#wabashrailway

[railwayhistorical]

Illinois Terminal Remnant

This is a westbound Norfolk Southern job, with a full compliment of autoracks, just west of Milmine, Illinois (visible in the distance). I was intrigued here by the abandoned roadbed of the Illinois Terminal Railroad Company running parallel to the old Wabash and was trying to find the best angle to show it off.

Image by Richard Koenig; taken February 24th 2018.

[railwayhistorical]

American Locomotive Company

This is an Alco RS11 in Decatur, Illinois. The Norfolk & Western gobbled up the Wabash, which is the lineage of the line we’re on here in Central Illinois, but having said that, I think this particular unit was purchased for the N&W as new around 1959.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken November 21st 1976.

[railwayhistorical]

Tolono, Illinois

This is a southbound train of the Illinois Central Gulf crossing the N&W, former Wabash, at Tolono, Illinois. The lead locomotive is an EMD GP38-2 built in 1974 and is named for "P. G. T. BEAUREGARD".

One photograph by Richard Koenig; taken October 3, 1978.