#1595 Illinois Terminal

Illinois Terminal #1595 Class C

Built -1929 by Illinois Traction System at their Decatur, IL shop
Engine runs on 600VDC
AAR (B-B)(B-B), 1,500 hp
14EL air brakes with GE M-C6 motor controls
Alco RM63B trucks
two WH D4-P air compressors
Articulated frame, 52' 5" long and weighs 160,000 lbs
The Illinois Traction System built this Class C electric interurban freight locomotives at their Decatur, IL shop, using trucks, traction motors and control equipment from retired passenger cars.
The engine has eight GE 205B, 75 HP traction motors used in its articulated four truck design could produce 1,500 HP for short periods of time. This design used two independent cast steel sub-frame that are each 20' 7" long and 9' 2 ½ " wide and are ballasted with scrap steel and concrete. This gives it a (B-B)-(B-B) classification; two unconnected frames, each with two swiveling trucks, and all axles are powered. The design made it very flexible, able to take 35' radius street track curves, and spreads out its weight, avoiding the need to replace light rail and existing bridges on the line. This locomotives could operate in multiple with each other as well as Class B locomotives.

Originally Illinois Traction System #1595 (1910-1928), then Illinois Terminal #1595 (1928-1956)
Later in 1937 the Illinois Traction System became the Illinois Terminal Railroad.
Donated to MOT by the Illinois Terminal Railroad in 1956.