Jul 25, 2024
Hustling Across Illinois This is a westbound Amtrak National Limited in Altamont, Illinois.
We on the Conrail line between Terre Haute, Indiana, and St. Louis (former Pennsy/Penn Central). That’s a relatively new EMD F40PH (built in December of 1977) on the point of the train, which means the legacy cars here have been retrofitted for head-end power (HEP). The red Ford pickup truck completes the snowy Midwestern scene.
The National Limited would be discontinued on October 1st later that same year. One image by Richard Koenig; taken in February of 1979.
