Certainly not the pride of the fleet, these two former LMS GEs have spent most of 2011 assigned to the former DM&IR. Lucky us.
Vintage Illinois Central caboose sitting on an abandoned stretch of the IC Gruber Line.
Illinois Central GP40R #3121 leads 4 SD20s on a southbound past the restored station in Pesotum, Illinois. #3121 began life as IC GP40 #3039 in 1966. The second track in this picture is now gone... (more)
IC 1016 leads M390 into New Lenox, bound for the old GTW main, in Griffith and points beyond.
On a sunny, Tuesday morning, IC 1016 leads the way out of town.
A horse looks on, as the Ashley Furniture's 40th Anniversary passenger special rolls by being pulled by Illinois Central 100.
The engineer aboard IC 1016 is backing the intermodal pickup from Moterm back onto their train near Hilton Road in Ferndale.
IC 6137 grinds up the hill, with State Line loads.
The newly created Biwabik Job or Missabe Road Run Job has to take a little detour past the Mtn. Iron Jct. switch instread of the straight shot up to Minntac due to a Loram Vacuum unit working the ... (more)
St. Louis section of City of New Orleans
On a cold and clear morning, Illinois Central 6256 leads GTW 6221 and I.C. 6254 down the hill from Minntac with fresh steaming pellets that are on the way to Two Harbors, MN and the docks there.
Scanned slide from the collection of the Bluegrass Railway Museum, Versailles KY.
