Taken by an unknown photographer, this shot shows eastbound CB&Q hotshot GI-68 on the triple-track main through the western Chicago suburbs at La Grange, IL, in January 1968. GI-67 and 68 were CB&Q/UP pool trains between Chicago and North Platte, NE, interchanged at Grand Island, NE (hence the “GI” symbol). As the lead RS-27 (PRR class AF-24) illustrates, this run-through operation also involved the PRR east of Chicago. The traffic from GI-68 will go east on PRR symbols AC-2/4 and AST-4, with the foreign power turning at either Conway or Enola, PA. Submitted by Fred Ripley.
