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Name	Janssen, William C.
Other names	Bill
Dates & places of birth and death	b. June 13, 1914, Peoria, IL d. Jan. 21, 2007, Peoria, IL
Nationality	American
Occupation	At the time of his WWII enlistment, his Civil Occupation was listed as 'Express messengers and railway mail clerks.' He worked for the Illinois Terminal and the Milwaukee Road (on their electrified division), North Shore Railroad, South Shore Railroad, and the Chicago Transit Authority.
Notes	Photo of Bill Janssen taken by George Krambles 14 Jul 1996 at the Illinois Railway Museum. See obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pjstar/name/william-janssen-obituary?id=29827227 Bill is buried at Sait Josephs Cemetery, West Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.
Publications	One of America's foremost trolley historians and enthusiasts, he was also a noted authority on the electrified interurban railroads, contributing many articles and photographs to books and magazines on those subjects, helping to preserve the history of that period. Much of his work is preserved at the East Troy Electric Railroad Museum in East Troy, Wis.
Relationships	Bill met George Krambles at the University of Illinois and became life-long friends.
Role	Engineer
Education	He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1949 with a degree in electrical engineering after serving stateside in the U.S. Army during World War II.

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