Homewood Railroad Park Caboose - Homewood, IL
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adgorn
N 41° 33.805 W 087° 40.102
16T E 444271 N 4601519
Illinois Central caboose 199426 lovingly restored and partnered with IC Engine GP10 8408 on display near the Metra train station, surrounded by a protective fence.
Waymark Code: WMCQH0
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2011
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The ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CABOOSES site at (
visit link) has it listed as:
"IC 9426 ICG 199426 Wide vision Homewood, IL Donated to Homewood IL by CN on April 1, 2004. Repainted into 9426 "I-Ball" colors and displayed with GP10 8408 at vintage 1923 ICRR train station"
From the Homewood Railroad Park site at (
visit link)
"CN graciously donated IC caboose 199426 and partnered with Homewood and National Railway Equipment Company of Dixmoor, IL to share costs in acquiring retired Illinois Central GP10 8408. CN shop forces in Homewood's Woodcrest Locomotive Shops carefully restored 8408 to her in-service appearance as of 1996, while in Centralia, IL, the car shops did the same for 199426, turning back her clock to the late 1960's with a brilliant coat of IC “burnt orange” and renumbering to the original 9426. This combination of the “Death Star” image of the 1990's and the famous “I-Ball” of the 1960's offers fans an opportunity to see both schemes in all their glory in one place and at one time. Additionally, the Union Pacific donated a complete “B&O style” signal light and mast from the ex-GM&O mainline, which is being restored to full function by committee member Craig Lint. This will represent the Illinois Central Gulf era of the railroad. On March 25, 2007, the locomotive and caboose were installed on the display track on the west side of the main line near the Metra platform and the Homewood Amtrak depot."
Lots more to read here about Homewood and the effort to obtain these pieces of railroad history.
I found this caboose by luck one day a few years ago when I missed an exit on a nearby toll road and ended up coming through Homewood by mistake!