Although I’ve written dozens of posts in the past years about the project to upgrade Amtrak’s Chicago-St. Louis route for higher speed service, it has been more than a decade since I visited that line.
On a recent Friday morning I drove to Chenoa, Illinois, to photograph Lincoln Service No. 303, which barrelled through on time.
Much has changed since I last saw operations on this route. The trains travel faster, the tracks have been rebuilt, new signals have been installed and the motive power is SC-44 Chargers.
Many of the grade crossings are no horn zones with barriers and fencing having been installed for safety.
But the consist of Horizon and Amfleet cars was the same as what I saw during my previous visit years ago. Some things have not changed.
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