Green Diamond Issue #59 2001 November Recipe for a Tragedy!

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Official publication of the Illinois Central Historical Society. It is published 4 times a year. COVER: Basking in the warm glow of late afternoon sun in early autumn, GP9 locomotive 9067 and three additional GP9s move a string of reefers loaded with meat from the Sioux City area to the markets in Chicago and other mid-western markets- The beautiful fall colors are in full sway- The setting is a favorite of railfans as attested to by the same scene which can be viewed on page 42 of this same issue with GP7s at the head end, with probably the same kind of consist- ICHS Archives

FEATURES

Recipe for a Tragedy17

by Tons Davidson

Illinois Central's EMD GP7 Diesel Locomotives27

by David J. Daisy

Death of an Iron Horse37

Reprint from Illinois Central Magazine, June, 1960

Gallery: A Gallery of Illinois Central GP7 Diesel Locomotives42

DEPARTMENTS

From the Caboose: Editorial Opinion2

RPO: A Forum for Our Readers3

I Remember: by Paul Somers

CN Weekly Employees Newsletter Item12

Cook's Column13

Presidents of the Illinois Central14

"Who Said So?" / A Sequel16

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