Steam Engine 1536 and Diesel Engine 4038

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Title

Steam Engine 1536 and Diesel Engine 4038

Subject

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

Description

J. L. Hennesy, Murphysboro, an Illinois Central Railroad boiler inspector furloughed recently in connection with the retirement of steam facilities on the St. Louis division, takes a look at one of the last steam locomotives on the railroad and a modern passenger diesel. Shown here are Steam Engine 1536, a 2-8-2 Mikado locomotive, and Diesel Engine 4038.

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

Creator

Ben Gelman

Publisher

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

Date

1959

Rights

Copyright The Southern Illinoisan

Format

Black and White Photograph

Language

English

Type

Image

Citation

Ben Gelman, “Steam Engine 1536 and Diesel Engine 4038,” SCRC Virtual Museum at Southern Illinois University's Morris Library, accessed April 25, 2024, https://scrcexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/63.

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