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Chicago & Illinois Midland

I believe I was in Springfield, Illinois, for this shot. We see some of the interesting power of this intriguing regional road, all from EMD.

Number 60 is an SD18 built in 1961. I think this is about when EMD put out their first factory-built low-noses; note the sloped short hood and one-piece windshield. Number 74 is a somewhat rare SD38-2 (90 were produced), built in 1974. And, barely visible, number 51 is an SD9 built in 1955.

Chicago & Illinois Midland

Here are some locomotives of the Chicago & Illinois Midland Railroad. This small road ran between Taylorville and Peoria, Illinois, though it was centered in Springfield, where this image was made. The power one sees here are SD18s on the left, and SD38-2s on the right.

Exotic Power on the Monon

Here we see a southbound train on the Louisville & Nashville, former Monon, in Indiana. The interesting thing this day is the power for the train—two units from the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway.

The DM&IR would lease out its power during the winter months when shipping was shut down for the season on Lake Superior. The lead unit, number 175, is an EMD SD18 that was built in 1960.

In the top image, the train is seen rounding the big sweeping curve north of Harrodsburg. In the second image, the train is just south of Bedford approaching Sand Pit Siding.