08-01-2011, 08:46 AM
I spent most of a weekend last month in eastern Illinois around Iroquois and Kankakee counties. I focused on two mainlines, the Union Pacific Villa Grove Subdivision which also hosts CSX on trackage rights and the Canadian National Chicago District, and also caught a Norfolk Southern trackage rights train on the Gilman District out of Gibson City.
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CSX664MomenceIL7-16-11 by railohio, on Flickr
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KCS4126MomenceIL7-16-11 by railohio, on Flickr
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CN8941KankakeeIL7-16-11 by railohio, on Flickr
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Amtak167DiamondGilmanIL7-17-11 by railohio, on Flickr
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CN2617GilmanIL7-17-11 by railohio, on Flickr
![[Image: 5957978493_82a244aa39.jpg]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5957978493_82a244aa39.jpg)
NS9614TeleRobertsIN7-17-11 by railohio, on Flickr
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Amtrak114WatsekaIL7-17-11 by railohio, on Flickr
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UP6335WoodlandIL7-17-11 by railohio, on Flickr
More photos from July 16 and July 17 are on flickr.
![[Image: 5957503001_00d3b753b2.jpg]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/5957503001_00d3b753b2.jpg)
CSX664MomenceIL7-16-11 by railohio, on Flickr
![[Image: 5958065358_d2158aa724.jpg]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5958065358_d2158aa724.jpg)
KCS4126MomenceIL7-16-11 by railohio, on Flickr
![[Image: 5957506549_5051a9612d.jpg]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5957506549_5051a9612d.jpg)
CN8941KankakeeIL7-16-11 by railohio, on Flickr
![[Image: 5957970129_98e60a6f0e.jpg]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5957970129_98e60a6f0e.jpg)
Amtak167DiamondGilmanIL7-17-11 by railohio, on Flickr
![[Image: 5957971203_5395f4bc5b.jpg]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5957971203_5395f4bc5b.jpg)
CN2617GilmanIL7-17-11 by railohio, on Flickr
![[Image: 5957978493_82a244aa39.jpg]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5957978493_82a244aa39.jpg)
NS9614TeleRobertsIN7-17-11 by railohio, on Flickr
![[Image: 5957985463_853fab4164.jpg]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/5957985463_853fab4164.jpg)
Amtrak114WatsekaIL7-17-11 by railohio, on Flickr
![[Image: 5958721062_bec159f259.jpg]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6128/5958721062_bec159f259.jpg)
UP6335WoodlandIL7-17-11 by railohio, on Flickr
More photos from July 16 and July 17 are on flickr.