One E-unit was usually sufficient on the "Peoria Rocket" but on July 6, 1958, FP7 402 and FP7 409 are ready to depart Peoria for Chicago at 7AM with arrival scheduled at LaSalle Street Station at 9:45AM. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer listed.
Photos of North America's favorite First Generation locomotives. EMD, ALCO, Baldwin; essentially anything that represents the OG wide cab diesel locomotive
