The Golden Spike Centennial Limited at Madison, IL

The special is eastbound after laying over in St. Louis, MO for the night.

Ex-NKP 2-8-4 #759 at Madison, IL in 1969 with Ross Rowland at the throttle.

Don related the following story on Todd Clark's trainorders.com:

A little further up the line at Glen Carbon, IL 759 was stopped by the tower operator. We asked him why he stopped them since there wasn't a conflicting move or anything and he said "I know, I just wanted to get a good look at him". It made a nice show starting the train there.

Hammering out of Glen Carbon...

Photos: Don Wirth

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