Detour for the St. Louis to Chicago Texas Eagle. Track work on its normal line required the train to run another route non-stop through rural Illinois.
Amtrak #22 raises a cloud of dust as it thumps over the mud encased I&M diamond on the passing siding at Ridgely in preparation for a meet with Amtrak #301.
Amtrak #22, the northbound Texas Eagle, prepares to hit the NS diamond at Shops as the train detours thru Springfield over the Illinois & Midland due to trackwork on UP's ex-GM&O mainline.
Northbound Amtrak Texas Eagle slips past a Union Pacific work train in the old Missouri Pacific Ivory Yard, adjacent to the new River City Casino, in beautiful soft early morning light on a hot an... (more)