Saw that while driving to work near Tolono, IL. Thought it was really odd and then saw rail fans taking pictures/video at two different crossings I went by.
It happens more often than you think. In the past, I have been lucky enough to see Norfolk Southern locomotives leading the Carolinian and Crescent due to faulty Amtrak locomotives. On the Crescent the Amtrak locomotives had to be left in Charlotte to be repaired. Due to that and other issues it ended up being over 12 hours late to it's final stop in New York City.
IRM has done a stellar yeoman's job of preserving the Illinois Terminal's legacy especially with the Peoria, the sole surviving interurban sleeper and the open end observation car.. Shame the Illinois Terminal streamliners could not have saved. Nice restoration on the line car.
Does my heart good to see the ghost of Casey Jones highballing again........there are a few of these units and some EJ&E power hanging out in the Joliet yard, see them often, but THIS is how they SHOULD be seen...
I just imagine how symbolic it is for an IC loco to be pulling that route on those rails again. You know those engineers from 100 years ago are smiling down on that train today.
@@NashRailfanProbably would have helped to have some sort of crowd control at those packed grade crossings. Especially when most people have not been anywhere near a steam engine while running. CPKC isn't known for their safety though
@@NoThankYouNoName it’s hard to keep a crowd that large and long under control with how little authority KCS and CP have down there. It’s extremely difficult to. And besides the point, same shit happened to UP 844 and no one is making jokes about it like 2816.
I’ve ridden the Empire builder a few times over the last year. Whenever I ask Amtrak staff about the new Siemens locomotives, they never have anything good to say. The last guy a talk to, last weekend, called them junk. Said Amtrak is having to acquire old freight locos to pull the new Chargers around. I hope they work out the wrinkles and get these new ones working reliably.