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Northbound
Title:  Northbound
Description:  Illinois Central Gulf GP40's 3000 and 3039 -- the first and last units of the IC's first GP40 order in 1966 -- head north through Independence, Louisiana with an empty grain train. The caboose was 199303.
Photo Date:  12/2/1978  Upload Date: 2/13/2010 4:12:38 PM
Location:  Independence, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  ICG 3000(GP40)
Views:  1293   Comments: 1
ICG Mays Yard
Title:  ICG Mays Yard
Description:  Illinois Central Gulf GP40 3022, Gulf Mobile & Ohio GP38 724 and ICG GP40 3062 were behind the sand tower at the ICG's MAYS YARD, just west of New Orleans.
Photo Date:  6/12/1984  Upload Date: 2/22/2019 11:49:27 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ICG 3022(GP40) GMO 724(GP38AC) ICG 3062(GP40)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
ICG NC-6
Title:  ICG NC-6
Description:  Northbound Illinois Central Gulf train NC-6 crosses Pass Manchac, near the beginning of its trip from New Orleans to Chicago. The train has GP40's 3025, 3028 and 3060 with 97 cars.
Photo Date:  6/28/1987  Upload Date: 6/12/2010 7:51:27 PM
Location:  Pass Manchac, LA
Author:  Tom Blackwell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ICG 3025(GP40)
Views:  946   Comments: 0
Train 55
Title:  Train 55
Description:  Nearing the end of its 900-mile journey from Chicago, ICG piggyback train P-55 rolls along the Mississippi River levee just inches away from vehicles on Leake Avenue. All three of these geeps -- 3039, 3011 and 3016 -- were from the railroad's first order of forty GP40's, delivered in black paint in 1966.
Photo Date:  11/14/1984  Upload Date: 6/10/2009 3:10:29 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  ICG 3039(GP40)
Views:  1091   Comments: 1
ICG GP40 3041
Title:  ICG GP40 3041
Description:  Illinois Central Gulf 3041 was one of only two dozen ICG units painted in this solid orange scheme in 1978-79, anf the only GP40.
Photo Date:  9/6/1979  Upload Date: 2/2/2009 6:47:16 PM
Location:  Baton Rouge, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 3041(GP40)
Views:  1167   Comments: 1
Second Geismar Turn
Title:  Second Geismar Turn
Description:  The Second Geismar Turn is heading south along the Mississippi River, behind the former Y&MV depot. This train worked from North Baton Rouge Yard to Geismar Yard and back.
Photo Date:  10/9/1980  Upload Date: 2/21/2008 7:44:13 PM
Location:  Baton Rouge, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  ICG 3044(GP40) IC 7961(GP8)
Views:  1724   Comments: 0
ICG
Title:  ICG
Description:  Illinois Central Gulf GP40 3062 was at the ICG engine terminal in Meridian, Mississippi.
Photo Date:  4/4/1985  Upload Date: 1/7/2010 10:35:41 AM
Location:  Meridian, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ICG 3062(GP40)
Views:  943   Comments: 1
ICG and Amtrak Action
Title:  ICG and Amtrak Action
Description:  The soutbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS makes its station stop at McComb as ICG's New Orleans-Memphis train NM-4 heads north. Amtrak No. 59 had F40's 257 and 372 with 13 cars; while NM-4 had GP10's 8306 and 8318 with GP40 3038 and 60 cars. At least a dozen units were gathered around the engine terminal.
Photo Date:  3/28/1986  Upload Date: 6/14/2010 6:08:43 PM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Tom Blackwell
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  IC 8306(GP10) ICG 3062(GP40)
Views:  2246   Comments: 0


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