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Very nice chase!

As the son of a Chicago suburb Trainman, Peotone was a regular stop on Summer weekend daytrips.

Awesome footage

I was a Brakeman switchman for the Illinois Terminal railroad around 1977 based out of Decatur Illinois

The US doesn't need HSR since Amtrak has locomotives that can run over 200 mph.

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.

30 mph at best !

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.

Wait, why is an IC loco still kicking around?

It takes a good set of tracks to be able to run that speed. Love me some trains!

That's not 70 mph

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...

Those Chargers must be crap

I've never seen that before! Thank you for the video!

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The 100mph, glorious orange and brown version will never be topped.

Thats is awsome. Great catch

Hauling the mail,, damm..

Noise POLUTION .

I rode that train in the 1980's and so much of Arlo's song rang true. An absolutely brilliant description of that era.

"Riding on the city of New Orleans, Illinois Central, monday morning rail....'

I wonder when AMTRAK will start doing like the rest of the world and go with head/tail power arrangement.

Former CN railroader, engineer, conductor. That did NOT look like 70mph. Who has the radar gun?

Riding on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central, Monday morning...

AMTRAK My Favorite One

I used to ride that train to and from Champaign, IL, in my U•of•I days.

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.

I just had to do this: czcams.com/video/fF1lqEQFVUo/video.html

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.

Amtrak no track

Man...i had to watch that THREE TIMES! 😲

Great catch 🖤🤍

7 cars and 7 restless riders 3 conductors and maybe one sack of mail

ILLINOIS CENTRAL, MONDAY MORNIN RAIL!!! 🎶

So, who operates the train CN/IC engineers? Amtrak engineers, or both?

Welded rail is astoundingly quiet. One doesn't have long to wait when the train passes at 70 MPH -113 KPH!

Actually, I thought the locomotive would be painted like the Death Star in Star Wars.

Great Catch!

From WC, Wow 70 miles an hour, I hope it didn’t fly off the tracks! Oh wait passenger trains in Germany do over 200 miles an hour! Never mind!

70 Mph is better than sitting still

This needs more likes and views

What Kind Of SD70 Is That? It Looks Like An SD40-2 Or A Geep

Great catch! Thanks for sharing

Well the Illinois Central And the Southern Central freight Gotta keep on pushin', mama You know they're runnin' late

Where shot?

Look out, here comes she’s coming, look out there she goes she’s gone

Ironic that a twenty-five-year-old locomotive had to bail out a pair that aren’t even two years old.

Wait a minute. TWO virtually new locomotives and they BOTH broke down?

Those Chargers are very touchy. Was on Empire Builder when a fuel additive level got low, and protocol from Siemens required the engine to be shut down (not sure why, probably warranty would be voided otherwise). We were less than 1 hour into terminal destination (Chicago).