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By Angela Cotey | December 7, 2020

| Last updated on December 14, 2020

Illinois Central CC-6 in Western Illinois

A stalled train ahead has halted the GP7s and reefers of Illinois Central hotshot CC-6 in western Illinois, enabling the photographer to get this picture. He was riding the Council Bluffs–Chicago train on the road’s Iowa Division for a story in Trains magazine.
Photo by William D. Middleton

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