gmos-plughttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/gmos-plug/GM&O’s “Plug” | 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/2020/10/20170901.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2021-01-052017-09-1744092
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio F3 883-A leads the road’s weekday commuter train to Joliet away from Chicago Union Station not long before GM&O merged with Illinois Central to form Illinois Central Gulf. The little train was widely known as “The Plug.”
John R. Taibi photo