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[railwayhistorical]

Yard Engine

Here we see the yard engine working a seldom used spur that leads from the main, through a cut, to downtown Bloomington, Indiana. The EMD GP9 was built in February of 1955.

This is along Illinois Central's line between Effingham, Illinois, and Indianapolis. It was the Illinois Central Gulf at the time after a merger with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio four years earlier.

Three images by Richard Koenig; taken October 28th 1976.

[railwayhistorical]

Inter-modal

Following up on the previous post of the yard engine in Bloomington, a northbound freight came along. It seems to be comprised completely of piggyback cars. The power up front is three Paducah Rebuilds and another black Geep.

Again, this is along Illinois Central's line between Effingham, Illinois, and Indianapolis. It was the Illinois Central Gulf at the time after a merger with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio four years earlier.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken October 28th 1976.