Amtrak Lincoln Passenger Train 301, Chicago to Springfield, IL

Amtrak Lincoln Passenger Train 301, from Chicago to Springfield, IL. Among the stops: Normal, IL, home to Illinois State University. This run has all Amfleet passenger cars, with their curved sides.
I never get tired of hearing that train whistle, and it gets used a lot in Springfield, where trains rumble down grade level tracks a block east of the Capitol Building.

[@chicagoboy8160]

I have taken 301 many times from Chicago to Springfield

[@artistmac]

It's very convenient, stopping two blocks from the Capitol Building, and the mid-century modern State House Hotel.

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The Amfleet cars are used in this service because the newer, flat-sided "Horizon" cars are not rated for the higher speeds used on portions of this line. Truly a testament to the quality of the Budd-built Amfleet cars; they will still be rolling and looking good as new in twenty years and the cheap, rattly Horizon cars will all be scrapped.

[@artistmac]

It'll be interesting to see how the Siemens Venture cars work out. I've seen them on Amtrak Midwest trains so far. Time to take the Hiawatha to Milwaukee.

[@scottthompson1426]

nice train did you like it artist Mac

[@artistmac]

Loved it! There's nothing better than train travel. Best trip I ever took was out to the West Coast on the California Zephyr, then Emeryville down to L.A. on the train, then back to Chicago on the Southwest Chief. Too bad I didn't have a palm-size video camera back then.

[@scottthompson1426]

cool nice artist Mac