Nickel Plate EMD GP9 530 approaches Dean Tower, Bloomington, Illinois with a local in July 1964. Delivered from LaGrange in 1959 in the NKP's class ERS-17f, it became Norfolk & Western 2530 in 1966 following the N&W-NKP-Wabash merger. Eventually it became Norfolk Southern 1460 and was retired in 1984.