Bug-Eyed
Originally built as a GP7 for the Illinois Central as IC 8977, this Geep has turned a lot of miles since its manufacture in April 1953.
It was rebuilt in 1971 at the IC's Paducah, KY shops into a GP10, becoming IC 8260 and gaining the characteristic bug-eyed nose headlights.
The locomotive became ICG 8260 before being sold to the Chicago, Central, & Pacific when ICG spun off their Iowa lines in 1985. The next 11 years were spent as CC 8260 and CC 1760 before Illinois Central re-acquired the Iowa lines in 1996.
Eventually, the locomotive was acquired by Railway Switching Services (Railserve), becoming RSSX 8260. Its current assignment is to switch pellet hoppers for Chevron Phillips at their Pasadena Plastics Complex in the Port of Houston.
RSSX GP10 #8260
Pasadena, TX
April 13th, 2025
Bug-Eyed
Originally built as a GP7 for the Illinois Central as IC 8977, this Geep has turned a lot of miles since its manufacture in April 1953.
It was rebuilt in 1971 at the IC's Paducah, KY shops into a GP10, becoming IC 8260 and gaining the characteristic bug-eyed nose headlights.
The locomotive became ICG 8260 before being sold to the Chicago, Central, & Pacific when ICG spun off their Iowa lines in 1985. The next 11 years were spent as CC 8260 and CC 1760 before Illinois Central re-acquired the Iowa lines in 1996.
Eventually, the locomotive was acquired by Railway Switching Services (Railserve), becoming RSSX 8260. Its current assignment is to switch pellet hoppers for Chevron Phillips at their Pasadena Plastics Complex in the Port of Houston.
RSSX GP10 #8260
Pasadena, TX
April 13th, 2025