Growing up in a big railroad town like Chicago....I always enjoy historic railroad photos of long gone fallen flag historic railroads.
I found this photo on the internet at My links page Fallen Flags. Org to the right of Your computer screen.
The year of this photo is 1981, and the Illinois Central Gulf is in it;s last decade before being reorganized and downsized by the mid 1980's. The Illinois Central Gulf was created by the October 1972 merger of the Illinois Central, and the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroads. It wasn't very profitable in the long and short run unfortunately.
A freight train from the Illinois Central Gulf with several borrowed or leased 1050's era EMD 1st generation model GP-9 roadswitchers, is viewed passing through Bloomington Illinois during possibly the late Winter, Early Spring or even Late Autum.
Whenever it was....It definately looks like it could have been "Chilly" outside.
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