Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Gilman Amtrak station is a train station in Gilman, Illinois, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The stop is on their Chicago to Carbondale, Illinois route. Gilman was the point where the former Illinois Central Railroad mainline split to St. Louis, with the main line continuing south towards New Orleans, Louisiana. Both lines are now owned by Canadian National Railway.