Monday, April 17, 2006

Indianna Harbor Belt EMD Diesel Switcher on display at EMD Open House. September 1989.

In September of 1989, Electro Motive Division of General Motors, Held an Open house in September of 1989 at their La Grange/ Mc Cook Illinois Industrial Plant. Here we see a Freshly Painted Indianna Harbor Belt Railroad EMD rebuilt Diesel Switcher Locomotive.

1 comment:

tlee169 said...

EMD was great business for IHB through the 60's & 70's. As the first generation diesels wore out they came to EMD as trade ins and EMD sold the remains to the Pielet Brothers scrap yard across the tracks to the east. Old engines, new engines, and scrap were all revenue loads for IHB.