The Carl Sandberg passes one of my favorite old feed mills at Abingdon,IL. on a warm but windy winters day.
Amtrak's Chicago/Quincy Carl Sanburg heads for Quincy at East Abingdon on the BNSFQuincy Line.
The Amtrak 40th Anniversary Train hitches a ride behind train 381, the Carl Sandburg, as it arrives at Galesburg. The train is on display in Galesburg this weekend.
The westbound Carl Sandburg is only a few mintues from making its 9am station stop at Mendota. Here the train screams out of Earlville about 5 miles east of Mendota. The old signals and poles line... (more)
The Illini arriving.
A member of a BNSF production gang working on Main Track 1 waves us by as we head towards the TP&W interlocking on Main Track 2. These employees are replacing grade crossing planks. This view is... (more)