4-8-2-on-the-creoles-connectionhttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/4-8-2-on-the-creoles-connection/4-8-2 on the Creole’s connection | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20150727.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2020-11-042020-10-1943728
Illinois Central 4-8-2 No. 2438 pulls out of Carbondale, Ill., with train 208, the St. Louis connection for the Creole, in September 1954. Philip R. Hastings photo