Jun 10, 2024
Tolono, Illinois
This is a southbound train of the Illinois Central Gulf crossing the N&W, former Wabash, at Tolono, Illinois. I believe the "338" would be number of miles between this spot and Detroit along the Wabash.
The lead locomotive is an EMD GP38-2 built in 1974 and is named for “P. G. T. BEAUREGARD”. It's mind numbing to me that a railroad would name a locomotive for the person, a confederate general, who started the Civil War at Fort Sumter.
One photograph by Richard Koenig; taken October 3, 1978.