Springfield, IL: Railfanning Spots

Joseph Partain posted a question concerning good railfanning spots in Springfield, IL. I'm recording some of the answers for my reference.

Adam DeJaynes Most traffic converges at Hazel Dell on the south end of town. That's where the NS and UP operate a short section of joint track north to Iles. UP traffic is up substantially with their intermodal facility opening in Joliet. Plus they host 10 Amtrak trains daily. Further north, both roads are crossed by the former C&IM on the north end of town.

Alex Moon Hazel Dell and Isles are decent spots, KCS runs on Wednesdays, CN 3 times a week and IMRR usually has 1-2 coal trains a day plus the roadswitcher.

Todd Pearson Where is KCS coming from? Never seen them. Might have to pay attention
Alex Moon From the south, they run via NS to CN connection at Iles, work in Springfield for a couple hours then head back.
Eric Fromm Todd Pearson They come from Roodhouse. They interchange with the CN at Cockrell which is just southwest of SPI. They also go to SHOPS (IMRR) to interchange with IMRR.
Blake Dooley Todd, if you take the big curve at Hazel Dell going west you'll hit another CP called KC Junction. That's where they come from.

Adam DeJaynes KCS (former GWWR) and CN (former IC) also use that joint trackage but appearances are much less.

Blake Dooley Hazel Dell and Iles are the best spots in Springfield you are gonna get in terms of total traffic. Every railroad in Springfield with the exception of the I&M passes through those control points. Iles is the morning spot, and HD is the evening spot. Other cool photo locations are Shops Tower on North Grand and the abandoned CNW bridge that goes over the NS in Curran.

Kenneth Baker on the ne side of spfd theres the nsw that heads east through riverton the old it/ ic that runs to clinton il, on the north side is up/amtrak
to the nw , theres the i&m to havana il
up and nw exiting spfd to the so. and west to the so theres the i&m/ cn to cimic and eastward