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Peabody Short Line Coal Company

Peabody Short Line Coal Company

By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2015

| Last updated on December 4, 2020

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View additional color photos of the coal-hauling railroad with the yellow diesels as featured in "Ingles Color Classics" in Summer 2013 Classic Trains magazine.

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Yellow diesel switcher locomotive surrounded by coal
Peabody Coal SW1200 1201
Assigned to River King Mine No. 3, Peabody Coal SW1200 1201 works at New Athens, Ill., on Aug. 3, 1974. J. David Ingles photo
Yellow diesel switcher locomotive surrounded by coal
Yellow and green diesel locomotive in yard
Peabody Coal RS3 230
Acquired secondhand from Great Northern, Peabody Coal Co. RS3 230 is passing through Dalton Junction, Ill., on the C&EI on Oct. 3, 1969. J. David Ingles photo
Yellow and green diesel locomotive in yard
Nose of yellow diesel locomotive with coal logo
Peabody Short Line RS3 hood detail
A close-up of Peabody Short Line RS3 701’s short hood reveals, to the left of the road’s giant lump of coal logo, a small window for the crew facilities inside. M. L. Powell, J. David Ingles coll.
Nose of yellow diesel locomotive with coal logo
Two yellow and green diesel locomotives
Peabody Short Line RS3’s
Peabody Short Line RS3’s 702 and 703 stand at East St. Louis, Ill., on July 23, 1960. M. L. Powell, J. David Ingles coll.
Two yellow and green diesel locomotives
Coal train of yellow hoppers in open field
Peabody Coal center-cab with coal train
Baldwin DT-6-6-2000 No. 51 moves a coal train at Lenzburg, Ill., on Aug. 3, 1974. Paul H. Dalman, J. David Ingles coll.
Coal train of yellow hoppers in open field
Yellow center-cab diesel with yellow coal cars
Peabody Coal 51
Baldwin DT-6-6-2000 No. 51, acquired secondhand from California’s Trona Railway, wears Peabody yellow at Lenzburg, Ill., on Aug. 3, 1974. J. David Ingles photo
Yellow center-cab diesel with yellow coal cars
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