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Central Illinois Public Service Company 5: H.K. Porter, Inc. 2-4-2 steam locomotive 1945 Awaiting restoration 1963-1971 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway: Central Illinois Public Service Company 6 Vulcan Iron Works: 0-4-0 steam locomotive 1923 Awaiting restoration 1965-2019 Private owner Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 4960
The Illinois Zephyr is the longest continuously operated state-sponsored train, having started in November 1971. [3]: 241 The Carl Sandburg was added as the route's second daily round trip in 2006. During fiscal year 2023, the Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg carried a combined 114,521 passengers, a 14.7% decrease over fiscal year 2022. [4]
Amtrak Midwest is a brand name applied by Amtrak to its state-supported routes in the Midwest states of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Missouri. [1] As of May 2024, Amtrak Midwest consists of eleven named trains: Borealis; Hiawatha; Illinois Service: Lincoln Service, Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg, and Illini and Saluki
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The Illinois Service is funded primarily by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and falls under the broader Amtrak Midwest brand. Chicago is a terminus for all three Illinois Service routes, which all have multiple daily round trips: Chicago–Quincy: two round trips daily, the Illinois Zephyr and the Carl Sandburg [1]
Cary station on the Union Pacific Northwest Line The platforms at River Grove station, which serves trains on both the North Central Service and the Milwaukee District West Line South Chicago (93rd Street) station is the terminus for the South Chicago Branch on the Metra Electric District
For its 26th year, the train is bringing holiday joy between Nov. 22 to Dec. 17 through several states like New York, Michigan, Illinois and Texas. While the train does not offer rides to the ...
The Hiawatha (also called the Hiawatha Service), is an 86-mile (138 km) train route operated by Amtrak between Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.As of 2007, twelve to fourteen trains (six round-trips, five on Sunday) ran daily between Chicago and Milwaukee, [2] making intermediate stops in Glenview, Illinois; Sturtevant, Wisconsin; and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport.