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Viewing Album:  GM&O
 
By:Mark Forbes
Dates:1/1/1942 - 9/1/1972
Album Info:Originals and from my collection.
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GMO 523
Title:  GMO 523
Description:  EMD Builders photo of GM&O GP30 #523, in September 1963.
Photo Date:  9/1/1963  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 10:47:34 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes collection
Categories:  Roster,Model
Locomotives:  GMO 523(GP30)
Views:  621   Comments: 2
GMO 1900
Title:  GMO 1900
Description:  The one-of-a-kind Ingalls 4-S in an unknown location, unknown date. Presumed in the south around 1966,
Photo Date:  1/1/1966  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:10:43 PM
Location:  Mobile, AL
Author:  Mark Forbes collection
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Locomotives:  GMO 1900(UNKNOWN)
Views:  1036   Comments: 0
GMO 662
Title:  GMO 662
Description:  Date and location unknown. S1s were almost exclusively used in the south and walkways on the boxcar and tank cars indicate pre 1969.
Photo Date:  9/1/1966  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:11:37 PM
Location:  Mobile, AL
Author:  Mark Forbes collection
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Locomotives:  GMO 662(S1)
Views:  758   Comments: 0
GMO 10
Title:  GMO 10
Description:  A very beat up S2 plods through the yard at Bloomington, nearing her last days.
Photo Date:  5/15/1969  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:10:26 PM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes collection
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Locomotives:  GMO 10(S2)
Views:  1034   Comments: 0
GMO 807B
Title:  GMO 807B
Description:  The 807-B is sunning herself outside of the Bloomington Diesel Shops in the summer of 1971, just a year from merger with IC.
Photo Date:  6/15/1971  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:09:59 PM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMO 807B(F3A)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
GMO 808B
Title:  GMO 808B
Description:  Awaiting her next assignment is 808B, next to the sand tower in the Bloomington yard.
Photo Date:  5/8/1972  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:10:10 PM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMO 808B(F3A)
Views:  578   Comments: 0
GMO 883A
Title:  GMO 883A
Description:  The GM&O diesel shop was always a great place to photograph locomotives, this one just months from the end of the RR.
Photo Date:  5/15/1972  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:10:19 PM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes collection
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMO 883A(F3A)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
GMO 20
Title:  GMO 20
Description:  This S2 was originally purchased by the Alton in 1945, then merged into the GM&O. It served Bloomington and Springfield yards for decades. Date and Location are unknown, but a good guess is Springfield in the late 60s as it finished it's career in bright red.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:10:56 PM
Location:  Springfield, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes collection
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMO 20(S2)
Views:  559   Comments: 0
GMO 812A
Title:  GMO 812A
Description:  Built in 1949 and later sold to the MBTA as #1104, this F7A needs a good bath, but still in original colors. Date is unknown.
Photo Date:  9/1/1972  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:11:59 PM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMO 812A(F7A)
Views:  874   Comments: 0
GMO 1130
Title:  GMO 1130
Description:  Red and worn, this RS1m is just about finished; date and location are unknown.
Photo Date:  9/9/1972  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:10:35 PM
Location:  Mobile, AL
Author:  Mark Forbes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMO 1130(RS1m)
Views:  740   Comments: 1
GMO 2797
Title:  GMO 2797
Description:  This wood caboose has seen better days as it waits final disposition in the yard at Bloomington, one year after merger with the IC.
Photo Date:  9/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:11:04 PM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  577   Comments: 0
GMO 3057
Title:  GMO 3057
Description:  After a brief service with Amtrak, this coach sits tied up to a former UP coach in the Bloomington yard.
Photo Date:  9/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:11:12 PM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  1002   Comments: 0
GMO 59
Title:  GMO 59
Description:  Number 59 was the last RS1 acquired by the Alton railroad (12/1945) prior to merger with the GM&O. It's still switching the Bloomington yard a year after the GM&O/IC merger.
Photo Date:  9/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:11:21 PM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMO 59(RS1)
Views:  643   Comments: 0
AMTK 60
Title:  AMTK 60
Description:  The Turboliner passes through Bloomington on it's maiden run.
Photo Date:  9/28/1973  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:09:43 PM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes
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Locomotives:  AMTK 60(Turboliner)
Views:  668   Comments: 0
GMO 635
Title:  GMO 635
Description:  Date and location are unknown, but it's after the merger sandwiched between two IC units. The black GP7 behind and not yet badly rusted 635 would indicate shortly after 9/72 merger.
Photo Date:  9/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:11:29 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMO 635(GP35)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
AMTK 408
Title:  AMTK 408
Description:  The northbound Texas Eagle braves snow and near zero temperatures at Bloomington, IL on Christmas Eve 1989.
Photo Date:  12/24/1989  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:09:35 PM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 408(F40PHR)
Views:  564   Comments: 0
AMTK 381
Title:  AMTK 381
Description:  Amtrak 381 brings the southbound Pioneer into Normal, Illinois.
Photo Date:  10/2/1990  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 6:09:25 PM
Location:  Normal, IL
Author:  Mark Forbes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 381(F40PHR)
Views:  553   Comments: 0

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