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News Photos: Eclipse in Illinois

By Steve Smedley | April 8, 2024

Celestial phenomenon makes its mark

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Crescent sun during solar eclipse
As seen through a filter, a solar eclipse nears its maximum of 97.6% in Decatur, Ill., on April 8, 2024. Steve Smedley

DECATUR, Ill. — Decatur was not within the narrow 13-state path of totality for the solar eclipse today (April 8, 2024) but — as shown above, in an image taken just before totality — the community did not miss by much, experiencing a 97.6% partial eclipse. The effect of the eclipse is visible as a Norfolk Southern yard job works at Brush on theeEast side of the Decatur yards just after the maximum was achieved at 2:03 p.m.

— Watch Trains News Wire for additional eclipse coverage as it becomes available.

Train works in muted sunlight during eclipse
A Norfolk Southern yard job works in muted sunlight at Brush on the east side of the Decatur yard near the peak of Monday’s eclipse. Steve Smedley

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