1865 era LOCOMOTIVE Albumen Photo-Chicago Alton & St. Louis Railroad-Civil War??

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1865 era LOCOMOTIVE Albumen Photo-Chicago Alton & St. Louis Railroad-Civil War??:
$33.11

I AM LISTING MANY INTERESTING AND UNIQUE ANTIQUES THIS WEEK SO PLEASE CHECK MY OTHER sales!!!! This listing is for a FANTASTIC original 1860s era larger size mounted oval albumen photo of a Chicago, Alton & St. Louis locomotive. Measures 8\" X 10\". Estate fresh. See pictures for condition specifics.I TOOK LOTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS, BE SURE TO SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END OF THE sale TO SEE THEM ALL!!!!

I WILL BE LISTING OTHER INTERESTING ANTIQUES THIS WEEK SO PLEASE CHECK MY OTHER sales!!!

Please look at the photos to get an idea of what this is. Photos accurately reflect the condition on this item. I am not an expert, so please feel free to ask any questions, and I will answer them the best way I can. I may not be able to answer your questions immediately, but every question will be answered. Please try to ask questions before the last day of the sale because I am not always around to answer them then. International buyers: I will only ship vis USPS priority mail due to too many mishaps. I will also not falsify any customs documents so please do not ask. Realistic reserve set just to protect my investment, if there is a reserve at all. I am not interested in selling off of so please do not ask, HOWEVER I collect early photographs and relics and would entertain trade offers, please check out my ME page for more info. If reserve is not met high buyer will get first chance at buying item. Payment must be recieved within five days of close of sale. California residents must add 8.75% sales tax to their purchase unless they hold a valid California resale permit. If you have a permit please include it when sending your payment so that I can have it on file. Insurance will be added to purchase price at end of sale based on sale price. All items sold as-is unless I misrepresent something. Good luck and thanks for looking!!!

On Sep-21-17 at 17:19:59 PDT, seller added the following information:

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The Alton had a long and colored history with many name changes along the way.The initial charter was for the Alton and Sangamon Railroad issued on February 27, 1847 for a line from the Mississippi River town of Alton, Illinois to the state capital at Springfield. This line was finished in 1852. The Alton Railroad (reporting mark A) was the final name of Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri. Its predecessor, the Chicago and Alton Railroad (reporting mark C&A),[1] was purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1931 and was controlled until 1942 when the Alton was released to the courts. On May 31, 1947 the Alton Railroad was merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Jacob Bunn had been one of the founding reorganizers of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company during the 1860s.Main lines included Chicago to St. Louis and a branch to Kansas City.[2] The former is now part of Union Pacific, with Metra Heritage Corridor commuter rail service north of Joliet (owned by the Canadian National Railway but used by UP). The latter is part of the Kansas City Southern Railway system.The earliest ancestor to the Alton Railroad was the Alton and Sangamon Railroad, chartered February 27, 1847 in Illinois to connect the Mississippi River town of Alton to the state capital at Springfield in Sangamon County. The line was finished in 1852, and as the Chicago & Mississippi Railroad extended to Bloomington in 1854 and Joliet in 1855. Initially trains ran over the completed Chicago and Rock Island Railroad to Chicago.The Joliet and Chicago Railroad was chartered February 15, 1855 and opened in 1856, continuing north and northeast from Joliet to downtown Chicago. It was leased by the Chicago & Mississippi, providing a continuous railroad from Alton to Chicago. In 1857 the C&M was reorganized as the St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad, and another reorganization on October 10, 1862, produced the Chicago and Alton Railroad. The C&A chartered the Alton and St. Louis Railroad to extend the line to East St. Louis, opened in 1864, giving it a line from Chicago to East St. Louis.In 1925 Chicago & Alton carried 2143 million revenue ton-miles of freight and 202 million revenue passenger-miles on (at year-end) 1056 miles of road and 1863 miles of track. Same numbers for 1944 were 2596, 483, 959 and 1717.