All aboard, The Saluki !!! — Gray Dawg shakes Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich's hand at Carbondale's Amtrak station during Monday's announcement of a third train — The Saluki — that will run between Carbondale and Chicago beginning Oct. 30. Other state and local officials joined Chancellor Walter V. Wendler (left) and SIU President Glenn Poshard in celebrating the announcement.

-- Photo by Russell Bailey, Media & Communication Resources