 The Great Depression proved too much for the railway to bear, and in 1934 the entire route was abandoned.Several of the lightweight cars used during the final decade of service on the Illinois Valley Division were transferred to the suburban operations in St. Louis run by the Illinois Terminal Railroad, successor to the ITS, and these cars operated in this service until 1958.Two of the former Illinois Valley Division lightweights, cars 62 and 64 (later ITRR 410 and 415 respectively) are preserved, 62/410 at the Museum of Transportation and 64/415 at the Illinois Railway Museum.