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Western Railroad Discussion > CN Decatur to Peoria local at Lincoln, ILDate: 09/13/19 04:45 CN Decatur to Peoria local at Lincoln, IL Author: robj 9/42019 L-564 Westbound from Decatur to Peora.
1) Crossing Union Pacific(Amtrak) Joliet to St. Lous line at Lincoln 2) At Emden, IL Bob Jordan Date: 09/13/19 07:13 Re: CN Decatur to Peoria local at Lincoln, IL Author: icancmp193 I briefly lived in Lincoln on assignment in 1973-74. It was a great little railroad town with a fair amount of action which at the time included 3 lines of the ICG, plus Amtrak and the Illinois Terminal.
I'm surprised you don't see more pictures taken there. Thanks for showing! TJY Date: 09/13/19 07:19 Re: CN Decatur to Peoria local at Lincoln, IL Author: sp8192 Hope you stopped and got a donut at Mel-O-Cream! Not too far from where you took that pic. I spent many days as a kid watching IC and AMTRAK and SP trains pound that muddy diamond...
Date: 09/13/19 07:52 Re: CN Decatur to Peoria local at Lincoln, IL Author: robj sp8192 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Hope you stopped and got a donut at Mel-O-Cream! > Not too far from where you took that pic. I > spent many days as a kid watching IC and AMTRAK > and SP trains pound that muddy diamond... May go back, check that out. Still have to process8:00PM Amtrak trains. Bob Date: 09/13/19 09:27 Re: CN Decatur to Peoria local at Lincoln, IL Author: arizonaBNSF robj Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > sp8192 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Hope you stopped and got a donut at > Mel-O-Cream! > > Not too far from where you took that pic. > I > > spent many days as a kid watching IC and AMTRAK > > and SP trains pound that muddy diamond... > > May go back, check that out. Still have to > process8:00PM Amtrak trains. > > Bob Make sure you go early. Unless things have changed, Mel-O-Cream only makes them once early in the morning and they sell out quick. That's one of the things I miss most about Central Illinois. Date: 09/13/19 11:15 Re: CN Decatur to Peoria local at Lincoln, IL Author: Spoony81 arizonaBNSF Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > robj Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > sp8192 Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Hope you stopped and got a donut at > > Mel-O-Cream! > > > Not too far from where you took that pic. > > I > > > spent many days as a kid watching IC and > AMTRAK > > > and SP trains pound that muddy diamond... > > > > May go back, check that out. Still have to > > process8:00PM Amtrak trains. > > > > Bob > > Make sure you go early. Unless things have > changed, Mel-O-Cream only makes them once early in > the morning and they sell out quick. That's one of > the things I miss most about Central Illinois. Nope nothing has changed, the stores usually get one batch and they are gone pretty quick. I'm personally not a huge Mel O Cream fan mostly because the stores are look dirty and run down. A woman recently purchased the retail stores so hopefully things get turned around. |