Our friend Tom Cornillie found this advertisement for the Illini Railroad Club in a used book store in Oakland, Cal. The year is 1963. Tom points out that $19.95 was a lot of money in those days. When they got to Avon Yard in Indianapolis, they visited CA&E car 308 which was stored there at that time. Thanks, Tom!The picture, of course, shows an earlier fan trip using only 233 and 234. I don't know the IT well enough to tell you where this is, but notice that the bracket arms are still in place over the track, so it wasn't long after electric service ended in 1956.
Update: Dale Jenkins says: "The train is between Bement and Monticello; southbound. That is Illinois Highway 105 in the foreground. This is the same site that had a large pyramid to mark a location of a famous Lincoln debate." Thanks!
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