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Illinois Terminal - Diesel
photos of Gary Forshaw
to ITC SD39's to 1960's NKP to NKP #759 to C&NW & Misc.
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McKinley Yard to Branch St - Crossing the McKinley Bridge into St.Louis - May 1973
         
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#1   Starting up the Illinois approach on the old passenger main             #2   At top of the Illinois approach   
#3   Looking back toward McKinley Yard                        #4   Crossing the TRRA yard.
#5   Looking toward Venice from the High Line              #6   Similar to #5 except closer to Venice           
#7   Approaching the Venice power plant                         #8   Approaching the McKinley Bridge           
#9   Looking across hood at the Missouri side                 #10   On the downgrade to Branch Street
#11   End of trestle on Missouri side just before reaching Branch St.                 
#12   Arriving at Branch St with brakeman on front of engine.
                  
Other photos from the set above and the High Line 22 years later
                  
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#13    Caboose #953 used on the transfer run in photo set above    
#14 and #15    Looking north at the TRRA yard and looking back towards Madison and the TRRA overpass
#16    Illinois Terminal streamliners in the scrap yard of McKinley Iron in St.Louis
#17    Illinois Terminal PCC cars;  also at McKinley Iron
#18    The abandoned High Line in 1995;  22 years after the trip in the photo group above
                  
                  
Scenes at LeClaire Yard and Tower area in the late 1960s
                  
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#19 and #20    Train #203 in LeClaire Yard with a GP-7, F-7, and 3 SW-1200's in 1968
#21    RS-1's #1051 and #1056 sitting in front of the LeClaire yard office area in April 1968
#22 and #23    Extra #1505 South at LeClaire Tower and crossing the Nickel Plate in December 1967
#24    Caboose of Extra #1505 South passing by LeClaire Tower
                  
Train #200 detouring over the Illinois Central - December 1967
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   #25 and #26   On Maryville Hill                       #27 Curve at Troy Jct
   #28   Picking up Illinois Central pilot at Mont                 #29   Entering the IC mainline  
   #30   Looking back at SW-1200 #780 and train                #31   Crossing the NKP at Alhambra Tower
   #32   Looking back along train north of Alhambra          #33   Meet with IC passenger train
   #34   Meet with C&IM Extra #54 South                           #35   Meet with IC train #593
  
Various IT diesels at Lang (McKinley Yard) in Madison and Federal Yard in Alton
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#36   Lang / McKinley Yd engine terminal #37   SW1500's #1511 and #1513 at Lang
#38   SW1500 #1511 at Lang #39   Front of SW1500 #1513 at Lang
#40 and #41   GP-7 #1501 at Lang #42   #1505 / #1506 / #2301 / #1200 at Lang
#43 and #44   GP-7 #1505 at Lang #45   SW's #801 / #1207 / #1205 at Federal
#46   SW-800 #801 by Federal turntable pit #47 thru #49   SW-1200 #1204 at Federal Tower
  
  
Federal Tower - October 7th, 1995
  
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