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BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE

Chillicothe Subdivision

Former Santa Fe main line. Main freight yard is Corwith Yard. Last passenger service was 1996, when Amtrak's "Southwest Chief" was switched to the former Burlington Northern line between Chicago and Galesburg. Although certain Amtrak trains between Chicago and St. Louis use this route between Joliet and Pequot.

Radio Frequency - 160.650 (AAR Channel 36)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is westward from Chicago to Chillicothe
Distance is from Chicago

4.6 NS Connection
5.9 Corwith (tower/IC crossing)
7.3 Nerska (BRC crossing/remote-BRC dispatcher)
12.9 McCook (IHB crossing/remote-IHB dispatcher)
14.4 Harbor
14.6 CP 146
15.1 CP 151
15.5 CP 155
17.0 Willow Springs
17.3 CP 173
17.6 CP 176
18.7 CP 187
23.0 Argonne
25.1 Lemont
29.3 Romeo
32.7 Lockport
36.2 Joliet Yard
37.5 Joliet Union Station (tower/Metra crossing)
41.5 Plaines
48.2 Drummond
52.8 Lorenzo
57.2 Pequot (junction-UP)
58.2 Coal City
66.1 Mazon
70.8 Verona
74.8 Kinsman
79.8 Ransom
84.4 Kernan
87.1 CP 871
89.8 NS Crossing
90.1 Streator
91.5 CP 915
95.8 Ancona
102.1 Leeds
109.9 Toluca
120.9 Wilbern
129.1 East Chillicothe
130.0 Chillicothe

NS Connection to Corwith - 2 tracks, unsignalled.

Corwith to Chillicothe - 2 tracks, CTC in use.

TRACK DIAGRAM

All main tracks are shown within the Chicago area, 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.