Helping the Illinois Central with a power shortage, a quartet of leased F7s snake through switches as they lead a northbound freight off the St. Louis line onto the mainline at Gilman, IL. The fir... (more)

Bessemer & Lake Erie F7A and B #717 working on the Illinois Central. During periods of lower traffic volumes, the Bessemer leased some of these units to other carriers, on whose tracks they roam... (more)