#c&ei

[railwayhistorical]

Surprise on the C&EI

This was an interesting sight: a northbound (TOFC) train with Southern Railway power on the former Chicago & Eastern Illinois (Mopac by this time). We're in central Illinois, not far from Tuscola.

Perhaps this run-through arrangement was a way for the Southern to make it to Chicago—they really should have snapped up the Monon prior to the L&N getting that road in 1971.

That lead unit, as SD35, was built for the Central of Georgia in 1966. It's interesting to note that the Southern purchased all their locomotives with high-short-hoods and tended to run long-hood forward, but not always. I always loved this idiosyncrasy with the Southern Railway as well as the Norfolk & Western.

Two image by Richard Koenig; taken November 20th 1976.

[20th-century-railroading]

C&EI locomotive, engine number 1015, engine type 4-6-2 Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: St. Louis, Mo, October 25, 1929.

[aryburn-trains]

Villa Grove–Thebes overnight train

Villa Grove–Thebes train 123, with cars from Chicago, at Marion, Ill., 1935.

[pyro-hairedguy]

Coal Drag

Atlas locomotives are pretty good

[cheatsylu]

For a request, LU triple threat? I bet they’d be so cute in that style!

NOOOOOO don't use your canonically accurate strength Wild!!

[justcallme-ange]

What will a reunion between papa XD and Dream look like? Pardon me for I am utterly obsessed with them ueueueue

Hey, it just means I get to talk more about my boys!! Ask away ^^ It takes a long time, Dream is an adult by the time they meet again.

Dream was worried his papa wouldn't recognize him, or be mad that he disappeared, or disappointed it took him this long to reach the End.

Exdee actually needed a moment to recognize his boy, it had been so long since they'd been face to face, and Dream is no longer a child. He'd imagined this moment countless times throughout the years - but reality still took him by surprise.

He's tall, almost as tall as Exdee in his human form, with broad shoulders and sun-bleached hair. They look almost identical to each other, and yet the person standing before him is so different.

It's all good though, the moment the mask comes off, there's no doubt this is his little boy. He's a little scarred, and there are lines under his eyes but it's him. Exdee loved his son the moment he created him, rooted for him from afar, and continued to love him even worlds apart.

The Void God is just happy he can hold his son again.

[spaciebabie]

im ill.

[syndicatedsystem]

*points at you*

Silly

silly (if you put smth in my ask box im getting to it dw :^) )

[akkivee]

in one of his radios, sasara offhandedly mentioned that whenever he’s up for a drink, without fail rei accepts his invite and it was to the point sasara wondered if rei had nothing ever going on lmao but rei trying to find happiness in a bottle is so 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[dick-chugger]

Oon siis tässä lähiaikoina miättiny mun vaihtoehtoja asevelvollisuuden suhteen ja ne on käytännössä:

Armeija (Ei tuu tapahtuun)

Sivari (En halua)

C-paperit (En voi päättää asiasta)

Vankila (Ei myöskään kauheen houkutteleva)

Paska maa.

[muckyschmuck]

cool dogs bro

[railwayhistorical]

The MoPac at Tuscola

To follow up on the previous two posts—another couple of train movements in Tuscola, Illinois, taken the same day.

Here we see both southbound and northbound trains, taken some time apart. The trains are on the former C&EI and are approaching the crossing with the Illinois Central and the B&O at TY Tower. The Union Pacific would get this line just five years later.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken September 24th 1977.

[20th-century-railroading]

Chicago & Eastern Illinois GP35 #272 leads a northbound freight out of Granite City, Illinois on May 1, 1964.

[aryburn-trains]

Dearborn St. Station, Chicago, 12AUG'68

The Orland Park local has disappeared for its former Wabash commuter territory, while that Santa Fe RS1 switches passenger cars on left. The MoPac/C&EI E7 (28) departs with the "Danville Flyer", and the C&WI RS1 remains by the freight house with its caboose. Already the fresh blue on the E7 is marred by evidence of "mud pumps" along the way to and from Danville.

[bugflies00]

Thisbis why i think cwil would make a great orpheus but i think ctommy would too… if you remove the romance bc sorry ctommy shipping will never be my cup of tea. but the idealism and the aggressive hope and the pushing back against the most feared authority for even a chance to fight for a loved one who everyone told you abandoned you? disregarding everyone telling you its not meant to be and never giving up on people, even the one who has your fate in his hands? youre telling me thats not fucking ctommy .

[disposal-blueeee]

from this thing on twt