Kankakee Railroad Museum, Part 1
Tour of the Kankakee Railroad Museum, located in the historic Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Kankakee, Illinois
Kankakee Illinois in 1937
This film of Kankakee in 1937 was shown on Kankakee Valley Prime Time, hosted by James Riordan and Jaymie Simmon. The third voice on the film is believed to be Bill Dyon. If you know where more of the film can be obtained, please email Steve Bertrand at sbertrand@lions-online.org.
Kankakee Railroad Museum , Part 2
Did you know an electric trolley used to run down the main streets in Kankakee? Learn the fascinating history of electric trolleys in Kankakee! Thanks to the Kankakee Railroad Museum for the great tour!
Kankakee, Illinois
Driving through downtown and near downtown Kankakee
Illinois Adventure #1404 Kankakee County Museum
The Kankakee County Museum complex is located at 801 South Eighth Avenue in Kankakee, Illinois. The Museum Complex includes: the Main Museum Building containing seven permanent and temporary exhibit galleries, the Museum Store, the Museum's Archival Research Library, and the Museum's offices and support facilities; the historic 1855 Dr. A.L. Small House; the 1904 Taylor One-Room School House; and the Museum's Column Garden and Outdoor Exhibit Area
Canadian National & Amtrak in Kankakee, Illinois, 20.04.11
Kankakee, Illinois was once a major railroad hub where the Illinois Central, New York Central's Big Four line and NYC's Kankakee Belt Line-- now all owned by Canadian National, Norfolk Southern and Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern, respectively-- crossed and met. All the lines are still here, but have been single-tracked and traffic has dropped off considerably. Now, the largest player here is CN, which has a yard just north of the historic station here, and runs about 40 trains a day on their ex-IC. NS and BNSF use the old NYC line, and KB&S runs one or two trains a day on the old Big Four. Amtrak has 6 trains a day that stop here, including the City of New Orleans, which I spotted here, over 6 hours late due to tornado weather further south.
To start, Amtrak's northbound train #390, the Saluki, is two hours late (also due to the nasty weather downstate) as it departs Kankakee. It departs northbound, pushed by P42DC #26, and crosses NS's Kankakee Belt by the old IC signal bridge.
Next, CN local power that had been waiting in a siding south of the station heads back north to the yard. CN/IC GP38-2 #9619 and Grand Trunk GP38-2 #4934 roll by the station and its small railroad museum on the single track.
Later that afternoon, Amtrak's northbound City of New Orleans is over 6 hours late as it arrives and departs Kankakee, with P42DC #94 leading the standard consist for the train, north to Chicago Union Station. Unfortunately, I was eating lunch at a restaurant downtown as a CN stack train came through southbound just minutes earlier...
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[Wikipedia] Riverview Historic District (Kankakee, Illinois)
The Riverview Historic District is a historic district in Kankakee, Illinois, United States. The 78.2-acre (31.6 ha) area around the Kankakee River is the oldest intact residential neighborhood in the city. It was originally settled by Emory Cobb, who used the land as pasture before deciding to erect a resort hotel. After the hotel burned down, the property was subdivided. The district includes 118 contributing buildings, including two Frank Lloyd Wright houses.
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Amtrak 390 with Heritage Sleeper in Kankakee
NB Illinois Central/NS at Kankakee, IL
5/31/2014
These Are Not Normal - Kankakee IL
8/02/13
Wright in Kankakee
A short score excerpt from the documentary An American Home: Frank Lloyd Wright’s B. Harley Bradley House. Tyler Traband's original soundtrack is available digitally now on Lakeshore Records and all major online music retailers.
The History of Kankakee County
This is my Cinematography final. Nothing flashy, just the history of Kanakee County along with views of the local area. This film was narrated by me and is copyrighted by Media Lab Entertianment (My production company). If you have any questons email me or go to and I'll be more than happy to help.
Freight Train Kankakee Illinois
Went down to the Amtrak station to watch for trains while I waited
for the return of the troops. This freight was the first train I saw.
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Illinois Rails Series Episode#1 Kankakee IL
This is the start of my Illinois Rails Series. I hope you like it!
Kankakee Illinois 1869 Panoramic Bird's Eye View Map 6618
Panoramic Maps, also known as Bird's Eye View, aerial view, or perspective maps. These were a popular form of art at the turn of the 20th century depicting a city's key points of interest.
Unlike traditional maps, Panoramic maps often highlighted the commercial aspects of a town, while also clearly showing many local residences.
I've had a lot fun looking up places I've been to on these maps -- and I've gotta say - It's amazing just how much things change -- and also how much things stay the same.
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A drive down Maple Street in Kankakee
East & North side of the block.
Railfanning in Dwight, Kankakee, and Momence, IL w/ IC SD70, GTW GP9R/GP38-2 + more 12/17/17
I had decided to head out to the far southern reaches of the Chicago region for some railfanning. In particular the CN Chicago sub (ex IC main) in Kankakee and the CSX/UP joint line in Momence. While on the way to Kankakee I saw headlights on the UP Joliet sub in Dwight, IL so I stopped and caught two trains there. Once I got to Kankakee, I did see a few including a IC SD70 leading a stack train and former GTW GP38-2/GP9R (CN paint leading the local). I also got footage of the local train museum. Then I got three in Momence, IL on the CSX/UP joint line with a northbound led by UP C44-9W. enjoy and don't forget to comment and subscribe!!!!
Dwight, IL Amtrak station
0:00 A northbound Union Pacific intermodal train led by 2 SD70ACes, and a tier 4 Gevo, passes through Dwight, IL.
1:50 A southbound Union Pacific mixed manifest led by UP 4600 (SD70M built 4/2001), 4263 (SD70M built 11/2000), 9634 (C44-9W built 11/1994), and KCS 4617 (AC44CW built 12/1999), passes through Dwight, IL.
Kankakee, IL Amtrak station CN Chicago sub
7:04 A northbound CN stack train led by IC 1033 (SD70 built 1999) and CN 5298 (SD40-2W built 1978), passes through Kankakee, IL.
9:40 A northbound CN mixed manifest led by a CN C44-9W, 2265 (ES44DC built 10/2002), and 5478 (SD60 built 12/1986), passes through Kankakee, IL.
11:16 The southbound Amtrak Saluki led by IDTX 4615 (Siemens Charger SC-44 built 2017), stops at the Kankakee Amtrak station before heading south towards Champaign/Urbana and Carbondale.
12:00 A southbound CN oil train led by CN 3042 (ET44AC built 2016), 3116 (ET44AC built 2016), and 2942 (ES44AC built 2014 DPU), passes through Kankakee, IL.
16:14 A view of the old Kankakee Illinois Central Depot. The museum is on the right while the far left is the Amtrak station, and the middle is used as a banquet hall.
16:25 A IC passenger/diner car and Union Pacific caboose on display owned by the museum.
17:17 The Kankakee local led by CN (GTW) 5854 (ex CRI&P GP38-2 built 11/1978) and CN (GTW) 4633 (GP9R built 6/1956), passes through Kankakee, IL.
18:41 Another look at the Kankakee, IL Depot, plus the museum that had plenty of model railroad layouts and a IC passenger/diner car and Union Pacific Caboose.
25:27 A northbound CN coal train led by CN 3047 (ET44AC built 2016) and 2938 (ES44AC built 2015) passes through Kankakee, IL.
CSX/UP joint line Momence, IL
28:46 A northbound Union Pacific stack train led by UP 7287 (AC44CW built ?), 4363 (SD70M built 4/2001), 6780 (AC44CW built ?), and 7849 (AC45CCTE built 3/2008), passes through Momence, IL.
31:20 A northbound Union Pacific mixed manifest led by UP 3784 (SD70M built 5/2004) and NS 9514 (C44-9W built ?), passes through Momence, IL.
33:49 A northbound Union Pacific coal train led by UP 9626 (C44-9W built 10/1994), 4513 (SD70M built 11/2001), 4620 (SD70M built ?), 7193 (AC44CW built ?), and 8181 (ES44AC-H built 2014), passes through Momence, IL
Driving to work from kankakee to Bourbonnais
this might be interesting to someone that moved out of the area 20-30 years ago to see how it has changed.
Wabash Railroad Bridge over Kankakee River, Wesley Township
Built in 1902, this bridge carried the Wabash Cannonball and other Wabash trains and now carries the Wauponsee Glacial Trail
Kankakee Area Photos from 6/23/15
A video collage of photos taken from the air (by the Kankakee County Sheriff's Office) on 6/23/15 (the morning after a significant storm struck the Kankakee County area). The video shows some of the damage done in the area, predominately around the Kankakee River.