Chicago & Eastern Illinois passenger trains remembered

Chicago–Jacksonville, Fla., Dixie Limited at 21st Street, Chicago, 1947.
Donald Deneen

Chicago–Miami Dixie Flagler on South Side of Chicago, 1940s.
Paul Eilenberger

Chicago–Florida Dixieland (seasonal, January–April only) near Woodland, Ill.
C&EI

Pacific 1008, streamlined for Dixie Flagler, at Danville, Ill., shops, 1940.
C&EI

Cyprus, Ill.–Chicago Meadowlark at 63rd Street (“Little Englewood”), Chicago, April 1948.
John Proebsting

Postwar streamlined dining car.
C&EI

Sign at Dearborn Station train gate for Chicago–Evansville train 1, early 1950s.
Wallace W. Abbey

Pacific 1008 with Chicago–Florida Dixie Flagler departing Chicago on first run, Dec. 17, 1940.
C&EI

Pacific 1008 with Chicago–Evansville train 1 at Danville, Ill., March 30, 1948.
Union Switch & Signal

New Orleans–Chicago Humming Bird approaching Terre Haute, Ind., late 1940s.
Wayne P. Ellis

St. Louis–Chicago Cardinal departing St. Louis, Sept. 11, 1948.
Paul Gibbs

Villa Grove–Thebes train 123, with cars from Chicago, at Marion, Ill., 1935.
James A. Felts collection

Evansville–Chicago Whippoorwill at Danville, Ill., March 30, 1948.
Union Switch & Signal