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Posted 03 June 2018 - 09:29 AM

Finale of the Grand Canyon.


the train leaves Fort Madison on the last leg of the run to Chicago Dearborn Station.

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Posted 03 June 2018 - 01:34 PM

The train races to the next stop.

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Posted 03 June 2018 - 07:26 PM

The train nears Galesburg (the first stop on the Chillicothe subdivision).

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Posted 04 June 2018 - 07:38 AM

The train stops at Galesburg & gets underway.

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Posted 04 June 2018 - 12:40 PM

The train races to Chillicothe (the next regular stop on the Grand Canyon's Tietable; most stops are flag stops).

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Posted 04 June 2018 - 07:52 PM

The train stops at Chillicothe & departs the station at 12:01 PM asit heads for the next stop.

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Posted 05 June 2018 - 07:38 AM

The train stops at Toluca & heads for the next stop.

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Posted 05 June 2018 - 03:00 PM

The train stops at Streator & meets the westbound Grand Canyon*; the eastbound leaves Streator & races to the next stop.


* Per the July (May) 1966 Timetable, the westbound Grand Canyon departs Chicago Dearborn at 11 AM.

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Posted 05 June 2018 - 06:27 PM

The train pulls into Coal City a couple minutes early.

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Posted 06 June 2018 - 06:40 AM

The train races through the plains as it heads for the next stop (in this case Joliet).

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