Wabash

by Mike Condren

I shot this switcher from the vestibule of the Frisco Meteor upon our arrival in St. Louis on May 1, 1965.

This S2 is seen outside of the backshop in Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This SW7 is seen in St Louis on May 1, 1965.

I shot this SW9 out the window of the dome car as we prepared to leave Decatur, IL on my trip back to St Louis. This was my first ride in a dome car!

This FM H10-44 was at the backshops in Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This H10-44 was also at the backshops at Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This Lima Hamilton was stored near the backshop in Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This former Wabash GP7 was seen in Taylorville, IL May 2, 1965.

This former Wabash GP7 is seen in St Louis on May 1, 1965.

This former Wabash GP9 is seen on a passenger train at St Louis Union Station on May 1, 1966.

This Wabash GP9 is seen leading the southbound passenger train into the Decatur, IL station on May 2, 1965.

Another former Wabash GP9 is seen at St Louis Union Station on May 1, 1966.

This former Wabash GP9 is seen on the point of a passenger train in Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

Later the same day our power is seen outside of St Louis Union Station after dropping off the passenger train I had ridden from Decatur to St Louis. Not the incomplete Gateway Arch in the distant left side of photo.

This northbound freight is seen passing through the station at Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This U25B is trailing another U25B on a southbound freight in Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This is the lead unit of a train with 2 U25Bs heading into the yard at Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This U25B is seen on a caboose hop at the tower at Mitchell, IL on May 1, 1965.

This former Wabash GP35 is seen entering the yard at Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This former Wabash GP35 is seen in the engine terminal in Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This former Wabash FM H24-66 Trainmaster is stored outside the backshop at Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This former Wabash H24-66 is also stored outside the backshop at Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965. Both of these H24-66s have been re-engined with ALCo powerplants as an experiment.

This former Wabash F7 is seen in a consist entering the yard at Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This former Wabash F7 is seen in a consist entering the yard at Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This Wabash freight with a brand new U25B was caught at Logansport, IN on April 20, 1963.

This ratty looking former Wabash F7 is seen in the engine terminal at Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This former Wabash F7 is seen stored outside of the backshop in Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This F7 is seen in St Louis, Mo on May 1, 1965.

This unit was in a consist seen at the station at Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This unit is seen in the engine terminal at Brooklyn, IL on May 1, 1965.

This F7 is also seen in the engine terminal at Brooklyn, IL on May 1, 1965.

Units for my train being serviced in the station at Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

Here we see a couple passenger trains on the west side of Union Station, a Missouri Pacific and a Wabash in the Spring of 1961.

The westbound "City of St Louis" is seen arriving in Mexico, MO on Oct. 23, 1965.

The northbound combined "Cannon Ball" and "Banner Blue" is seen arriving at Decatur, IL on May 2, 1965.

This former Wabash E8 is seen heading out of Decatur, IL with the "Wabash Cannonball" on May 2, 1965.

This former Wabash E8 is seen heading out of Decatur, IL with the "Banner Blue" on May 2, 1965.

This E* and 2 Geeps are seen outside of St Louis Union Station on May 1, 1966.

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