CN L585 making its return trek to Clinton, Illinois, after a run to Gilman for interchange with the other CN local out of there. Here they are passing through a set of old IC R2s just outside of t... (more)

CN L585 heads west back towards Clinton, Illinois with IC 1035 leading. Here they go through Roberts, a town established in 1872 when the railroad came through.

Paul Meyer photo.

IC 101 leads the CN/IC Christmas train into the tiny town of Roberts.

The local was forced to wait on the Santa train before it could move forward, so the crew pulled the train right up so they could enjoy some of the Santa train's food.