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6/9/2022.
Footage from a day on Canadian National's Fulton and Cairo Subdivisions (former Illinois Central mainline) around the greater Fulton, KY area.

While heading west to Kansas City, I spent the day trackside on this former Illinois Central mainline in western Tennessee/Kentucky. Known as the "Main Line of Mid-America," the Illinois Central main runs from Chicago, IL to New Orleans, LA via Fulton, KY and Memphis, TN. The line's staple long distance passenger train, the "City of New Orleans," still runs under Amtrak between Chicago and New Orleans. The line sees a couple dozen CN freights per day including various locals often using former Illinois Central 4-axle power.

Fulton is where the the mainline splits heading north. The Fulton Subdivision comes in from the south, and to the north, the Bluford Subdivision and Cairo Subdivision split off. Both subdivisions meet back up in Edgewood, IL. At the junction is CN's refueling pads for long distance freights. The West Tennessee Railroad also comes into Fulton from Jackson to the southeast, another former Illinois Central line.

In this video, CN freights are seen at Newbern and Rives, TN on the Fulton Sub, and near Crutchfield, KY on the Cairo Sub. Local switching in the yard at Fulton is also featured.