Between Chicago and Aurora, trains use the three track Chicago Subdivision. Metra trains diverge from the main line at West Eola, but the spur serving the Aurora Metra station parallels the main line. Aurora is the junction with the former Burlington route west to Savanna, and northwest to La Crosse and Minneapolis. Amtrak trains proceed over this line, southwest to Galesburg.
Radio Frequency - 161.385 (AAR Channel 85)
41.0 Montgomery (junction-Illinois Railnet)
45.5 Bristol
51.5 Plano
55.9 Sandwich
59.2 Somonauk
65.3 Leland
72.1 Earlville
72.5 UP Crossing
77.4 Meriden
80.5 Electrics
82.1 First Avenue
82.6 Mendota
83.1 West Mendota
91.4 Arlington
95.3 Zearing
98.4 Malden
104.2 Princeton
110.7 Wyanet
116.6 Buda
123.0 Neponset
129.5 East Kewanee
131.1 Kewanee
133.3 West Kewanee
139.3 Galva
146.7 Altona
150.8 Oneida
155.1 Wataga
161.9 C Plant
162.2 B Plant
162.4 Galesburg
2 tracks, CTC in use, controlled by Main Line Dispatcher in Fort Worth, Texas.
Information is subject to change, and is based on observations, along with information from employee timetables.
The following colors are used to indicate types of operation:
BLUE - manual interlocking
RED - centralized traffic control (CTC) or bidirectional signals
GREEN - automatic block signals
BLACK - unsignaled
Thin lines across tracks indicate signals. In CTC or bidirectional signal territory, signals usually exist for both directions at all locations, except at interlockings where the signals usually are only in the direction entering the interlocking.
