From Green to Orange Chicago and Illinois Midland 1986-2005

From the camera of Arthur Purchase, NostalgiaRail brings you a comprehensive look at the Chicago and Illinois Midland Railroad, one of the most overlooked railroads in Central Illinois. We will take a year by year look at the C&M starting in 1996 and ending in 2005, after the road was purchased by Genesee and Wyoming and renamed the Illinois Midland. Plenty of action is seen around Springfield, IL, Powerton and Parkersburg Hill, The only two EMD RS1325 ever built are seen hard at work on locals and unit coal trains across the system. You will also see rare video of the roads SD38-2’s working on home rails, as these units were seldom seen and were often leased out to other railroads. Every model of locomotive that the C&IM roistered is seen in this program, including the SD9’s and the two SD18’s.

This is vintage nineties footage, shot using nineties equipment. It is not as sharp as programs shot today. Still, these are interesting scenes of long-gone railroads and equipment.