ICG 7903, ICG 9567 and other Illinois Central Gulf units idle in the Council Bluff diesel service area. The ICG 9567 is showing a lot of wear as the white paint is revealing a red undercoat.

Early on a humid morning, the usual deep-south haze combines with fog rising from Mobile Bay to obscure distant objects. In the ex-GM&O yard below Telegraph Road, a crew uses an all ex-IC locomot... (more)

Illinois Central Gulf GP8 #7738 shoves the Bluegrass Railway Museum's excursion train underneath the former Southern/NS signal bridge from control point "Rosemont", approaching the Museu... (more)

ICG 6049 in the Gray and Orange scheme leads a GP30 still painted in GM&O colors (the 509), GP10 8221 and GP40 3062 through the yard at Fulton.

Southbound ICG train Fernwood

Former ICG 7738, a GP8 Paducah Rebuild, charges under the old Rosemont signal bridge at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum during a members night. Both locomotive and signal represent unique items ass... (more)

Overview of Illinois Central Gulf former Gulf Mobile and Ohio(Alton) shops in Bloomington, Il.

No safety vests were required on a hot summer day - or any day - back in 1974. One of the few RS-1s to get orange and white leads two unrepainted Alcos as they put together a train for the Prattv... (more)

ICG SW14s 1409 and 1408 are paired up on a caboose hop at Markham Yard, Homewood, IL on June 30, 1979. These units had uniquely rebuilt cabs, similar to a GP35 changing their look quite a bit from... (more)

ICG RS-1 re-engined by EMD waits for an assignment at former GM & O Glenn Yard.

ICG GP11 #8720 at Dyersburg, TN || April 1989

ICG 5050 and IC 5058 are paired up at Markham Yard engine facilities in their late 60s "modern" IC dreamsicle color scheme. Rare units on the IC/ICG, this color scheme was one of several... (more)

A KY built product pulls the Bluegrass Railroad Museums pumpkin patch train westward where patrons will take in the scenic overlook at Young's High Bridge, and stop at the trackside pumpkin patch ... (more)

An appropriately colored scheme to be leading a train to the trackside pumpkin patch. ICG 7738 powers through Milner, KY roughly halfway along the Bluegrass Railroad Museums 5.5 miles of former So... (more)

Always more to do. Work continues on 7738 keeping her in working order for pulling museum excursions, and to prep her for her upcoming role Oct. 10, 2015 where she and N&W 675 will lead photo frei... (more)