Illinois Central Railroad by John F. Bjorklund

Amtrak passenger train no. 1, <i>City of New Orleans</i>, on Illinois Central Railroad departing Chicago, Illinois, on July 4, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-01-03

Amtrak passenger train no. 1, City of New Orleans, on Illinois Central Railroad departing Chicago, Illinois, on July 4, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-01-03

Illinois Central Railroad no. 53, <i>City of Miami</i>, bound for Florida leaving Central Station in Chicago, Illinois, on April 10, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-01-08

Illinois Central Railroad no. 53, City of Miami, bound for Florida leaving Central Station in Chicago, Illinois, on April 10, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-01-08

Power for Illinois Central Railroad arriving at Central Station for no. 1, <i>City of New Orleans</i>, in Chicago, Illinois, on April 10, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-01-12

Power for Illinois Central Railroad arriving at Central Station for no. 1, City of New Orleans, in Chicago, Illinois, on April 10, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-01-12

Illinois Central Railroad electric suburban train approaching footbridge at Central Station in Chicago, Illinois, with Michigan Boulevard buildings in background, April 1967. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-01-15

Illinois Central Railroad no. 1, <i>City of New Orleans</i>, arriving at station in Memphis, Tennessee, in February 1967. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-01-17

Illinois Central Railroad no. 1, City of New Orleans, arriving at station in Memphis, Tennessee, in February 1967. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-01-17

Illinois Central Railroad freight train in Homewood, Illinois, on March 31, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-02-07

Illinois Central Railroad switchers no. 1240 and 1216 with a transfer freight train on the St. Charles Air Line from 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois, on July 5, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-02-08

Illinois Central Railroad engine no. 4022 with nine cars of Amtrak train no. 10, the <i>Shawnee</i>, arriving in Chicago, Illinois, from Carbondale on July 5, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-02-10

Illinois Central Railroad engine no. 4022 with nine cars of Amtrak train no. 10, the Shawnee, arriving in Chicago, Illinois, from Carbondale on July 5, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-02-10

Illinois Central Railroad freight train led by locomotive no. 3044 on St. Charles Air Line in Chicago, Illinois, on July 5, 1971. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-02-15

Amtrak passenger train no. 58, the <i>Panama</i>, on Illinois Central Railroad track at 21st Street in Chicago, Illinois, on April 2, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-03-01

Amtrak passenger train no. 58, the Panama, on Illinois Central Railroad track at 21st Street in Chicago, Illinois, on April 2, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-03-01

Amtrak passenger train no. 58, the <i>Panama</i>, crossing 21st Street on Illinois Central Railroad track in Chicago, Illinois, on April 2, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-03-03

Amtrak passenger train no. 58, the Panama, crossing 21st Street on Illinois Central Railroad track in Chicago, Illinois, on April 2, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-03-03

Amtrak passenger train no. 391, the <i>Shawnee</i>, coming off St. Charlies Air Line at 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois, on July 15, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-04-08

Amtrak passenger train no. 391, the Shawnee, coming off St. Charlies Air Line at 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois, on July 15, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-04-08

Illinois Central Railroad E9 diesel locomotive no. 4027, leading an A-B-A set on passenger train no. 59, the <i>Panama</i>, at dusk in Effingham, Illinois, in June 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-04-13

Illinois Central Railroad E9 diesel locomotive no. 4027, leading an A-B-A set on passenger train no. 59, the Panama, at dusk in Effingham, Illinois, in June 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-04-13

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad passenger train no. 17 and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad no. 5-9, the <i>Quad Cities Rocket</i>, in Joliet, Illinois, on May 18, 1972. The GM&O merged with the Illinois Central to form the Illinois Central Gulf later that year. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-05-10

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad passenger train no. 17 and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad no. 5-9, the Quad Cities Rocket, in Joliet, Illinois, on May 18, 1972. The GM&O merged with the Illinois Central to form the Illinois Central Gulf later that year. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-05-10

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Chicago-Joliet commuter train (with equipment of predecessor Gulf, Mobile and Ohio) in Joliet, Illinois, on August 18, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-05-12

Northbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad freight train in Joliet, Illinois, on August 18, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-05-15

Semaphore signal protecting the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad crossing with Penn Central/Norfolk and Western Railway in Bloomington, Illinois, on October 20, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-06-19

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in downtown Lemont, Illinois, on April 17, 1976. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-08-01

Eastbound Amtrak passenger train no. 372, the <i>Black Hawk</i>, on Illinois Central Gulf Railroad track at station in Galena, Illinois, on April 24, 1977. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-09-07

Eastbound Amtrak passenger train no. 372, the Black Hawk, on Illinois Central Gulf Railroad track at station in Galena, Illinois, on April 24, 1977. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-09-07

Eastbound Amtrak passenger train no. 302, the <i>Abe Lincoln</i>, on Illinois Central Gulf Railroad track in Joliet, Illinois, on April 17, 1976. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-09-13

Eastbound Amtrak passenger train no. 302, the Abe Lincoln, on Illinois Central Gulf Railroad track in Joliet, Illinois, on April 17, 1976. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-09-13

Eastbound Amtrak passenger train no. 302, the <i>Abe Lincoln</i>, on Illinois Central Gulf Railroad track with ATSF to the right in Joliet, Illinois, on April 17, 1976. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-09-19

Eastbound Amtrak passenger train no. 302, the Abe Lincoln, on Illinois Central Gulf Railroad track with ATSF to the right in Joliet, Illinois, on April 17, 1976. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-09-19

Westbound Amtrak passenger train no. 375, the <i>Black Hawk</i>, leaving Chicago Union Station for its run across the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad on September 5, 1977. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-10-02

Westbound Amtrak passenger train no. 375, the Black Hawk, leaving Chicago Union Station for its run across the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad on September 5, 1977. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-10-02

Southbound Amtrak passenger train no. 381, the <i>Illini</i> in Chicago, Illinois, on September 5, 1977. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-10-03

Westbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Bloomington, Illinois, on April 29, 1978. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-11-02

Southbound Amtrak passenger train no. 59, the <i>Panama</i>, on the St. Charles Air Line in Chicago, Illinois, on September 5, 1977. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-11-16

Southbound Amtrak passenger train no. 59, the Panama, on the St. Charles Air Line in Chicago, Illinois, on September 5, 1977. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-11-16

Westbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train near Woodbine, Iowa, on September 20, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-12-02

Southbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Kinmundy, Illinois, on October 27, 1979. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-12-12

Crossing of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad and the Missouri Pacific (Missouri–Illinois Railroad) in Pinckneyville, Illinois, on October 26, 1979. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-12-14

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Dubuque, Iowa, on October 21, 1978. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-12-18

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad and Chicago and North Western crossing in Tara, Iowa, on September 21, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-13-01

Westbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Tara, Iowa, on September 21, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-13-06

Westbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on September 21, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-13-12

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in Wall Lake, Iowa, on September 20, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-13-14

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train near Dunlap, Iowa, on September 20, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-13-18

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad near Tara, Iowa, on September 21, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-14-03

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Rockwell City, Iowa, on September 21, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-14-12

Eastbound and westbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight trains meet in Rockwell City, Iowa, on September 21, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-14-16

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad depot in Slater, Missouri, on July 10, 1981. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-15-05

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Tara, Iowa, on September 21, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-15-08

Eastbound and westbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight trains at the station in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on September 21, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-15-12

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on September 21, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-15-19

Amtrak passenger train crossing the St. Charles Air Line bridge at 16th Street in Chicago, Illinois, on April 17, 1981. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-16-02

Southbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train passes Avenue Tower in Springfield, Illinois, on January 1981. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-16-04

Southbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Olympia Fields, Illinois, on September 6, 1981. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-16-15

Westbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train cross the Fox River and an electric car of the R.E.L.I.C. Trolley Museum in South Elgin, Illinois, in September 1981. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-17-03

Westbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Galena, Illinois, on October 1981. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-17-08

Westbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train near Apple River, Illinois, on October 1981. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-17-10

Eastbound Amtrak passenger train on Illinois Central Gulf Railroad bridge over the Fox River in South Elgin, Illinois, on September 1981. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-17-15

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train crossing the Mississippi River at East Dubuque, Illinois (Dubuque, Iowa, is in the background), on April 7, 1984. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-18-03

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train approaching the Mississippi River in Dubuque, Iowa, on April 7, 1984. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-18-04

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Dubuque, Iowa, on April 7, 1984. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-18-06

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Peosta, Iowa, on April 7, 1984. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-18-08

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Chicago, Illinois, on March 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-18-12

Northbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Joliet, Illinois, on March 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-18-16

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train (led by locomotives of predecessor Gulf, Mobile and Ohio) in Chicago, Illinois, on February 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-18-19

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train (led by locomotives of predecessor Gulf, Mobile and Ohio) at 16th Street crossing in Chicago, Illinois, on February 1983. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-18-22

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad diesel locomotives in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 12, 1985. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-19-06

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Warren, Illinois, on April 7, 1984. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-19-09

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train in Scales Mound, Illinois, on April 7, 1984. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-19-12

Eastbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train near Galena, Illinois, on April 7, 1984. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-19-20

Northbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train at Kinmundy, Illinois, on October 31, 1986. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-20-02

Northbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train at Missouri Pacific Railroad crossing in Kinmundy, Illinois, on October 31, 1986. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-20-03

Northbound Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train crossing the Little Wabash River in Mason, Illinois, on October 31, 1986. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-20-14

Northbound Amtrak passenger train no. 392, the <i>Illini</i>, on Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in De Soto, Illinois, on November 1, 1986. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-21-13

Northbound Amtrak passenger train no. 392, the Illini, on Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in De Soto, Illinois, on November 1, 1986. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-60-21-13

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad transfer leaving newly merged Illinois Central Gulf Railroad yard in Springfield, Illinois, on October 20, 1972. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-92-12-15