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CN Chicago Subdivision, built and formerly owned by Illinois Central Railroad, is a section of railway from 16th Street Junction in Chicago to Kankakee and then to Leverett in Illinois, with a length of 122.6 miles (197.3 km). As a part of the ICRR Main Line from Chicago to New Orleans, this line connects Champaign Subdivision at its south end and Freeport Subdivision and St. Charles Air Line at its north end.[1][2] Previously, most south-bound trains came or left the Central Station through this line. Nowadays, this line is still busy; passenger services include 3 services of Metra Electric District, South Shore Line, and 3 pairs of Amtrak trains - the Illini, Saluki, and City of New Orleans; freight services are provided by freight trains going in and out of Homewood station.

Connection

16th Street Junction: through connection with Freeport Subdivision and St. Charles Air Line; at-grade crossing with Rock Island District.

1902 view of crossing, before grade separation
1912 view of crossing, after grade separation

Grand Crossing: crossing railline of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (nowadays Norfolk Southern Railway) under its viaduct. The nearby neighbourhood was named from this crossing.

Kensington/115th Street station: railline of Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad

Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

North Junction and South Junction: Flying junction with Elsdon Subdivision[3]

29.4 miles (47.3 km): railline of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway

55.2 miles (88.8 km): raillines of Norfolk Southern Railway and Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad

Gilman: railline of Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway

Accident

Greater Grand Crossing rail collision and 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash

Ref

  1. ^ Canadian National Railway. "CHICAGO SUBDIVISION" (PDF). Canadian National Railways Historical Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-02-15.
  2. ^ Canadian National Railways. "CHICAGO SUBDIVISION" (PDF). Canadian National Railways Historical Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-02-15.
  3. ^ Canadian National Railway. "ELSDON SUBDIVISION" (PDF). Canadian National Railways Historical Association.
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