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Viewing Album:  The Glenn Marsh Files--ICG and GM&O around AL in the 1970s
 
By:Hank Stephens
Dates:1/1/1974 - 1/1/1974
Album Info:After the IC-GM&O merger, ICG unit freely mixed with GM&O power in Alabama. GM&O was the original railroad in the state, entering in from Tuscaloosa, AL where it headed southeast to Montgomery, AL to interchange with the AWP-WofA and the old CofGA lines. A second main line came into Birmingham, and this was the usual haunt of the ex GM&O six axle SD40 units. By the late 80s, the ICG garage sale saw the Montgomery line cut back all the way to Tuscaloosa, with Norfolk Southern taking over a section in Prattville to serve the Union Camp paper mill. Further sale and retrenchment removed ICG from Birmingham and the Gulf & Missisppi RR (GMSR) took the rest of the former GM&O lines. Unless you went to Mobile, the ICG was only a memory. This album shows what one would have found on these now long gone operations. These pictures were taken by Glenn at the Frisco East Thomas yard, (now BNSF East Thomas Yard ) along Finley Avenue. ICG used trackage rights to enter Birmingham proper and piggybacked its terminal operations with those of the Frisco--later Burlington Northern RR.
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GMO 910 sitis ready at the ICG terminal in Birmingham
Title:  GMO 910 sitis ready at the ICG terminal in Birmingham
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:16 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  665   Comments: 1
GMO 902 sits at the ready with a consist in the ICG terminal near East Thomas Yard in Birmingham.
Title:  GMO 902 sits at the ready with a consist in the ICG terminal near East Thomas Yard in Birmingham.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:17 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  623   Comments: 3
GMO 709
Title:  GMO 709
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:18 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GMO 709(GP38)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
GMO 524
Title:  GMO 524
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:19 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GMO 524(GP30)
Views:  515   Comments: 1
GMO 910 waits for the call at Birmingham. This is now the BNSF intermodal facility at East Thomas Yard--thanks to Bernie Feldman for the location
Title:  GMO 910 waits for the call at Birmingham. This is now the BNSF intermodal facility at East Thomas Yard--thanks to Bernie Feldman for the location
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:15 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  GMO 910(SD40)
Views:  831   Comments: 1
IC 9331
Title:  IC 9331
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:21 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IC 9331(GP9)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:22 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  222   Comments: 0
IC 9330
Title:  IC 9330
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:09 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IC 9330(GP9)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
ICG 8379 leads a road consist at Finley Avenue in the old ICG terminal in Biringham.
Title:  ICG 8379 leads a road consist at Finley Avenue in the old ICG terminal in Biringham.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:12 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  494   Comments: 1
ICG 7962 sits in the ICG terminal tracks along side Finley Avenue and Frisco East Thomas Yard in Birmingham.
Title:  ICG 7962 sits in the ICG terminal tracks along side Finley Avenue and Frisco East Thomas Yard in Birmingham.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:13 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  540   Comments: 1
IC 8166
Title:  IC 8166
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:48 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IC 8166(GP10)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
ICG 8090
Title:  ICG 8090
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:50 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ICG 8090(GP10)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
IC 8101
Title:  IC 8101
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:50 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IC 8101(GP10)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
ICG 2540
Title:  ICG 2540
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:44 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 2540(GP35)
Views:  279   Comments: 1
ICG 2540
Title:  ICG 2540
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:51 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 2540(GP35)
Views:  370   Comments: 1
ICG 7964 works ICG terminal in Birmingham near Finley Avenue
Title:  ICG 7964 works ICG terminal in Birmingham near Finley Avenue
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:11 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
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Views:  450   Comments: 1
ICG 7000
Title:  ICG 7000
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:45 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ICG 7000(SD45)
Views:  1029   Comments: 0
IC 6009 and SD45 7000 sit at the service area for ICG operations in Birmingham along Finley Avenue near East Thomas Yards.
Title:  IC 6009 and SD45 7000 sit at the service area for ICG operations in Birmingham along Finley Avenue near East Thomas Yards.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:45 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
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Views:  1620   Comments: 1
ICG 6052
Title:  ICG 6052
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:46 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ICG 6052(SD40)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
ICG 1310
Title:  ICG 1310
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:47 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ICG 1310(SW1300)
Views:  416   Comments: 1
ICG 1310
Title:  ICG 1310
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 10:27:47 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ICG 1310(SW1300)
Views:  412   Comments: 1

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