- Title: V-5679
- Summary: ILLINOIS TERMINAL INTERURBANS: RAILROAD TRAINS OF THE BLOOMINGTON LINE OF THE ILLINOIS TERMINAL IN WINTER. TROLLEY CAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THIS SEGMENT OF THE SYSTEM WAS ABANDONED FEBRUARY 23, 1953. THE FIRST MAJOR PORTION OF THE LINE WAS GIVEN UP WHEN THE INTERURBAN NETWORK BEGAN TO CRUMBLE IN THE EARLY 1950s. FORSYHTE. DECATUR.
- Description:00:24:52 - POV ON CABOOSE ON TRACK DOWN MIDDLE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 51 INTO THE VILLAGE OF MAROA. 00:25:56 - TRAIN HEADING DOWN US HIGHWAY 51 OUT OF MAROA HEADING FOR DECATUR 00:26:22 - ENGINEER POV ON TRACKS. RURAL LANDSCAPE. MEETS UP WITH RAILROAD CAR ON OUTSKIRTS OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. POV CHANGING TRACKS. 00:27:56 - ENGINEER POV ENTERING BLOOMINGTON DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT. 00:28:44 - TRAIN CAR HEADS NORTH INTO BLOOMINGTON, IN B/G, TRAIN PASSES BY. NARROW STREETS 00:29:04 - ON A NARROW BLOOMINGTON STREET, AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC FORCED TO BACK UP TO ALLOW INTERURBAN TO PASS. 1950s CARS. BRICK STREETS. 00:29:21 - ENGINEER POV TURNING CORNER INTO BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. TRAIN RUNNING AGAINST CURRENT OF AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC ON A ONE WAY STREET. MARKET STREET. CENTER STREET. ENGINEER POV DRIVING TRAIN THROUGH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 00:31:09 - TRAIN PASSES RIGHT THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD. TRAIN IN PERSON'S FRONT YARD. 00:31:33 - ENGINEER POV HEADING OUT OF BLOOMINGTON. UNDER GM&O TRACKS, THROUGH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 00:32:52 - TRAIN ARRIVING AT MACKINAW DEPOT. PASSENGERS GET OUT. DEPARTS TOWARD PEORIA. 00:33:47 - ENGINEER POV CROSSING MACKINAW RIVER BRIDGE ENROUTE FROM PEORIA. 00:33:58 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-5679