CCP 7904 tows a grain train thru Council Bluffs, IA in May of 1987.

Still adorned in Illinois Central Gulf orange-and-white colors, Chicago Central & Pacific GP8 No. 7985 and GP10 No. 8188 lead a CC train around a curve at 55th Street Interlocking on the Belt Rail... (more)

A trio of former Milwaukee Road EMD GP20s, now owned by Chicago Central & Pacific, depart the CC’s locomotive facility at Hawthorne Yard at Cicero, Illinois, on November 22, 1986. These EMD GP9s... (more)

Led by EMD GP10 No. 8234, a westbound Chicago Central coal train emerges from the curved tunnel at East Dubuque, Illinois, on February 8, 1992. The train is about to rattle over Burlington Norther... (more)

Chicago Central’s train 51 pops out of the curved tunnel at East Dubuque, Illinois, and is about to clatter over the crossing of Burlington Northern’s main line on the autumn afternoon of Octo... (more)

After five decades of service, this is all that is left of Chicago Central & Pacific 8190. This unit started life as an Illinois Central GP9 in 1956 and has spent the last 20 years as a parts sour... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

An eastbound Chicago Central & Pacific train, led by former Illinois Central Gulf GP10 No. 8134, crosses the mighty Mississippi River at East Dubuque, Illinois, on July 20, 1991. CC&P was formed i... (more)

An eastbound Chicago Central & Pacific coal train rumbles through Joliet, Illinois, on February 22, 1989. CC&P was formed on August 27, 1986, to operate Illinois Central’s Chicago to Omaha, Nebr... (more)

Tom Kidd photo.

A classic Paducah GP10 leads an eastbound CC&P freight train through Bartlett, IL in February 1994. Original Slide. Mark Llanuza Photo. Sam Foster Collection.

Chicago Central & Pacific EMD GP10 No. 8199 leads an eastbound train out of the curved tunnel at East Dubuque, Illinois, on March 10, 1991. Tunnels are rare in Illinois—this one, and three on th... (more)

A gaggle of normally aspirated locomotives pull an eastbound Chicago Central & Pacific freight by the historic Galena depot on a rainy August 13, 1994. Galena is named after the natural mineral fo... (more)

EMT. Coal coming into Hilltop and into the Waterloo yard for fuel and crew.

CC&P Russell plow Extra working Waterloo to Cedar Rapids to nock down drifting. Now days they use Snow fighters a ballast regulator with snow blades added do the work.