Oppositional Views
Here’s the exterior and interior of Gulf, Mobile & Ohio EMD GP38, built for the road in August of 1969. The controls seen here are extremely basic when compared with current day locomotives.
The locomotive is part of the power consist on a southbound train, which is sitting on the passing track at Bloomington, Indiana. This is on Illinois Central’s line to Indianapolis, known as the Hi-Dry. The IC and GM&O had merged to form the Illinois Central Gulf by this time.
Back in the day, a rail enthusiast could climb around on a parked train for their photographs, inside and out.
Two images by Richard Koenig; taken February 15th 1977.

















