Canton
Illinois Central Electric Railway
The scene shows The Illinois Central Electric Railway (note the initials on the gas car - "T.I.C.E.Ry.") gasoline motor car #3 pulling an old horsecar trailer on South Main Street in Canton, Illinois on August 3, 1907.  The railway when first opened used gasoline motor cars, but eventually converted to electrically operated interurbans because the gas motor cars were undependable and underpowered for the service they were providing.
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Historical link furnished by Geoff Tribe
Caption data from Stephen M. Scalzo
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