In a message dated 5/1/2009 1:53:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time, kevinthekrazy1@... writes: IC 1031 West all by MP 30 at 1350hrs... Dont know what train...
I will be making a trip from Arkansas to Illinois the end of May and was wondering where might be good locations to find IC locomotives still in IC paint. I...
IC 1001 was in North yard Paducah on a coal train at 3 PM.... other than that about all that's seen in these parts is the usual CN junk (hopefully the new CN...
... 4/30/2009 Government Appointee Senate confirms Szabo's nomination as FRA administrator Next month, Joe Szabo will become the 13th administrator of the...
An IC GP40, IIRC, 3107, was in Council Bluffs about a month ago. There have been other black units on the old IC Iowa Division. But, anything in BLACK is RARE....
IC 3138 has been teamed up with a GT on the local between Mattoon and Champaign recently. Unfortunately, I would say by the time you are here, the power would...
Black IC 1024 was the second unit in a train made up of freshly repainted CN centerflow hoppers heading North throug Alma IL on the old IC main and 3:08 pm CDT...
"...to take a couple of pictures of trains that were shiny." No wonder they got suspicious... as dirty as AMTK runs their trains there aint a one that is...
Thanks for getting back to me. I have photo's of that loco from it's days on the GM&O and all the different colors of the IC(G). I got a quick video of it...
Why has IC and CN kept the SW14's, yet got rid of even the newest the GP11's, or parked the J's SD38's? If nothing else, it would seem the SD38 would be better...
As promised, the CN weed spray train came from Baton Rouge, LA to Hammond, LA via the Hammond Sub Saturday. Having to slowly traverse the Holy Ghost church...
... _____________________________________ Having had experience with the GP-11's and the SW14's, that's an easy one to answer, at least from an employee's...
... From an ex-hostlers point of view - the only worthwhile attribute of the GP-11s was the little toggle switch on the bottom of the control stand labeled...
20:49 CDT MP 232.67 UP Dallas Sub LBF34-04 Mesquite Power Move UP 8196 SD9043MAC UP 7354 C45ACCTE UP 7632 C45ACCTE CSXT 7600 C40-8 YN2 CN 2630 C44-9W ~ 37 Cars...
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"Amtrak won't get far though, about another couple of car lengths. Those photos and story later." I got a bunch of emails asking, "What happened??" Sorry for...
... A few years back in Decatur, it was explained that SW14's were needed due to clearance issues. How true that is, I don't know. I don't remember the last...
I'm happy to announce that the beginning of a minimum of 18 months of restoration work started last week at the IC depot in Mattoon, Illinois. Thomas French...
I have not read it, yet. At some point you become tired of these things. You also want to give someone else a chance to run things. Hunter Harrison is...
These photos make the operation and track configuration clear except for the track on the far northeast side where there looks to be a couple of gons.There...
I have not seen one in years there Thomas. ... From: ic9600 <ic9600@...> Subject: [IllinoisCentral] Re: remaining IC locomotives still in black paint To:...
It has been a couple of years or maybe a little more since I have seen an SW14 in Decatur. I have some shots of 3140 and 3110, both in black, taken in Decatur...
Someone did donate some space. And through what can only be described as a maximum effort by our volunteers, we've gotten a lot of it out of the depot....
Well if you run out of space to store things I have basement room and soon may have garage room. I would be glad to inventory whatever is stored here and it...
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