ONLINE RAILFAN TIMETABLE

NORFOLK SOUTHERN

Kankakee Line (former Conrail)

Former New York Central line, extending south.

Radio Frequency - 160.800 (AAR Channel 46)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is westward from Indiana Harbor
Distance is from Indiana Harbor

3.8 CP Gibson (junction-IHB)
4.1 Osborn Jct.
4.8 Osborn (NS crossing)
7.2 CP Highland
9.2 Hays (CN crossing/remote-CN dispatcher)
10.3 Hartsdale
14.6 St. John (CSX crossing/automatic interlocking)
25.8 North Hayden
29.1 CP Belshaw
32.9 CP Schneider (junction-NS)

CP Gibson to Osborn - 2 tracks, CTC in use, controlled by IHB dispatcher.

Osborn to CP Highland - 2 tracks, signalled for normal right hand operation.

CP Highland to CP Schneider - 1 track, CTC in use, controlled by Kankakee Dispatcher in Dearborn, MI.

TRACK DIAGRAM

All 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.