COER Boxcars Single Plug Door CRAB ORCHARD & EGYPTIAN Railroad Southern Illinois, Freight Train Box Car Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad IL.

COER 171617 Boxcar Single Plug Door 

CRAB ORCHARD & EGYPTIAN Railroad Southern Illinois, 

Freight Train Rail Box Car Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad IL.

COER 171670 Boxcar Single Plug Door 

CRAB ORCHARD & EGYPTIAN Railroad Southern Illinois, 

Box Car Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad IL.

COER 171703 Boxcar Single Plug Door CRAB ORCHARD & EGYPTIAN Railroad Southern Illinois, Freight Train Rail Box Car Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad IL.

COER 171704 Boxcar Single Plug Door 

CRAB ORCHARD & EGYPTIAN Railroad Southern Illinois, 

Box Car Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad IL.

COER 171710 Boxcar Single Plug Door
CRAB ORCHARD & EGYPTIAN Railroad Southern Illinois,
Freight Train Rail Box Car Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad IL.

COER 171690 Boxcar Double Plug Door
CRAB ORCHARD & EGYPTIAN Railroad Southern Illinois,
Box Car Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad IL.

COER 875081 Centerbeam Lumber Wood Railcar
CRAB ORCHARD & EGYPTIAN Railroad Southern Illinois,
Rail Car Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad IL. Short Line Railway

COER Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad

Southern Illinois

COER CRAB ORCHARD and EGYPTIAN RAILROAD

514 N. Market Street

Marion IL. 62959

COER Railroad Marion Phone Number

618-993-5769

 The Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad (reporting mark COER) 

is a Class III common carrier shortline railroad 

that operates between the cities of Marion and Herrin in the Southern Illinois region.

The present-day shortline currently operates a total of 15 miles of track across the industrial centers of Williamson County in two separate railroad districts with a fleet of three diesel switcher engines.
One line being known as the "Marion District", which is the railroad's main working division with roughly 10 miles of track; and the other division being the "Herrin District", which mostly serves the city's manufacturing industries along a 5-mile stretch of track.
The railroad operates only a small workforce of five employees on the system.