Must See: Illinois Central Locomotive Rescues a Broken Down Amtrak City of New Orleans

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About this video: After encountering mechanical issues with their lead locomotive on April 15, 2024, Amtrak train 58, the northbound “City of New Orleans,” needed to be rescued in order complete their journey to Chicago. Canadian National was able to provide one of their locomotives to power the disabled train, one that happened to still be wearing its original “Illinois Central” paint scheme (IC SD70 number 1027). I crossed paths with this train coming into Chicago on the east end of CN’s Freeport Subdivision before seeing it shove past the South Lumber street Railroad Crossing on its way into Union Station. About an hour later, the final shot seen in this video was taken of the famed train as the SD70 led the consist out of Union Station (past where I was located at the Rosevelt Road bridge) and into the Amtrak yard where it would be separated from the rest of the train and later returned to Canadian National.