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==Transportation== Transit service in the county is provided by [[SHOW Bus]], which operates a local bus route within Watseka. [[Amtrak]] provides intercity passenger rail service on the [[Illini and Saluki]] at [[Gilman station]]. [[Interstate 57]] passes through the west part of the county on its route between [[Champaign, Illinois|Champaign]] and [[Chicago]]. From north to south, it passes through or near Chebanse, Clifton, Ashkum, Danforth, Gilman, Onarga, Buckley, and Loda. The county is bisected by the east–west [[U.S. Route 24]], which passes through Gilman, Crescent City, the county seat of Watseka, and Sheldon. * [[File:I-57.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 57]] * [[File:US 45.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 45]] * [[File:US 52.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 52]] * [[File:Illinois 1.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 1]] * [[File:Illinois 49.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 49]] * [[File:Illinois 54.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 54]] * [[File:Illinois 116.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 116]] Several railroad lines pass through the county. The [[Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway]] operates a line that begins in [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]] and runs from east to west through Iroquois County, passing through Gilman and Watseka and continuing into Indiana. A [[Canadian National Railway]] line runs nearly parallel with Interstate 57 on its way to Chicago. A [[CSX Transportation]] line passes from north to south through the eastern part of the county; a [[Union Pacific]] line joins it south of Woodland. Further east, the [[Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad]] operates a north–south line.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.il.us/officialrailmap.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060503182852/http://www.dot.state.il.us/officialrailmap.pdf |archive-date=May 3, 2006 |url-status=live |title=Illinois Railroad Map |publisher=Illinois Department of Transportation |date=January 2006 |access-date=October 17, 2010 }}</ref>
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