A scene from the early days of the Illinois Central Gulf merger, circa 1972 in H.O Scale.

 

I took this photograph this spring, at the Oak Park Society

of Model Engineers,H.O Scale Model Railroad Club in

Oak Park Illinois.

 

The Illinois Central and the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroads

merged on August 10th, 1972, thus becoming the

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.

 

In this recreated scene from the early days of the merger, a

former Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad EMD GP 38-2

roadswitcher diesel, pulls a recently repainted former

Illinois Central side door caboose with the "New"

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad markings.