Carlinville, Illinois

==Transportation==
[[Illinois Route 4]] passes north to south through Carlinville. Interstate 55 passes {{convert|12|mi}} east of the city.  [[Illinois Route 108]] passes through Carlinville connecting Interstate 55 to the east with [[Kampsville, Illinois|Kampsville]] to the west, where it crosses the [[Illinois River]] on a free, state-operated [[ferry]].

The [[Carlinville station|Carlinville Amtrak station]] is served directly by five daily trains, offering easy access south to [[St. Louis]] and north to Springfield and [[Chicago]]. One train is the ''[[Texas Eagle]]'' which connects Chicago to [[Texas]] and features sleeping cars, a dining car and a lounge.

Freight rail service is provided by the [[Union Pacific Railroad]], formerly the [[Gulf, Mobile and Ohio]], the [[Illinois Central Gulf]], the [[Chicago, Missouri and Western]], and the Southern Pacific Chicago - St. Louis Railways. The main line of the GM&O passed through Carlinville.

The [[Illinois Terminal Railroad]], an electric interurban to St. Louis from Springfield that once provided both freight and passenger service, passed down the middle of Carlinville's West Street. It was still operating freight trains on West Street to a nearby [[grain elevator]] into the 1970s. Its trestle crossing Goat Hollow south of Carlinville burned severing the line, which was then abandoned. A small portion of the line is used by Monterey Coal Co. mine to connect with the former [[Chicago and North Western Transportation Company]] L & M District, serving [[coal-fired power plants]].