Former Grand Trunk Western locomotives at the former Illinois Central Hawthorne Yard engine terminal. Cicero Illinois USA. April 2006.

I took this early Spring time photo in Cicero Illinois back in April of 2006. The former Illinois Central Railroad was bought out by the Canadian National Railroad through a large corporate merger in 1999. In the process, the Canadian National also bought out and merged it's U.S affiliate subsidiary GTW, and the Wisconsin Central. Today diesel locomotives from the Grand trunk Western, Canadian National, and some former Illinois Central units can be spotted both here, and at the nearby Crawford Yard and Hawthorne Junction locations. The building in the background, is the abandoned former Sportsman's Park horse racing track, wich is slated for redevelopment in the near future. During the 1970's, Illinois Central locomotives in the black and white, and the later (post 1967) orange and white color schemes, and some occasional former Gulf, Mobile & Ohio locomotives acquired through the 1972 merger that created the financially ill fated Illinois Central Gulf, could be found being serviced here.