The NB "Illini" is departing. Look ma, no ditch lights. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

An interesting collection of power sits on the Carbondale IL ready tracks. ICG 6040 is ex Rock Island 4790, one of 8 SD40-2's acquired when the Rock Island folded a year earlier. The 1400 was the... (more)

The City of New Orleans makes a crew change while stopped at Carbondale Station

Due to axle requirements, a heritage dinner and 2 baggage cars were added to tonight's Amtrak 393.

Very old meets very new.

Starting its 300-mile trek to Chicago, Amtrak's "Saluki" accelerates out of the ex-Illinois Central yard, with the old steam-era concrete coal bunkers still standing in the background. ... (more)

"Blue-Flagged." As storms approach the area, Canadian National train A432 from Decatur, Ill., heading for Memphis, Tenn., is holding just outside of downtown Carbondale on April 25, ... (more)

Amtrak's Illini waits at Carbondale.

IC 8071 a GP11, was built for the Union Pacific Railroad in 9/1957 and was sold to the IC after it life on UP for there Paducah Rebuilds. Now retired from service on the IC, 8701 will spend the... (more)

Amtrak 391, The Illini, glides through the 40 MPH switch a North Carbondale a little over an hour and a half late. The train has traveled 305 miles over the last 6 hours and 15 minutes and is alm... (more)

After doing there station work in downtown Carbondale, IL they go north of town to wye the train and prepare for the 300 mile sprint to Chicago, IL. Amtrak 145 has been on this train for a few da... (more)

CN train A42391-01 slows for the 20 MPH speed restriction at the Carbondale yard office, about a 1 mile behind me. North Carbondale is where the Double track goes back to single track until Shafe... (more)

Amtrak 390 sit in the rock in down town Carbondale, IL on the first night of December. This train will depart at 07:30 from Carbondale. The Cabbage car will lead the train to Chicago.

CN A43291-24 heads south with a " Blue Goose" and a SD60F, in Carbondale, IL. 60 years ago this would have been a Busy yard with Steam locomotives 5 rail lines all coming together and a big passe... (more)

A couple of railfans chat with the engineer of the southbound Illini before he backs the train around the wye at the north end of Carbondale to prepare for tomorrow morning's return to Chicago as ... (more)