave Novak
"EJ&E Diesels: The 50's" by Dave Novak
"Ashes to Ashes" by Dave Novak
"Those New Diesels" by Dave Novak
"Diesels" by Paul Verd
"EJ&E Diesels: To the Present" by Dave Novak
"On the J: Motive Power & Equipment"
"The J's Southern Venture"
500 Series Caboose Drawing John DePauw Collection
Train Orders & Various Docs Found Trackside in the Early 80's - Webmaster Collection
Train Order Forms from 50's to the 80's Donated by the National Railroad Museum
Official Railway Equipment Register-2001
Official Railway Equipment Register-1998
Official Railway Equipment Register-1985

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