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Here are four images from the GM&O's 1957 Annual Report, scanned by the late Jim Canon of Keokuk, Iowa. Because of the resolution of the images I am featuring them in this montage instead of individually. At upper left, a crewman appears to be directing the coupling of some new boxcars while hanging from a ladder — probably a posed publicity shot, for if done in actual practice it must have been a jarring experience and perhaps against safety regulations! At lower left, the northbound Abraham Lincoln makes a mid-morning stop at the Springfield depot. Again, this shot must have been posed with the train having pulled almost past the depot in order to feature the observation car. Those waiting passengers would have had quite a walk to board the train, unless they were all going first class. At upper right, a freight pulls south toward one of many elevator-skylined towns somewhere along U.S. 66 north of Bloomington. Since U.S. 66 was a four-lane highway that bypassed most towns, the two-lane road shown is a business route through the town. Perhaps someone can identify the location by the passing siding and signal, though the milepost on the signal is too blurred to make out. At lower right, several F units pose at an unidentified engine terminal.
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