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» September, 1978 |
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| Remarks & Notes |
| Govenor "Big Jim" James Thompson (see the belt buckle) makes a whistle stop in downstate Cairo during the 1978 re-election campaign, which he won getting 60% of the vote. The train was pulled by a Crab Orchard & Egypt steam engine on the IC mainline |
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