- Former I.C. E8a #4034 was on the Amtrak roster in June, 1974. It is seen here being serviced next to the old coal towers.
- Amtrak E8a #436 passes the Dillinger grain elevators north of town on the southbound Shawnee from Chicago. Heading north is a freight train headed by GP38 #1776, specially painted by the I.C.G. for America’s Bicentennial.
- Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad #5 takes on coal next to the old coaling towers at Carbondale on September 23rd, 1978. She and her train were rented by Governor James Thompson to pull a campaign special from Cairo to DuQuoin the next day. Photo by Bill Wylde
- Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad 2-4-2 #5 passes through Carbondale while deadheading to Cairo to pull a campaign train for Illinois governor James Thompson the next day. The photo was taken on September 23rd, 1978.
- Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad 2-4-2 #5 passes through Carbondale while deadheading to Cairo to pull a campaign train for Illinois governor James Thompson the next day. The photo was taken on September 23rd, 1978.
- Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad 2-4-2 #5 passes through Carbondale while deadheading to Cairo to pull a campaign train for Illinois governor James Thompson the next day. The photo was taken on September 23rd, 1978.
- Heavy rains passing though the area have flooded the area between the freight station and the tracks as a southbound passes the St. Louis Division office in July, 1981.
- Another freight train poses with the division office in the background on June 19, 1984.
- Northbound symbol freight GS-2 passes the platforms at the current Amtrak station on November 3, 1984.
- Southbound local freight #93 is about to cross Boskydell Road south of Carbondale in March, 1985.
- On another day in March, 1985, a southbound freight approaches the Boskydell Road crossing.
- Rebuilt GP10 #8110 heads west toward Murphysboro at Little Crab Orchard Creek just west of Carbondale in May, 1985.