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[railwayhistorical]

The Shawnee on the Bicentennial

This is a southbound Shawnee, number 391, racing down The Mainline of Mid-America, the Illinois Central (ICG at the time).

The locale is just south of Leverett Junction, north of Champaign, Illinois. The locomotive is a brand-spanking new EMD F40PH.

Image by Richard Koenig; taken on July 4th 1976.