I took this photo looking north from on top of the South Pulaski Road overpass bridge near Chicago's Daley College one lovely Springtime afternoon, way back in May of 1987.
A westbound Illinois Central Railroad transfer train, is viewed heading toward the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard. The Illinois Central Railroad, was in the process of reorganization during the mid 1980's. From 1972 when they acquired the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad through merger and became the Illinois Central Gulf, until approximately 1985..the ICG was losing big sums of money, and began a process of reorganization. Many former Gulf, Mobile & Ohio lines were sold off, and the old name Illinois Central was brought back with a new logo.
This gray caboose, is an example of some of the changes brought on by reorganization.
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