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ICG GP38-2 9568
Title:  ICG GP38-2 9568
Description:  ICG GP38-2 9568, Chicago, Illinois, September 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in April 1972 as GM&O GP38-2 748 (c/n 7351-9) it became ICG 9568 and later IC 9568. It is seen passing through Alton Junction. The pile of rails and ties is what was left after the last connection to Dearborn Street Station was removed. The pile is on top of the former GM&O leads to Union Station. Those rails will be restored.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/19/2010 2:29:44 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 9568(GP38-2)
Views:  1351   Comments: 1
ICG GP38-2 9601
Title:  ICG GP38-2 9601
Description:  ICG GP38-2 9601 at Fort Wayne Junction (aka Alton Junction), near 22nd Street, Chicago, Illinois, September 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in November 1974 (c/n 74646-2), it was named "P.G.T. Beauregard". Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (May 28, 1818 - February 20, 1893) was a Louisiana-born American military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Today he is commonly referred to as P.G.T. Beauregard. During the war years, he rarely used his first name and signed correspondence as G.T. Beauregard. He was the president of the New Orleans Jackson & Mississippi Railroad from 1865 to 1870. While president of the New Orleans and Carrollton Street Railway (1866-1876), he invented a system of cable-powered street railway cars.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 7/31/2010 3:45:12 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 9601(GP38-2)
Views:  632   Comments: 1
ICG GP38-2 9605
Title:  ICG GP38-2 9605
Description:  ICG GP38-2 9605, Covington, Tennessee, July 19, 1986, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in November 1974 (c/n 74646-6), it was named "Ambrose E. Burnside". Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 September 13, 1881) was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator. His distinctive style of facial hair is now known as sideburns, derived from his last name. In 1853, he devoted his time and energy to the manufacture of the famous rifle that bears his name, the Burnside carbine. The destruction by fire of his factory contributed to his financial ruin, and he was forced to assign his firearm patents to others. He went west in search of employment and became treasurer of the Illinois Central Railroad.
Photo Date:  7/19/1986  Upload Date: 8/6/2010 1:05:27 PM
Location:  Covington, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 9605(GP38-2)
Views:  558   Comments: 2
ICG GP38-2 9605
Title:  ICG GP38-2 9605
Description:  ICG GP38-2 9605, Covington, Tennessee, July 19, 1986, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in November 1974 (c/n 74646-6), it was named "Ambrose E. Burnside". The following is compiled from Wikipedia and Google info: Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 September 13, 1881) was once a treasurer of the Illinois Central Railroad (roughly around 1858). At the outbreak of the Civil War, Burnside was a Union brigadier general in the Rhode Island Militia. As the two armies faced the stalemate of trench warfare at Petersburg (Virginia) in July 1864, Burnside agreed to a plan suggested by a regiment of Pennsylvania coal miners in his corps: dig a mine under a fort in the Confederate entrenchments and ignite explosives there to achieve a surprise breakthrough. The fort was destroyed on July 30 in what is known as the Battle of the Crater. Because of interference from Maj. Gen. George G. Meade (whom Burnside outranked, but was under Meade's command), Burnside was ordered, only hours before the infantry attack, not to use his division of black troops, which had been specially trained for this mission. He was forced to use untrained white troops instead. He could not decide which division to choose as a replacement, so he had his three subordinate commanders draw lots. The division chosen by chance was that commanded by Brig. Gen. James H. Ledlie, who failed to brief the men on what was expected of them and was reported during the battle to be drunk well behind the lines, providing no leadership. Ledlie's men entered the huge crater instead of going around it, becoming trapped, and were subjected to murderous fire from Confederates around the rim, resulting in high casualties. Burnside was relieved of command on August 14 and sent on leave by Grant; Meade never recalled him to duty. A court of inquiry later placed the blame for the Crater fiasco on Burnside and his subordinates. In December, Burnside met with President Lincoln and General Grant about his future. He was contemplating resignation, but Lincoln and Grant requested that he remain in the Army. At the end of the interview, Burnside wrote, "I was not informed of any duty upon which I am to be placed." He finally resigned his commission on April 15, 1865. After his resignation, Burnside was employed in numerous railroad and industrial directorships, including the presidencies of the Cincinnati and Martinsville Railroad, the Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad, the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad, and the Rhode Island Locomotive Works. He was elected to three one-year terms as Governor of Rhode Island (May 1866 to May 1869). He was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic veterans' association from 1871 to 1872. At its inception in 1871, the National Rifle Association chose him as its first president.
Photo Date:  7/19/1986  Upload Date: 8/10/2010 1:58:31 PM
Location:  Covington, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  ICG 9605(GP38-2)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
ICG GP38-2 9614
Title:  ICG GP38-2 9614
Description:  ICG GP38-2 9614, Chicago, Illinois, October 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in December 1974 (c/n 74646-15) , this locomotive was named "Henry S. McComb". In 1872 Colonel Henry Simpson McComb, a Director on the Union Pacific Railroad and also the President of the New Orleans Jackson and Great Northern Railroad (later absorbed by the IC) decided, for moral reasons, to move the locomotive and car maintenance shops to a location outside of New Orleans. Land was purchased in Pike County and building lots in the city were offered at low prices to employees with families. Not being a drinking man, Colonel McComb wanted to remove his men from the dreadful influences of the New Orleans saloons. It was later stipulated in the McComb City charter that there would be no alcoholic beverages sold within the city limits. News about the brand-new city even reached as far north as New York City when an article was published in the newspapers to advertise for jobs. In the new town, almost every family was involved with the railroad in some way. There is more to the story of Colonel McComb. The Credit Mobilier of America (CMA), incorporated by the Pennsylvania legislature on March 26, 1864, was a firm designed to enhance profits from federal funding of the transcontinental railroad, partially through bribes to federal officeholders. The second section of track, totaling 267 miles, began construction in 1867. United States Representative Oakes Ames (who also held the position of Director on the Union Pacific Railroad) became president of CMA and oversaw the project. During his oversight, CMA began the process of wooing members of Congress. When Congress assembled in December 1867, Ames and a CMA official, the eccentric George F. Train (ironic name!), travelled to Washington DC to offer shares in CMA at reduced value as a means of enticing them into investing. This first offer appeared to be legitimate, unlike future such offers. By encouraging investment by members of Congress, Ames and Train hoped to increase their willingness to vote for needed legislation (particularly voting to pay CMA for its trackwork at a higher rate than originally agreed upon). One means of retaining his tie to members of Congress was to issue stock in the corporation to members of Congress without their knowledge. Ames then held the profit in trust for the member of Congress until needed in the future, which came sooner than he had anticipated, when Representative Washburn of Wisconsin introduced a bill to regulate rail rates. In order to defeat the measure, Ames entered into the first agreements clearly falling into the realm of bribery. In one such transaction, a bribed Congressman from the South promised to "take care of the Democratic side of the aisle". By the end of 1867, CMA billed the U.S. Government $57.1 million for work costing the corporation $27.3 million. News of the scandal broke two months before the Presidential Election of 1872. McComb had a disagreement with Ames and delivered documents to leading newspapers. Though members of Congress on both sides of the aisle were implicated, the Democratic newspapers took up the issue as a means of undermining President Grant's re-election effort. The New York Sun in particular carried stories of how Ames had skimmed off profits for his friends in Congress. The stolen profits represented staggering numbers for 1872, including $19 million from the last leg of the transcontinental railroad. One of the elected officials implicated in the scandal was then U.S. Representative from Ohio (1863-80) James A. Garfield, who went on to become (you guessed it) the President of the United States.
Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 7/27/2010 2:49:03 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 9614(GP38-2)
Views:  568   Comments: 2
ICG GP38-2 9615
Title:  ICG GP38-2 9615
Description:  ICG GP38-2 9615, near 22nd Street approaching Alton Junction, Chicago, Illinois, March 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9615 was built in December 1974(c/n 74646-16) and named John A. Logan, a Union General during the Civil War, later a US Representative and Senator. Note that this locomotive has developed a leak.
Photo Date:  3/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/29/2010 10:43:53 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 9615(GP38-2) SP 9193(SD45T-2)
Views:  1607   Comments: 0
ICG GP38-2 9615
Title:  ICG GP38-2 9615
Description:  ICG GP38-2 9615, Corinth, Mssissippi. April 3, 1984, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in December 1974 (c/n 74646-16), one of 40 GP38-2's built as the first new locomotives for the ICG. The GP38-2's were named for prominent historical figures, and this one was named John A. Logan. As far as I can tell, John Alexander Logan was a Colonel in the Union Army during the US Civil War, known by the nickname "Black Jack". During the Siege of Corinth, Logan commanded first a brigade and then the 1st Division of the Army of Tennessee. In the spring of 1863, he was promoted to the rank of Major General. After the war he was a US Representative and later a Senator from Illinois. Closer to home, my understanding is that Logan Square in Chicago was named after him, and I lived there for ten years, giving me the opportunity to snap some of the photos I've posted on this web site.
Photo Date:  5/3/1984  Upload Date: 6/28/2010 6:32:34 PM
Location:  Corinth, MS
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 9615(GP38-2)
Views:  756   Comments: 1
ICG GP38-2 9616
Title:  ICG GP38-2 9616
Description:  ICG GP38-2 9616 at Alton Junction near 22nd Street, Chicago, Illinois, October 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9616 was named "John J. Pelley" who was one of the presidents of the Association of American Railroads. It is seen here passing through Alton Junction heading towards Joliet on the former GM&O. The switches and diamonds leading to Dearborn Station have been removed and fresh ballast has been dumped on the new trackwork.
Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/20/2010 10:31:55 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 9616(GP38-2)
Views:  767   Comments: 1
ICG GP38-2 9616
Title:  ICG GP38-2 9616
Description:  ICG GP38-2 9616, near 22nd St., Chicago, Illinois, November 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9616 was built in December 1974 (c/n 74646-17). It has an unusual enclosure on the roof by the exhaust stacks. This train is coming down off the Saint Charles Air Line and is about to pass Alton Junction and will enter ex-GM&O tracks. There are four GP38-2's, 9616, 9601, 9603, unknown, and an unknown GP10.
Photo Date:  11/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/7/2010 12:57:47 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 9616(GP38-2)
Views:  1251   Comments: 1
ICG GP38-2 9625
Title:  ICG GP38-2 9625
Description:  ICG GP38-2 9625, on the wye at Paducah, Kentucky, June 25, 1986, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in December 1974 (c/n 74646-26) it eventually became IC 9625, was rebuilt and repainted to CN colors by NRE, Capreol, Ontario, Canada between May 2007-August 2008. It was named RICHARD COBDEN. Who the heck was he? I looked him up, and here's what I got: The Illinois Central Railroad is responsible for the development of Cobden, Illinois. When the town was laid out in 1857, it was called South Pass, but during the next year Sir Richard Cobden, an English statesman who was a stockholder in the railroad, visited the United States and spent some time riding the rails. His enthusiasm for the locale of South Pass and the warmth of the people he found there were so great that the local residents agreed to change the name of the town to Cobden. Cobden developed into a spectacular fruit and vegetable distribution center. Several box and crate factories were built to provide shipping cartons for the great quantities of produce. Nearly from its beginning, Cobden shipped thousands of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables to northern markets. The Peoples Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association constructed a large market in 1934. Although the quantity and variety of fruits and vegetables are much less in the Cobden area today, peaches and apples are plentiful in season. An annual Peach Festival, complete with the coronation of a queen, is held during August. The Cobden museum on the main street contains much memorabilia of Union County.
Photo Date:  6/25/1986  Upload Date: 6/25/2010 1:53:16 PM
Location:  Paducah, KY
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 9625(GP38-2)
Views:  563   Comments: 1
ICG GP38-2 9625
Title:  ICG GP38-2 9625
Description:  ICG GP38-2 9625 at Paducah, Kentucky, June 25, 1986, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in December 1974 (c/n 74646-26) it eventually became IC 9625, was rebuilt and repainted to CN colors by NRE, Capreol, Ontario, Canada between May 2007-August 2008. It was named RICHARD COBDEN.
Photo Date:  6/25/1986  Upload Date: 8/29/2010 6:53:06 PM
Location:  Paducah, KY
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 9625(GP38-2)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
ICG GP38-2 9639
Title:  ICG GP38-2 9639
Description:  ICG GP38-2, 9639, Chicago, Illinois, March 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9639 was built in December 1974 (c/n 74646-40) and named "Wayne A. Johnston, who was president of Illinois Central Railroad from 1945 to 1966. When he stepped down from the presidency of the railroad, he was named Chairman of the Board for IC, a position he held for a year. In 1967, he was also named president of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, of which he had been a member since 1950. In 1949, Johnston served as the Treasurer for the Chicago Railroad Fair. Illinois Central's Johnston Yards in Memphis, Tennessee was named after him. The bridge in the background passes over an unnamed fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River, nicknamed Bubbly Creek. Gases bubbling out of the riverbed from the decomposition of blood and entrails dumped into the river by the local stockyards in the early 20th century gave the creek its name.
Photo Date:  3/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/25/2010 11:36:15 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Bridge
Locomotives:  ICG 9639(GP38-2)
Views:  780   Comments: 0

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