An interesting railroad I never got to. I bet these sounded great hauling long coal trains. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Usually their power was looking good but this switcher seems a bit worse for wear when shot by Jim Satterwhite. Photo from my collection.

UP’s Bloomington, IL - Alton, IL manifest blasts off from Hazel Dell after waiting for an eastbound.

Illinois Central E6 4003 and E7 4007 are leading train 51 The Green Diamond near Springfield, Illinois on March 7, 1955. The Green Diamond covered the 294 miles from Chicago to St. Louis in 4 ... (more)

The Green Diamond makes a station stop. In the full size scan there appears to be a GP9 coupled to what looks like a baggage car on the rear.

One of two RS1325's built. Both for C&IM. Interestingly, the railroad was never built to Chicago.

Illinois Terminal SD39 taken by the young William Raia.

A rebuilt NS AC44C6M leads the RoadRailer under the abandoned CNW line to St Louis just outside of Springfield, IL.

Chicago and Illinois Midland, C&IM SW1200 23, at Springfield, Illinois. June 11, 1991. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo Built as, CIM 23 SW1200, November, 1955. C&IM 23>DJRX 23 (Joseph Transportatio... (more)

C&IM, Chicago and Illinois Midland SD38 73, at Springfield, Illinois. June 12, 1991. Jack D Kuiphoff photo

C&IM 31 RS1325, one of only two ever built by EMD, at Springfield, Illinois. June 12, 1991. Jack D Kuiphoff video © photo

The Oakwood Yard in Detroit, MI,to Avondale Yard in Kansas City, MO, auto parts train rolls thru downtown Springfield on the NS Springfield District. The downtown is on the change as big funding ... (more)

A nice string of unturbocharged power that must have sounded on a coal train.

Note the little paint touchup. Great looking in the old paint scheme. Photo by Bob Lehman.

I prefer the old buttheads back to back like this. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.