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Villa Grove Subdivision

Former Chicago and Eastern Illinois main line, later Missouri Pacific. Between 81st Street and Dolton, line was originally part of Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad. CSX has trackage rights as far south as Woodland Jct. South of Woodland Jct., CSX has its own line south to Evansville. This CSX line was part of C&EI until 1969, when the line was ordered sold to Louisville and Nashville as a condition of Missouri Pacific's acquisition of C&EI. Missouri Pacific retained the line southwest of Woodland Jct. through Villa Grove. Louisville and Nashville eventually became part of CSX, and CSX has joint ownership of the line north of Woodland Jct. Amtrak's "Cardinal" uses this route as far south as Thornton Jct., route south of there has been freight only since Amtrak's formation in 1971.

Radio Frequency - 160.410 (AAR Channel 20)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is southward from 81st Street to Villa Grove
Distance is from Chicago

9.0 81st Street (junction-BRC/NS)
10.1 Oakdale-CP (CRL crossing)
16.7 Dolton Jct. (tower-CSX/IHB crossing)
17.2 144th Street
17.6 145th Street
18.0 Yard Center
18.1 Sibley Blvd.
19.4 159th Street
19.8 162nd Street
20.1 Thornton Jct. (junction-CN/GTW)
21.7 Thornton
25.9 Twelfth Street
27.0 Jay (EJ&E crossing/remote-EJ&E dispatcher)
27.8 Chicago Heights
27.9 Sauk Trail
28.8 Steger
35.8 Beecher
44.7 Grant Park
49.7 Pence (NS crossing)
49.9 Momence
60.1 St. Anne (KB&S crossing)
67.7 Martinton
71.5 Pittwood
73.7 Ben
77.5 Watseka (TP&W crossing)
79.6 Coaler
82.4 Woodland Jct. (CSX junction)
87.5 Bryce
92.9 Goodwine
96.1 Fountain Creek
103.4 Reilly
106.7 Ellis
116.5 Dailey
120.0 Royal
125.9 Glover (NS crossing)
134.2 Block
140.0 Bongard
144.6 Villa Grove

81st Street to Beecher - 2 tracks, CTC in use.

Beecher to Ben - 2 tracks, signalled for normal right hand operation.

Ben to Woodland Jct. - 2 tracks, CTC in use.

Woodland Jct. to Villa Grove - 1 track, CTC in use.

CTC controlled by Villa Grove Subdivision Dispatcher, Omaha.

TRACK DIAGRAM

All Villa Grove Subdivision 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.