Mattoon
Central Illinois Traction Co.
Central Illinois Traction Co. was the 12 mile interurban built between Mattoon and Charleston and opened June 15, 1904.  #205 is at the carbarn in Mattoon.  The Mattoon Street Railway Company and the Central Illinois Traction Company were two separate companies (but used the same carbarn).  The Central Illinois Public Service Company was formed out of the Mattoon Street Railway Company in the early 1910 era, after which it purchased both companies, the Southern Illinois Railway & Power, and many other companies (including several other smaller streetcar sytems in the area) to form a power generating and power system in central and southern Illinois which still exists today.
Caption data from James H. Graebner & Stephen Scalzo
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