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Hi
Firstly can someone get this email onto the Derailments and Wrecks forum. Thanks. I cannot locate.
Looking for info and photos on:
Year of accident: late 1950s early 1960s
Railroad: GM&O
Location: GM&O yard in Houston MS.
Loco: Ingalls 4-S diesel #1900
Loco Base...
GM&O RS-1 #1122, Glenn Yard, Chicago, IL, February 14, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler
This is a closeup of the photo I posted earlier. It helps explain what I said about the road number in the headlight glass in the second line of the photo here...
GM&O F3 883A waits at Chicago Union Station with the usual 3 car train. After the commuters load up, it will depart for points South to Joliet. This route is now the Metra Heritage Corridor. Note the French turbo train on the adjacent track. I rode both and personally preferred the old...
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Category: Vintage Passenger Train Photos - Diesel Era
GM&O E-7 #102, Joliet, IL, July 11, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler
According to the June 1965 edition of The Official Guide, this was Train #1, "The Limited, Air-conditioned Diesel-Electric" service daily to St. Louis, departing Chicago at 11:15 AM, arriving in Joliet at 11:55...
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Category: Vintage Passenger Train Photos - Diesel Era
The newly renovated Gulf, Mobile & Ohio station in downtown Mobile, AL now serves as residence to several small businesses. Unfortunatly, Hurricane Katrina flooded the ground floor with about four to five feet of water, but this will all be fixed up once again.
GM&O 1054 is an ex Illinois Terminal RS-2 rumbles across the Rock Island diamonds at Joliet IL returning from the EJ&E interchange in August of 73. Dan Tracy Photo
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Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
The once a day monday thru friday commuter train from Joliet to Chicago was nicknamed "The Plug". Here The Plug with F-3 883A arrives at Joliet IL in August of 73. Dan Tracy photo
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What once was a shared passenger depot for the GM&O and Southern Railroads now is partly used by the KCS Railroad and some local community groups.
The depot stands on the SE corner of the KCS Artesia Sub & NS Memphis District diamond in downtown Corinth, Mississippi.
06JAN04
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