A late 1960's era Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad freight train crossing the Missisippi River.

A late 1960's era Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad freight train crossing the Missisippi River., a photo by Eddie from Chicago on Flickr.

I took this photograph last week Wednsday night, at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois.

The spirit of the fallen flag American railroads Gulf, Mobile & Ohio - Illinois Central - and the 1972 merger Illinois Central Gulf, are alive and well in H.O scale and operating on the club layout at any given operating session.

My recently acquired Life Like Proto 2000 Series G,M & O EMD GP 38-2 diesel electric roadswitcher locomotive, pulls a cut of 1960's era freight cars over the Missisippi River lift bridge on the club layout.