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===Track upgrades===
In July 2010, the state of Illinois and the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] reached an agreement under which track speeds between [[Dwight, Illinois|Dwight]] and [[Alton, Illinois|Alton]], Illinois were to be raised to as high as {{convert|110|mph|km/h|0}}.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 21, 2010|title=Union Pacific, Illinois strike agreement on fast trains|url=http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=7120&r=rss|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914170050/http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=7120&r=rss|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2012|access-date=December 8, 2021|publisher=Trains Magazine
On March 22, 2011, an announcement was made in Chicago that an additional $685 million would be used to upgrade trackage and grade crossings between Dwight and Lincoln. Construction on the improvement project began on April 5, 2011.<ref name="Bloomington Pantagraph">{{cite web|url=http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_0f8ed1c6-54d9-11e0-9df0-001cc4c002e0.html |title=Second phase of high-speed rail expected to begin April 5 |access-date=March 24, 2011 |date=March 22, 2011 |publisher=Bloomington Pantagraph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101335/http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_0f8ed1c6-54d9-11e0-9df0-001cc4c002e0.html |archive-date=December 24, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Upgrades included rebuilding the [[passing siding]]s so that the [[track spacing]] between the main track is increased from {{cvt|14|ft}} to {{cvt|20|ft}}.<ref name="Trains201702">{{cite magazine |issn=0041-0934 |magazine=[[Trains magazine]] |title=Choppy path to more speed: Work on Chicago-St. Louis 'Lincoln Service' route shows successes, challenges |id={{Gale|A474547827}} |first=Bob |last=Johnston |publication-date=February 2017 |volume=77 |number=2 |page=24}}</ref>
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