Steam Engine 1536 and Diesel Engine 4038

Steam Engine 1536 and Diesel Engine 4038

Railroads; Steam locomotives; Illinois Central Railroad Company; Diesel locomotives

The Illinois Central Railroad Engine 1536, a 2-8-2 Mikado locomotive, rests next to the new Diesel Engine 4038 in Carbondale, Illinois. J. L. Hennesy of Murphysboro, Illinois, stands next to the steam engine he works on as boiler inspector. Due to the retirement of steam facilities, Hennesy was been furloughed.

Diesel locomotive 4038 was a General Motors Electro-Motive Division E-9 passenger locomotive built in 1956. It was scrapped in 1980.

Ben Gelman

Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

1959

Copyright The Southern Illinoisan

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