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Viewing Album:  ICG Caboose #199432
 
By:Gary Everhart
Dates:8/3/2018 - 8/3/2018
Album Info:Good looking Illinois Central Guif caboose being used as a shoving platform through Griffith, IN.
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ICG 199432
Title:  ICG 199432
Description:  Caught this former Illinois Central Gulf caboose serving as a shoving platform during a yard shuffling through downtown Griffith, IN. It's coupler extension caught my eye.
Photo Date:  8/3/2018  Upload Date: 2/28/2019 6:50:56 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  144   Comments: 2
ICG 199432
Title:  ICG 199432
Description:  The coupler has an odd extension to it. Does anyone know if this was a standard design or added when the unit started serving as a shoving platform?
Photo Date:  8/3/2018  Upload Date: 2/28/2019 6:51:00 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  138   Comments: 3
ICG 199432
Title:  ICG 199432
Description:  Based on a typical FRED height of 2 feet, this coupler extension appears to be nearly 4 feet out. Is this the new norm for shoving platform couplers?
Photo Date:  8/3/2018  Upload Date: 2/28/2019 6:51:06 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  114   Comments: 0
ICG 199432
Title:  ICG 199432
Description:  The conductor has assumed the rear position as the string of cars back into a yard slot in the small CN (former EJ&E) yard in Griffith, IN.
Photo Date:  8/3/2018  Upload Date: 2/28/2019 6:51:11 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  182   Comments: 3

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