One of Amtrak's French-built turbotrains making a station stop southbound at Springfield, IL || June 1975

Amtrak #302 goes "Old School": Amtrak #302 rolls past Ridgely Tower behind converted "Cabbage Car" F40PH 90222 still in its old 80's era tri-stripe paint. As I framed this shot, I almost f... (more)

Buses wait on the platform of the old GM&O station for arriving Amtrak Lincoln Service. Chicago to St. Louis service is being terminated in Springfield while rail improvements are taking place so... (more)

Amtrak Cabbage 90200 has seen better days as it leads this late evening Lincoln Service out of Chicago.

Ridgely Tower R.I.P.

Amtrak P30 719 is seen at full flight through Gardener, IL, on St. Louis-bound Train 303.

Pooch bringing in the State House

A Pooch with the Abraham Lincoln.

Amtrak train 300 screams through Atlanta, Illinois early Friday morning, the last day of April 2010 with a former Amtrak F40PH converted into a NPCU, or Non Powered Control Unit. The NPCU's were... (more)

The Bridge is the St. Charles Air Line's over the South Branch of the Chicago River. Two ConRail Geeps sit on ladder tracks in the Amtack (ex-PRR) Coach Yard.

Former CB&Q dome-parlor-observation Silver Tower, built for the Kansas City Zephyr, carries the markers on the northbound Abraham Lincoln as it arrives Chicago Union Station. This was a classy li... (more)

An Amtrak Lincoln Service departs the station in Summit.

Picking up speed as it passes the state capitol Amtrak Lincoln Service heads to St. Louis.

Lincoln Service train 301 arrives on time as the crew keeps a watchful eye on the platform.