G, M & O Alco R S 1 at the Elmhurst Model Railroad Club.

Fallen flag railroad's of the past that I had grown up with in Chicago during the early 1970's like the Illinois Central Gulf, have always been a favorite of mine. This short local freight train operating at the Elmhurst Illinois Model Railroad Club, shows how some of the early 1972 merger era trains of the "New" ICG looked like in service for the first few years or so, after the August 10th 1972 merger of the Illinois Central, and the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad.