The Independence Limited enters Illinois from Indiana on the former Southern Railway bridge across the Wabash River.
The Independence Limited makes up its train for departure from North Kansas City, MO.
The Independence Limited passes the International Free Trade Zone dug into the Missouri River Bluffs.
Southern Railway 4501 blasts through Hobart IN, as it leads an excursion train east on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne line in 1973.
Thick smoke from Southern Railway 4501 lingers in the air as the Independence Limited rolls east on the former NKP Chicago-Fort Wayne line.