The Video Room

Ghost Hunting The Railroads Of Carbondale

     This video was produced for the Station Carbondale Museum in conjunction with the DVD “Carbondale, The Railroad And The Old Depot.”  Come along as we visit many of the locations mentioned in that DVD as they are today.

 

A Look Back At The Illinois Central

The following videos look back at the Illinois Central Railroad when it was known as “The Mainline of Mid-America!”

This video shows scenes in Carbondale filmed in 1938.

This video shows scenes of steam locomotives in Carbondale and Centralia, filmed in the late fifties.

This video shows scenes of the Illinois Central in the late sixties, filmed around the Champaign area.

This video features scenes of the Illinois Central in southern Illinois, including Carbondale and Cairo, in 1970.

The scenes in this video were shot on a cold day in 1991 along the Edgewood Cutoff.

Here’s another look at the Illinois Central in 1991, shot between Carbondale, DeSoto and DuQuoin.

The scenes in this video were shot around DuQuoin on April 6, 1991.