ONLINE RAILFAN TIMETABLE
CSX TRANSPORTATION
Woodland Subdivision
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad originally operated south of Chicago to Woodland Jct., splitting into two main lines. One line continued directly south to Danville, Terre Haute, and Evansville, Indiana, while another line turned southwest towards St. Louis and southern Illinois. In 1969, Missouri Pacific was permitted to acquire the C&EI, with the condition that the line south to Evansville could become part of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The line north of Woodland Jct. would be jointly owned between the two railroads. Louisville and Nashville eventually became part of CSX, and Missouri Pacific eventually became part of Union Pacific. Union Pacific is the actual operator of the joint trackage north of Woodland Jct. Last regular passenger service was in 1971, discontinued with the formation of Amtrak.
Radio Frequency - 161.370 (AAR Channel 84)
Dispatcher - 161.520 (AAR Channel 94)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is southward from Chicago
Distance is from Chicago
82.6 Woodland Jct. (UP junction)
94.2 Wellington
99.2 Hoopeston
107.1 Rossville
120.0 R. A. Jct.
123.1 Danville (NS crossing)
1 track, CTC in use, controlled by CSX "SB" Dispatcher in Jacksonville, Florida..
Fort Wayne Line (former Conrail)
The original Pennsylvania Railroad main line, later downgraded by Conrail. Line previously extended west to Whiting and into Chicago, but cut back to connect with former Michigan Central line at Tolleston. Amtrak trains operated over this line until 1991, the discontinuance of trains over this route enabled Conrail to downgrade this line. Segment between Tolleston and Fort Wayne later acquired by Norfolk Southern, transferred to CSX when Conrail was divided between those two railroads.
Radio Frequency - 160.800 (AAR Channel 46)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is eastward from Chicago
Distance is from Pittsburgh
441.8 Tolleston
440.2 Broadway
439.9 Virginia Street
438.0 East Gary
437.4 Liverpool
434.6 Hobart
433.0 East Hobart
431.0 Wheeler
427.4 Spriggsboro
426.9 CN Crossing (remote-CN dispatcher)
424.2 Valparaiso
414.9 Wanatah
414.2 Ewing
408.8 Hanna (CSX Wabash Subdivision crossing/automatic interlocking)
398.7 Hamlet
383.8 Plymouth Jct. (NS crossing/automatic interlocking)
373.0 Bourbon
365.5 Atwood
363.0 Selby
361.0 Gayle
358.7 Warsaw (NS crossing/automatic interlocking)
357.0 Winona
350.0 Pierceton
346.5 Larwill
339.0 Columbia
332.5 Essex
328.0 Arcola
321.1 Junction (NS)
319.8 Fort Wayne
1 track, unsignalled
Wabash Subdivision
Segment from Wellsboro to La Crosse was previously a Pere Marquette Railway branch, formerly extending north of Wellsboro to connect with the former Pere Marquette main line at New Buffalo, Michigan. Segment from La Crosse through North Judson was part of the Chesapeake and Ohio main line between Chicago and Cincinnati. That main line previously extended northwest of La Crosse, connecting with the Erie Lackawanna in Hammond, and subsequently via the Chicago and Western Indiana to enter Chicago. After Conrail abandoned the Erie Lackawanna line in 1976, the then Chessie System did not want to assume responsibility for the Erie Lackawanna line, instead opting to operate Chicago-Cincinnati freight trains via what now is the Garrett Subdivision, and this ex-PM branch between Wellsboro and La Crosse. Amtrak's "James Whitcomb Riley", later the "Cardinal", also used this routing via Wellsboro. Beginning in 1986, most of the Chicago-Cincinnati line was abandoned or downgraded, with the Cardinal shifted to a new routing via Indianapolis.
Radio Frequency - 160.230 (AAR Channel 08)
Dispatcher - 160.290 (AAR Channel 12)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is eastward from Chicago
Distances are from from La Crosse and from Cincinnati
15.3 Wellsboro (junction-CSX Garrett Subdivision)
9.1 Hanna (CSX Fort Wayne Line crossing/automatic interlocking)
6.4 Thomaston (NS Crossing/remote-NS dispatcher)
0.5 La Crosse
222.6 La Crosse
213.4 North Judson
212.8 End of Track
1 track, Direct Traffic Control in use.
Controlled by CSX "BD" Dispatcher in Jacksonville, Florida.
Porter Branch (former Conrail)
The original Michigan Central main line, which had crossed the New York Central main line at Porter (CP 482). As New York Central acquired control of Michigan Central, MC trains eventually were all shifted to the NYC route west of Porter. And the MC route east of Porter became a route for NYC trains to reach the Indiana Harbor Belt. Proposals for this line are to reconfigure the trackage at Porter, enabling a direct connection with the former Pere Marquette Grand Rapids Subdivision, as part of the new post-Conrail CSX.
Radio Frequency - 160.230 (AAR Channel 08)
Dispatcher - 160.320 (AAR Channel 14)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is eastward from Chicago
Distance is from Detroit
259.5 Ivanhoe (EJ&E crossing/remote-IHB dispatcher)
255.1 Gary
249.9 East Gary
246.7 Willow Creek (CSX Garrett Subdivision crossing/junction)
243.5 CP 243
240.7 CP 482 (junction-NS)
Ivanhoe to CP 243 - 1 track. CP 243 to CP 482 - 2 tracks. CTC in use.
Controlled by CSX "RA" Dispatcher in Calumet City.
New Rock Subdivision
Former Rock Island main line west of Joliet, acquired after liquidation of the Rock Island.
Radio Frequency - 160.230 (AAR Channel 08)
Dispatcher - 160.290 (AAR Channel 12)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is westward from Chicago
Distance is from Chicago
40.2 Joliet-UD Tower
40.7 Bridge 407
43.5 Rockdale
51.1 Minooka
60.5 Morris
63.4 Stockdale
72.2 Seneca
75.9 East Marseilles
78.0 West Marseilles
84.5 Ottawa
84.9 BN Crossing
86.0 East Ottawa Yard
87.2 West Ottawa Yard
94.3 Utica
95.0 Iowa Interstate Connection
1 track, Direct Traffic Control in use.
Controlled by CSX "RB" Dispatcher in Calumet City.
TRACK DIAGRAM
All Porter Branch main tracks are shown, along with most switches within interlockings, and other tracks used by main line freight trains. Not shown are hand operated industrial switches.
Information is subject to change, and is based on information from the CORA (Chicago Operating Rules Association) guide dated 2001, along with some observations, and Google satellite imagery.
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 (single direction, current of traffic)
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.
