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Illinois Central Gulf GP-10 #8011, near 22nd St., Chicago, Illinois, June 1978, photo by Chuck Zeiler. There's a mystery piece of track work, it once connected to Dearborn Street Station in Chicago. Per comment below by beal99, and I have no reason doubt the facts as presented:
"The...
Illinois Central Gulf caboose #199422, Chicago, IL, July 6, 1984, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Here are a few comments by Dan Kohlberg:
ICG 199422 is part of a series of 50 cabooses built by the IC's own Centralia, Illinois, Carshops in 1972. These cabooses were unique to the IC, with their...
Like its ex-BN SD40-2 brothers (IC 6100 series), this unit was to be re-built into a SD40-3, however CN decided otherwise and simply gave it a new paint job.
You can see the "CN touch" on the peeling frame safety stripe. Aside from BCOL units and WC SD40-3's, this is the most common...
Illinois Central Gulf #1, Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL, June 7, 1982, photo by Chuck Zeiler
This photo is in response to a gentleman who remarked about the sideburns of a person in a photo I posted earlier. The sideburns also caught my attention...
Illinois Central Gulf (ICG) SD-20 #2035, Union Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, October 13, 1987, photo by Chuck Zeiler. The SD-20 was a modification to stock EMD SD-24s by ICGs Paducah Shops, more info on this as soon as I come up with it.
I started chasing the ICG train about a mile previous to...
Illinois Central Gulf GP-26 #2601, Chicago, IL, January 1982, photo by Chuck Zeiler
What time is it? There is a clue in this photo.
A full description of a GP-26 is at this link:
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/47489
There is much to see in this photo, for...
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