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935:Southern Illinois University
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1156:The Southern Illinoisan
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1094:Sanders, Craig (2006).
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206:Station code
172:Construction
1511:East Peoria
1492:Chillicothe
1455:Springfield
1330:Carlinville
1076:January 29,
804:May 9, 2002
466:Murphysboro
440:New Orleans
332:New Orleans
157:Connections
88: /
64:Coordinates
1595:Categories
1480:Belleville
1425:Naperville
1325:Carbondale
960:References
817:roundhouse
583:Carbondale
530:Carbondale
483:Carbondale
447:Main Line
274:Passengers
235:1854-07-04
193:Accessible
76:89°12′59″W
73:37°43′27″N
1440:Princeton
1400:La Grange
1365:Galesburg
1360:Effingham
1335:Centralia
1016:. Amtrak.
855:(renamed
821:bandstand
780:Architect
505:St. Louis
479:St. Louis
471:St. Louis
349:Centralia
124:Platforms
1549:Streator
1544:Rockford
1540:Monmouth
1521:Freeport
1514:Elmhurst
1390:Kankakee
1380:Homewood
1375:Glenview
1350:Du Quoin
1300:Illinois
1294:stations
987:June 30,
946:terrazzo
795:02000457
746:Location
587:Illinois
559:Location
528: –
497:Du Quoin
490:Terminus
481: –
382:Du Quoin
362:Terminus
299:Services
101:Owned by
50:Location
1570:Geneseo
1497:Decatur
1450:Rantoul
1435:Pontiac
1420:Mendota
1415:Mattoon
1405:Lincoln
1395:Kewanee
1345:Chicago
880:Shawnee
864:Shawnee
770: (
621:History
516:toward
503:toward
469:toward
458:Chicago
456:toward
438:toward
435:Makanda
387:Chicago
385:toward
354:Chicago
352:toward
330:toward
264: (
251: (
243:Rebuilt
233: (
220:History
177:Parking
116:Line(s)
1575:Moline
1554:Warren
1526:Galena
1517:Eureka
1476:Aurora
1460:Summit
1445:Quincy
1410:Macomb
1385:Joliet
1370:Gilman
1355:Dwight
1289:Amtrak
1205:7 June
1106:
981:Amtrak
906:mascot
902:Saluki
898:Saluki
894:Illini
890:Illini
885:Illini
847:Amtrak
596:Saluki
592:Illini
579:Amtrak
577:is an
453:DeSoto
374:Saluki
370:Illini
327:Fulton
317:Amtrak
225:Opened
210:Amtrak
135:Tracks
1483:Cairo
1430:Plano
1315:Alton
1070:(PDF)
1059:(PDF)
977:(PDF)
765:Built
513:Texas
1207:2022
1137:2018
1104:ISBN
1078:2014
989:2024
939:LEED
878:The
772:1903
768:1903
757:Area
594:and
526:Gale
518:Gale
372:and
266:1981
259:1981
253:1903
246:1903
1297:in
908:of
790:No.
214:CDL
196:Yes
188:Yes
180:Yes
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