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An orange-nosed brown diesel locomotive stands outside a dark, weathered roundhouse with scrap piled nearby, seen across grass-grown tracks under an overcast sky. — Download original ↓

c. 1985 to 2005

A cab-unit diesel in Illinois Central brown and orange livery stands outside a weathered roundhouse beyond several weedy yard tracks.

Date: c. 1985 to 2005Estimated from the photograph; no date was written on the print.
Vehicle: Diesel locomotive, Passenger car
Operator: Illinois Central
Equipment: EMD F7A

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