Illinois Central (IC) 6013 - EMD SD40A

Fresh out of the Centralia paint shop

IC 8069, in the afternoon

Chicago to Birmingham freight SE-1 stops at Cairo to change crews. The outbound crew will take the train to Jackson, TN and change crews again.

Northbound mixed freight with an IC SD40A leads at Centralia Ill

Rebuilt in 1995 into a SD40-2R.

IC SD40A 6013, Paducah, Kentucky, June 25, 1986, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in August 1969 as IC SD40A 6013 (c/n 34946) on EMD Order 5743, it became ICG 6013 and was rebuild during August 1995 to IC SD40-2R 6013. Note that it has an L shaped Engineer's window, which it will lose during rebuilding. Looks like fresh paint on those front handrail stantions, perhaps there has been a recent repair.

Illinois Central SD40A #6013 was built August 1969. Unit later was re# Illinois Central Gulf #6013. In August 1995, 6013 was rebuilt to SD40-2R standards and re# back to IC #6013.

A northbound that normally went up the Yazoo District is detouring through Grenada today. Notice the GM&O chip hopper to the right. The Compress Track to the far left was removed in April of 1998. Photo by Fred Goff.

Light ICG power rolls north across Central Avenue at East Bridge.

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