Its a sweltering August evening, as Southern Pacific 7493 south departs Bloomington, Illinois. Everything but the track in this photo is gone. Union Depot, the Front Street overpass, and BN Target, the manual interlocking shed at the crossing with the P&E (CONRAIL) and NKP (NS). Soon, operator Mike Myers will radio the train, ''all by the Target, Soviet Pacific 7493 South!''.
STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO
