GMO 103A heads up Amtrak's State House passenger train at Joliet, IL in May 1974. The venerable E7 was among the oldest of hand me down locos put into service on Amtrak at the May 1971 start up. H... (more)
The sun is setting quickly as GM&O F3(A) arrives at Joliet, Illinois with the "Plug" commuter train in December 1974. I was with my Dad on this day taking photos with an Instamatic, but... (more)
The "Plug" Juliet-Chicago commuter was popular with railfans in the 1970s because it regularly ran with former GM&O F3s.
My father really lucked out on this one, getting former GM&O F... (more)
Illinois Central Gulf F3A 883-A, still in full Gulf Mobile & Ohio paint (as the merger is only a few months old), is seen here with GM&O E7A 101 (the former Alton 101). GM&O 883-A was built in Ju... (more)