busiest freight route into chicago
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Re: busiest freight route into chicago
Proviso makes sense. The Elmhurst facility is more west of Elmhurst. It's not a yard, it's where they park the trains between trips/weekends and such. There's one at the end of all the major Metra lines- the Milwaukee District NW is in Elgin, there's a small one in Harvard, and I believe there's one in/near Crystal Lake (UP NW). It's not a yard per say, but there are a lot of tracks next to the main line, like a yard would have...but different.
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Re: busiest freight route into chicago
Are you sure you're not thinking of Elburn?
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Re: busiest freight route into chicago
Elmhurst, Elburn, El Paso...lots of places start with 'El'.SD80MAC wrote:Are you sure you're not thinking of Elburn?
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Re: busiest freight route into chicago
I would go with NS Chicago Line. Close to 90 movements when you add CP and IHB trains, add another 16 for Amtraks. I can't account for UP or BNSF as my experience is minimal
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Re: busiest freight route into chicago
I've been watching live rail cams and looks like Coal City is has an active rail line. 60 to 80 trains a day and they move going though there. Mostly intermodal some mixed but rather active. Check it out on You tube.
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Yeah that's the BNSF Southern Transcon if I'm not mistakenheypal6878 wrote:I've been watching live rail cams and looks like Coal City is has an active rail line. 60 to 80 trains a day and they move going though there. Mostly intermodal some mixed but rather active. Check it out on You tube.
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Re: busiest freight route into chicago
Yes. Chillicothe Sub, former ATSF Transcon. It's busier now than it ever was during Santa Fe.heypal6878 wrote:I've been watching live rail cams and looks like Coal City is has an active rail line. 60 to 80 trains a day and they move going though there. Mostly intermodal some mixed but rather active. Check it out on You tube.
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And if anything, the NS Chicago Line is the busiest it's been in years. I'm averaging around 70 + or - a few a day EAST of Butler.
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Yeah my friend got 82 in 24 hours in Wauseon a few months back. It's hoppinTier4GEVO wrote:And if anything, the NS Chicago Line is the busiest it's been in years. I'm averaging around 70 + or - a few a day EAST of Butler.
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Re: busiest freight route into chicago
Yeah, UP has a small yard as the Milwaukee sub and the Geneva meet there in Elmhurst I believe. If you look from the station, you can see into the yard. I also found out the subdivisions name for CN. the Liethon sub.GreatLakesRailfan wrote:Yard in Elmhurst? Is there something near Elmhurst besides Metra's yard/facility?Tsidephotos476 wrote: UP's Geneva sub. Real good, every time I've went there has been lots of UP freights mainly I'd guess because of the intermodal terminal out in Rochelle and the yard in Elmhurst.
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Re: busiest freight route into chicago
Sorry my bad, the jurisdiction of Elmhurst ends and the yard is technically in Berkeley, though you can still see it from Elmhurst station.