ICG hung on to the ex-GM&O RS-1s a lot longer than many of us expected, even repainting a few. I was a GM&O fan, but I had to admit the orange and white looked pretty good when first applied. It... (more)
The RS-1s did everything for GM&O/ICG around Montgomery except power the 'big' road freights. Single Alcos made daily transfers to the other yards in Montgomery, pulling sometimes huge cuts over ... (more)
In the twilight of their service lives, four RS-1s - including one repainted in orange and white - congregate at West End Yard. In a few months, ICG will bring in a motley crew of old geeps to ta... (more)
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)
A trio of Illinois Central Gulf Alco RS-1s idle away in Montgomery, Alabama, on a sunny October 1974 day. The heritage of 1112 and 1122 is obvious (Gulf Mobile & Ohio), but the ICG paint on 1269... (more)
RS-1 1269 in new ICG dress teams with two more Alcos still in GM&O colors to take the northbound leg of the daily Union Camp turn off the Alabama River bridge. Geeps are on the way, so the Alcos... (more)
