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Contributed by Bill Pollard |
MEMPHIS, TN: May 9 (1946) LOCOMOTIVES IDLES BY COAL
SHORTAGE
Idled by lack of fuel, thirty "iron horses" of the Illinois Central System rest in their stalls at the railroad's freight yards here. Officials said the locomotives were pulled out of service because of the coal shortage, which resulted in cancelling six scheduled freight runs and reducing unscheduled runs by 50 percent. |
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IC Photo, Contributed by Bill Pollard |
Coaling tower in Nonconah Yard, later renamed Johnston Yard, then renamed Harrison Yard in 2009. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
A pair of GP9s on the turntable of Johnston Yard,
4/16/56. |
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IC Johnston Yard around. Note all of the stored steamers
with stacks capped. |
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Phil Gosney photo. |
| An Illinois Central pair of geeps, a GP-7 and a GP-9, the latter equipped with a steam generator, have just arrived at Johnston Yard locomotive facility on the south side of Memphis in October, 1968. The pair of units will take a spin on the turntable and be broken up and spotted into separate stalls in the roundhouse for complete servicing before they ride the mainline again. |
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Phil Gosney photo. |
| IC 601, an SW-1 model, is seen at the Johnston Yard roundhouse in June, 1969. This humble little switcher was built in December, 1939 by the Electro Motive Corporation and was used to switch out the nearby Rip Track and Car Shop facilities located nearby in Johnston Yard, Memphis. |
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David Johnston Photo |
Two IC C636s #1101 and 1102 sit in the engine terminal at Johnston Yard in the early 1970s. |
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David Johnston Photo |
IC GP9 #8965, a U30B #5000 and a GP40 sit in the engine terminal at Johnston Yard in the early 1970s. |
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David Johnston Photo |
IC GP9s sit on the turntable of the engine terminal at Johnston Yard in the early 1970s. |
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David Johnston Photo |
A IC GP8 #7742 , C636 #1105 and GP10 # sit in the engine terminal at Johnston Yard in 3/19/78. |
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Contributed by Jack Harris |
Johnston Yard engine terminal with roundhouse in April 1971. |
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