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by Tsidephotos476
Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:46 pm
Forum: Illinois Talk
Topic: busiest freight route into chicago
Replies: 30
Views: 32647

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.
by Tsidephotos476
Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:04 pm
Forum: Illinois Talk
Topic: busiest freight route into chicago
Replies: 30
Views: 32647

Re: busiest freight route into chicago

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. Yard in Elmhurst? Is there something near Elmhurst besides Metra's yard/facility? Yeah, UP has a small yard as the Milwau...
by Tsidephotos476
Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:49 pm
Forum: Ohio Talk
Topic: trains along the CSX toledo branch
Replies: 22
Views: 25482

Re: trains along the CSX toledo branch

I go to BG, here is the updated train list and Approximate arrival times. Q131: 1 am - 3 am normally. "Never caught yet" Q132-1/Q132-2: This is always random. Could show up at midnight, seen it at 10 am, seen it at 5pm, seen it at 8pm. They are both all the way from Salem IL, so there always is a hi...
by Tsidephotos476
Fri Oct 06, 2017 12:43 pm
Forum: Illinois Talk
Topic: busiest freight route into chicago
Replies: 30
Views: 32647

Re: busiest freight route into chicago

My experience with nearby freight service that's good. BNSF racetrack: good on weekday evenings, once the metra rush is over, they often push a bunch of freights down the line. Weekends have decent amount of freights, I'd go in the afternoon to evening as that's when I've had the most luck. BNSF sou...
by Tsidephotos476
Fri Sep 08, 2017 9:59 am
Forum: Illinois Talk
Topic: New locomotives will cut Amtrak travel time from Chicago...
Replies: 4
Views: 8781

Re: New locomotives will cut Amtrak travel time from Chicago

Do they take the Rock and get on the UP Joliet sub to st Louis or do they take the Heritage Corridor "CN Joliet sub" and then continue. Or do they take a completely different route now.
by Tsidephotos476
Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:39 am
Forum: Illinois Talk
Topic: Peoria
Replies: 60
Views: 87711

Re: Peoria

Peoria also has Iowa Interstate's Peoria sub. It appears to not really be to busy, it runs pass one of the cross country courses that I ran at in High school. Out of the 5 times I've been here, I saw two freights, one at 7:00 lead by two Union Pacific Dash-9s "Ironically this was the first train I s...
by Tsidephotos476
Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:37 pm
Forum: Illinois Talk
Topic: Heritage Corridor freight service
Replies: 0
Views: 5685

Heritage Corridor freight service

The Heritage corridor, also known as CN's Joliet sub, is a run from Chicago to Joliet that is owned by Canadian National, though the trackage continuous, beyond Joliet is owned by Union Pacific and continues all the way to St. Louis. I mainly want to use this thread to talk about if any of you know ...
by Tsidephotos476
Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:31 pm
Forum: Ohio Talk
Topic: Toledo Branch line
Replies: 1
Views: 4557

Toledo Branch line

The Toledo Branch line was originally owned by the "western branch of the T&OC and then owned by NYC, PC, then CR. CSX didn't acquire it until the 1999 merger." - Thanks Brett, it is now owned by CSX railroad. The line still sees daily action from trains heading to and from Toledo. On average about ...