Thanks all,
For bringing me up to date. I knew CNW had been gobbled up by UP, I was just a bit surprised to see the logo on a new looking autorack. I knew UP and BNSF had a connection in the northwest corner of their crossover just west of Edelstein. That's why I was a little surprised in Chillicothe to see UP at the bottom of the hill.
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I found an original Santa Fe pin for my hat and a 1990 Illinois Division hat from a retired gentleman's collection. I also picket up a spike near the site of the old Edelstein station. For all the rail history of Chillicothe and the former North Chillicothe, Illinois I would have expected to see a bit more Rock Island RR and Santa Fe RR history in the local Antique shops. By the way North Chillicothe was pretty much a Santa Fe town in the steam era until eventually being annexed by Chillicothe.
For trainwatchers the grassy hillside on Houlihan's Curve has been fenced off. I watched from between the new main and the old main accross from the current office, possibly near the original station site that was between the mains.
The brick station I knew as a child, Santa Fe then Amtrak, once the clubhouse, is in bad shape, broken windows and falling apart. The road to where the round house was many years ago is marked as "no trespassing police authorized to arrest." I did not feel like testing this out. The area where the roundhouse was is a grassy field - no trees. I could only see a bit of where the large yard was just west of the station. The gravel pits no longer appear active - conveyors are gone - and part of one pit is now a lake surrounded by a campground.
All for now,
Bobster
