Junior Death Star in Griffith
When it comes to seeing black Illinois Central Death Stars, my focus seems to always be on the remaining SD70's running around in the IC's last paint scheme. But there are several other EMDs that have escaped the Borg of the North's paint brush, and they actually carry more history than the vaunted 7000's. We found this old four axle, IC 3138, rolling through Griffith on the local back in October with a train for the yard. Originally IC 3063, she was delivered in 1969 as a straight GP40. Today, she's called a GP40-2R, or something like that, but if you don't have X-ray vision, you can still call her a GP40. As far as these things go, it's what's on the outside that counts to me. Just don't call it a SD40-3...
Junior Death Star in Griffith
When it comes to seeing black Illinois Central Death Stars, my focus seems to always be on the remaining SD70's running around in the IC's last paint scheme. But there are several other EMDs that have escaped the Borg of the North's paint brush, and they actually carry more history than the vaunted 7000's. We found this old four axle, IC 3138, rolling through Griffith on the local back in October with a train for the yard. Originally IC 3063, she was delivered in 1969 as a straight GP40. Today, she's called a GP40-2R, or something like that, but if you don't have X-ray vision, you can still call her a GP40. As far as these things go, it's what's on the outside that counts to me. Just don't call it a SD40-3...