Illinois Central’s southbound Markham local passes under a signal bridge at mile 37.8 south of Monee, Illinois, on January 21, 1989. The train is powered by a pair of Illinois Central Gulf GP10 Nos. 8186 and 8343, rebuilt by the railroad in its Paducah, Kentucky, shops from EMD GP9 locomotives, with No. 8186 wearing ICG’s simplified solid orange scheme. IC merged with Gulf, Mobile & Ohio in 1972, forming ICG, but after a later reorganization, ICG dropped the “Gulf” from its name and became Illinois Central Railroad on February 29, 1988.
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just heritage schemes, not just commemorative schemes - this album is devoted to some of the world's most interesting paint schemes, past or present.
