Peoria & Eastern Railway Company Stock Certificate - Illinois Regional Railroad
Certificate Details:
- Issue Date: January 18, 1950
- Original Holder: First Co
- Certificate Number: 7908
- Shares: 100
- Signatures of company officers
Features:
- Detailed vignette showing locomotive at station with period architecture
- Green border with ornate scrollwork
- Early 1950s issue captures post-war railroad era
- Cancelled with punch holes
About Peoria & Eastern Railway:
The Peoria & Eastern was a vital Illinois short-line railroad connecting Peoria with eastern destinations. Operating through central Illinois coal and agricultural regions, the P&E served as a crucial link between smaller communities and major rail networks.
This 1950 certificate represents the railroad during the transition era between steam and diesel power, when regional lines like the P&E were still independently owned before wave of consolidations in the 1960s-70s.
The station vignette captures the romance of small-town American railroading, when depots were the hub of community life and locomotives represented progress and connection to the wider world.
Condition: Used, cancelled certificate with normal aging for 74-year-old document. Green color remains strong, vignette detail excellent. NOTE: 2 staples along top edge.
Ideal for collectors of Illinois railroads, regional railroad history, or 1950s transportation memorabilia.
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