The Plug Between Runs
Here we see GM&O’s Chicago commuter train which was known as “the Plug.” It's being serviced on a very cold day at Glenn Yard located south of Chicago. The commuter train ran between Chicago Union Station and Joliet on the GM&O, former Alton; Metra now calls this line the Heritage Corridor. I've posted shots from this servicing here before, but not this particular image.
Image by Richard Koenig; taken December 27th 1977.
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GM&O, Lockport IL, Jan 1968
196801.3C02-15 efts
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The Golden Spike Centennial Limited at St. Louis Union Station.
May 14, 1969
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Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Glenn Yard
Chicago
June 1975
Photo by Mark Llanuza
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Six days ago, I created and released a post showing my OCs from the Illinois Central. Now this post will go over my OCs from ICRR’s chief competitor; the…
Now these engines make up Canadian National’s Gulf Mobile and Ohio heritage fleet…
and they can only be found on railroad territories that were once under jurisdiction and ownership of the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad. And the engines are…
Red Robin, the 4-6-2 P-16b #5296
Murphy, the 4-6-2 P-16b #5295
Minnie, the 2-8-2 #463
Maddox, the EMD E7 #101(a)
Gladys, the EMD E7 #103
Ozzy, the EMD F3 #883(a)
Odin, the Gulf Coast Rebel engine
Marlon, the ALCO PA-1 #727 (and second Gilf Coast Limited engine)
Gavin, the ALCO PA-1 #725 and Gaia, the ALCO PA-1 #733
Gia, the EMD SD40 #910
Greta, the EMD SD40 #901
Malakai, the EMD GP30 #529
Malcom, the EMD GP38 #712
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Illinois Central Gulf #742 by Jim Strain
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GP38-2 GM&O 742 @ Kansas City, Mo. Kodachrome my collection, photographer unknown.
May 1985
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"Young women from around China have been taking up a viral challenge of imitating "greasy men""
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Quad Cities Rocket
Another one of my earliest railroad images...
This is an eastbound Rock Island Quad Cities Rocket with E8 655 on the point. It was built for the railroad in March of 1952.
The location, of course, is the well known crossing with the ATSF and GM&O at Joliet, Illinois.
One photograph by Richard Koenig; taken September 20th 1975.
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MP, St. Louis, Missouri, 1959 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Texas-bound passenger-mail train leaves St. Louis Union Station in Missouri on March 7, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-061-01
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