A southbound Illinois Central coal train passes concrete monuments to another era as it rumbles by the long-abandoned coaling towers at Gilman, Illinois, on May 5, 1990.

Early morning yard job, the crew on the yard job goes about their duty's. After they have built their train they will head so to Champaign, IL. IC 1038 awaits permission to enter the A plant in G... (more)

CN 8926 leads a SB manifest through Gilman. Still neat to see the old coal towers still standing in the background.

CN 5557, a SD60F, leads the Gilman local towards Champaign.

A Pair of ISRR GP40's are given the arduous task of switching out Incobrasa Industries on the TPW. They have to remove a number of empties before dropping off 60 loads of soy.

The Gilman local pulling for headroom after returning from Champaign.

The Gilman local switching the TP&W interchange.

NS trackage rights train rounding the curve off of the CN Gilman Sub onto the CN Chicago Sub at Gilman, IL.

A northbound CNIC train had just rolled through town, and now its Indiana Southern's turn to cross the diamonds as the local heads east.

A pair of TPW GP40s sporting the RailAmerica paint scheme roll an eastbound freight along Highway 24 near Gilman, IL. With the recent news of Genesee & Wyoming acquiring RailAmerica, scenes such a... (more)

With an Illinois Central southbound freight waiting, a Toledo, Peoria and Western westbound crosses the diamonds at Gilman, Illinois, on May 5, 1990. The TP&W in this era was repainting some of it... (more)

The northbound City of New Orleans rolls out of Gilman enroute to 9am arrival at Union Station. The train is seen here dwarfed by the coaling towers on the north end of Gilman still left along the... (more)

A pair of IC SD70's southbound thru Gilman on this Toronto to Memphis freight train. Mornings on the CN north of Champaign can be busy if trains are running late southbound. Usually couple south a... (more)

EJE 669 splits the coaling towers at the north end of Gilman on its way back to Champaign.

Built as ATSF 1528 in 1952, this Alco S4 found a home at the Cargill elevator (formerly Continental Grain) in Gilman, IL for 44 years. Finally, in late 2018 it was donated and shipped by flat car ... (more)