Author: Ron Hawkins
Various IC, GM&O, and ICG locomotives
GMO 883A is about to stop at Joliet station following an afternoon run from Chicago.
GMO 883A in charge of a three car passenger train.
Rear view of GMO 883A.
IC 6005 is in need of a trip to the paint shop.
IC 6005 waits with IC 6018 for the next call.
IC 6018 on the Woodcrest ready track.
ICG Bicentennial 1776 (2nd) rear view
ICG Bicentennial 1776 (2nd) leads a set of power through the former IC Woodcrest yard.
ICG 5050 is the first of ten ex-IC U33Cs.
ICG 5053 drifts through the engine tracks at Woodcrest.
ICG 6071 is ex GM&O.
ICG 9450 is a very rare SD28.
GMO 800B waits with two later model EMDs for the next assignment.
GMO 800B on a cloudy day along with ICG F3 1615 and GP30 2275, both ex-GM&O units.
GMO 801B between runs at the former GMO facility.
GMO 803A with the MU cover open and a broken marker light.
At this late date GMO 811A still has its original square buliders plate.
Rear view of GM&O 920.
GMO 920 is working a freight with GMO 611.
One of three former GMO F-units repainted to orange and white, ICG 1615 is outside the former GMO engine house.
ICG 2275 is in fresh orange and white paint at the former GM&O engine house.
GMO 611 is one of three GM products in this photo.
GMO 611 is about to pass the Amtrak station in Bloomington.
ICG 8445 leads a local approaching the Amtrak station.
ICG 8445 has a more conventional headlight package compared to eariler rebuilds.
Rear view of ICG 8445 passing the Amtrak station.
IC 8039 is joined by an ex GMO GP30 and a couple of ICG units in the shadow of the unused coaling tower.
Features added to IC 8041 during rebuilding include a ox-bow air filter and bug eye lights.
The white paint on IC 8081 shows off the oil on the long hood.
Rear view of IC 8081.
ICG 9613 gets a check out before its next assignment.
ICG 9613 leads a four unit set near the former coaling tower.
GMO 748 works a grade crossing with only crossbucks.
Rear view of GMO 748.
GMO 805A is part of a four locomotive F-unit consist between runs at this former GM&O engine house.
GMO 806B waits for the next call along with other former GMO and IC units.
Rear view of GMO 810B.
Solid red GMO 884A waits with two other GMO F-units for the next assignment.
GMO 916 will soon be wearing ICG orange and white paint.
Part of the crew on board IC 439 enjoy the sunshine as they move a cut of covered hoppers.
ICG 1620 leads other former GMO F-units on the ready track.
GMO 880B leads an afternoon commuter train out of Chicago.
Top view of GMO 880B.
GMO 800A and 812A in the dead line outside the former IC Paducah shops.
GMO 801B in the Paducah deadline.
Rearview of GMO 801B.
GMO 812A in the deadline outside the former IC shops.
Only eight years old, IC 1100 rusts away in the deadline at the former IC Paducah shops
Rear view of IC 2040.
IC 2040 may be painted in Amtrak colors, but it was only on lease and never owned by Amtrak. It now awaits its fate in the Paducah deadline.