#tofc

[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.

[marmarinou]

Santa Fe TOFC train seen from the cab of a Soo Line SD60 on the Belt Railway of Chicago

August 1993

Photo by Lonnie Maves (collection of D.A. Longley)

[containerization]

TTX 254713 Seatrain Sumter SC May 1980 by Pete Piszczek Via Flickr: This one started my juices flowing, I'd seen similar Seatrain containers in the UK a few years previously...

[railwayhistorical]

Slingshot

Here’s a northbound Slingshot on the historical Alton (GM&O/ICG). This was designed to be a fast TOFC train between St. Louis and Chicago. I believe every time I saw this train it was powered by a single GM&O GP35—either in the black and white of the GM&O or new orange and white of the ICG, like this one.

The location is at a spot where the Chicago & North Western flies over—between Girard and Nilwood, in central Illinois.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken May 21st 1977.

[railwayhistorical]

Could it be the Super-C?

When I initially posted this (in B&W), I was not sure if the ATSF was still calling this train the Super-C or not—and have found out that it is not. The road apparently discontinued that famous train (fast TOFC service between Chicago and the west coast) in 1976.

In any case, this train, perhaps a successor to the Super-C, is headed west over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lemont.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken August 27th 1977.

[marmarinou]

Burlington Northern NW2 switcher 519 pulling trailers on flat cars across the Chicago River at the 21st Street crossing

Chicago

April 30, 1971

Photo by George W. Hamlin

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NYTJ (New York Trailer Jet- O Scale)

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WM Trailer Jet AJ2 O Scale 2 Rail