Engineer Steve Wickersham leans out to grab orders as the Chessie Safety Special returns to East St. Louis from an excursion to Flora, Ill.
The chase continues, passing the former B&O tower and hitting the BNSF diamond at Shattuc, IL. This tower, like so many others, is no longer manned.
CSX Q204 crosses the BNSF in Shattuc with the unused tower/depot to its right.
Eastbound manifest crosses the former CB&Q diamond at Shattuc, Illinois