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| The northbound "City of New Orleans" is seen in Kenner, LA leaving New Orleans on Jan. 1, 1963. |
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| This E8 is at Central Station in Chicago on April 21, 1963. |
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| For the 1963 Sugar Bowl, the Razorback Band stay at a motel across from the New Orleans airport. On Jan 1, I got up early and walked a couple of blocks from the hotel to the IC tracks in Kenner, LA. A few minutes later the 50th Anniversary "Panama Limited" appeared as seen in the image below. |
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| IC train #25, "The Southerner", is seen southbound at Kenner, LA on Jan. 1, 1963. |
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| The "Illini" is seen stopped at the station at the IC/PRR crossing in Effingham, IL on Sept. 7, 1970. |
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| The "City of Miami" is seen entering the station at Champaign, IL on July 7, 1970 |
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| The IC "Green Diamond" is seen stopped west of the 21st Street bridge waiting for permission to back into St. Louis Union Station on Dec. 16, 1967. |
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| Later in the day I shot the Chicago bound "Green Diamond" on the approach to the Merchants Bridge over the Mississippi River. |
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| The northbound "Mid American" is seen at speed at Arcola, Il on July 7, 1970. |
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