IC Walker Street Shops
South Yard
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Contributed by Bill Pollard |
This appears to be the engine terminal area taken
in 1903. |
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Contributed by Bill Pollard |
This view shows the construction of the transfer table
on 11/16/17. |
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Contributed by Bill Pollard |
This view shows the construction shop buildings
on 11/16/17. |
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Contributed by Bill Pollard |
This aerial view shows the roundhouse and, what were
at the time, the car shops. |
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Contributed by Bill Pollard |
This aerial view shows more of the car shops. |
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| Contributed by Jack Harris |
| Aerial view of the shop area of South Yard showing the roundhouse being used as car repair shop, July 1971. |
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Contributed by David Johnston |
Track diagram of the entire yard. |
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Contributed by David Johnston |
Diagram of the Walker Stree Shop complex. |
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| Contributed by Bill Pollard |
| IC at Walker Street Shops taken 3-23-1935. With the wooden coach, I suspect that this is the shuttle between South Shops and the shops at Johnson Yard. |
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Bill White photo. Collection of Phil Gosney. |
| This view taken at IC's South Yard in Memphis finds two sets of E units being serviced, but also a freight GP-7 on the right. In the background you can see the coach yard and a Cotton Belt set of power laying over between trips. October 02, 1967. |
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Bill White Photo. Phil Gosney Collection |
| Power off train 3 "The Mid American" gets serviced at South Yard. Both units will return north at 11:15am for Chicago as Train 4. |
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Bill White Photo. Phil Gosney Collection |
| Another view at IC's South Yard depicts L&N 669, an FP-7, Rock Island 628 and E-6 and a Cotton Belt GP-40, 7605 on March 26, 1966. The IC serviced L&N and Rock Island passenger units at this facility, in addition to their own passenger units. Cotton Belt units laid over here, between trips, and were serviced hereby the Illinois Central, as well. |
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Bill White photo. Phil Gosney Collection |
| This view finds L&N 788 being serviced next to IC 4017 an E-7 at South Yard just south of Central Station on Feb.05, 1966. The L&N unit came in from Bowling Green, Ky on the "Humming Bird" train 101 around 8:30 that morning. This was during the interim period that Union Station was vacated. The IC pair of E units had arrived on train 15 "The Chickasaw" from St.Louis, also that morning. The L&N E-8 unit shared times in Memphis next to Illinois Central train in our city at Central Station. This locomotive, along with 5 other units, was purchased second hand from the Frisco by the L&N. Built for the Frisco in Feb. 1950, this unit had carried the number 2014 and the name "Truxton" at one time. Amazingly, this was one of two Frisco units that made it to Amtrak service. L&N sold them to this national carrier and it carried the Amtrak number 227. It was eventually retired on October 29, 1975. |
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Bill White Photo, Phil Gosney Collection |
| The view of "Christine" at the IC South
Yard Diesel House. Taken Dec. 09, 1965. |
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Bill White Photo, Phil Gosney Collection |
Power for Train 21 (Memphis-Tucumcari) gets some attention
and service at IC's South Yard Diesel House on Feb.19, 1966. |
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Bill Pollard Collection |
Cotton Belt GP9 #3646 at the engine terminal of IC's South Yard, 1/15/67. |
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