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Owner: Illinois Central Gulf
Model:Rebuilt EMD GP8Built As:IC 8979 (GP7)
Serial Number:17738Order No:6496
Frame Number:6496-12Built:4/1953
Notes:blt as IC GP7 8979, IAIS 479
Other locos with this serial:  DBGX 479(GP8) IAIS 479(GP8) ICG 7979(GP8) IAIS 7979(GP8) GALX 479(GP8)
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ICG GP8 7979
Title:  ICG GP8 7979
Description:  ICG GP8 7979 near 18th Street, Chicago, Illinois, October 1978, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in April 1953 as IC GP7 8979 (c/n 17738) on EMD Order 6496, it was rebuilt during 1969 at Paducah, Kentucky to GP8 7979 and during January 1985 became IAIS 479. Also seen is GP10 8323 (ex-D&RGW 5941) and two GM&O F3's (811A and 883A, running out their last miles). This location is the east end of the Saint Charles Air Line, which is decending down to the former IC Electric Division.
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 5/14/2010 12:59:14 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 7979(GP8)
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