WI&I River Subdivision in 1993
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:00 pm
I had a little idea to go back and detail one of the more interesting pieces of railroad I've devised, which is the Western Illinois & Iowa's River Subdivision, connecting Evansville, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky. The line covers roughly 127 miles between the two cities, and at this time (1993) saw bridge traffic from Burlington Northern, Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific. Up until the BNSF merger and the UP's acquisition of SP, the east end of the WI&I saw lots of bridge traffic, but that traffic is gone today with the exception of some UP run-thru's on the Illinois Division.
The River Subdivision was also fairly unique, as it was littered with semaphores at the time. Any control point or intermediate that didn't have semaphores had US&S searchlights, as was the WI&I standard for many years. Below is a listing of all signals from west to east, followed by the train list as of June 1, 1993.
*Locations in bold denote semaphore signals*
*Locations with stars (*) denote hot box/dragging equipment detectors*
*Control points are marked with the "CP" indication*
--END SOUTHERN SUBDIVISON, BEGIN RIVER SUBDIVISION--
CP Wood – Milepost 127.1
Harvey – Milepost 125.6
Afton – Milepost 122.3
*Painesville – Milepost 119.8*
CP W.E. Hilliard – Milepost 117.9
CP E.E. Hilliard – Milepost 116.3
Curtis – Milepost 114.4
Umber – Milepost 112.6
Walter – Milepost 109.2
Oakwood – Milepost 105.9
*Harmarsville – Milepost 102.8*
Judd’s Landing – Milepost 100.5
Vandalia – Milepost 97.6
Holdton – Milepost 93.5
Nix – Milepost 90.2
CP BX Tower – Milepost 89.1
-Connection with CSX Blanchard Branch
Limeville - Milepost 88.5
CP W.E. BX Siding – Milepost 87.3
CP E.E. BX Siding – Milepost 85.1
Grovemount – Milepost 82.2
CP BA Tower – Milepost 79.3
-Diamond and connection with K&I
Acton – Milepost 76.0
Harper – Milepost 73.5
DJ Tower – Milepost 70.5
-Diamond and connection with BGS Millville District
CP W.E. Hartstown – Milepost 69.1
CP E.E. Hartstown – Milepost 67.9
CP HR Tower – Milepost 67.3
-Diamond and connection with BGS Hartstown Branch
Kirkland - Milepost 65.9
Rayburn - Milepost 64.7
CP W.E. Altamont – Milepost 63.8
CP E.E. Altamont – Milepost 61.2
*Carbon Curve – Milepost 58.2*
*Loudon – Milepost 54.5*
Wahlton – Milepost 50.3
*Quincy – Milepost 46.1*
*CP W.E. Harper – Milepost 44.7*
*CP E.E. Harper – Milepost 42.4*
Suffolk – Milepost 39.3
Riverview – Milepost 35.8
*South Jackson – Milepost 31.4*
Morris Sag – Milepost 27.2
*Franklin – Milepost 23.7*
CP W.E. Ashlie – Milepost 21.6
*CP E.E. Ashlie – Milepost 19.2*
Devard – Milepost 17.8
Farm - Milepost 14.9
*Vergo – Milepost 12.3*
*CP MO Tower – Milepost 11.6*
-Diamond with BGS Louisville District
Alexis – Milepost 8.1
CP Millard – Milepost 6.7
-West end of double track in Louisville
CP Oak Street – Milepost 4.4
CP CS Tower – Milepost 3.5
-Connection to CSX Louisville Cutoff, used for transfer traffic
Jonesboro - Milepost 2.3
CP Cooper – Milepost 1.0
--END RIVER SUBDIVISION, BEGIN ACKERVILLE YARD LIMITS—
At the time, the WI&I had yet to convert their system-wide symbol system to the numerical system they use today. Up until 1996, they used a lettering system very similar to Conrail.
--More to come when I have time--
The River Subdivision was also fairly unique, as it was littered with semaphores at the time. Any control point or intermediate that didn't have semaphores had US&S searchlights, as was the WI&I standard for many years. Below is a listing of all signals from west to east, followed by the train list as of June 1, 1993.
*Locations in bold denote semaphore signals*
*Locations with stars (*) denote hot box/dragging equipment detectors*
*Control points are marked with the "CP" indication*
--END SOUTHERN SUBDIVISON, BEGIN RIVER SUBDIVISION--
CP Wood – Milepost 127.1
Harvey – Milepost 125.6
Afton – Milepost 122.3
*Painesville – Milepost 119.8*
CP W.E. Hilliard – Milepost 117.9
CP E.E. Hilliard – Milepost 116.3
Curtis – Milepost 114.4
Umber – Milepost 112.6
Walter – Milepost 109.2
Oakwood – Milepost 105.9
*Harmarsville – Milepost 102.8*
Judd’s Landing – Milepost 100.5
Vandalia – Milepost 97.6
Holdton – Milepost 93.5
Nix – Milepost 90.2
CP BX Tower – Milepost 89.1
-Connection with CSX Blanchard Branch
Limeville - Milepost 88.5
CP W.E. BX Siding – Milepost 87.3
CP E.E. BX Siding – Milepost 85.1
Grovemount – Milepost 82.2
CP BA Tower – Milepost 79.3
-Diamond and connection with K&I
Acton – Milepost 76.0
Harper – Milepost 73.5
DJ Tower – Milepost 70.5
-Diamond and connection with BGS Millville District
CP W.E. Hartstown – Milepost 69.1
CP E.E. Hartstown – Milepost 67.9
CP HR Tower – Milepost 67.3
-Diamond and connection with BGS Hartstown Branch
Kirkland - Milepost 65.9
Rayburn - Milepost 64.7
CP W.E. Altamont – Milepost 63.8
CP E.E. Altamont – Milepost 61.2
*Carbon Curve – Milepost 58.2*
*Loudon – Milepost 54.5*
Wahlton – Milepost 50.3
*Quincy – Milepost 46.1*
*CP W.E. Harper – Milepost 44.7*
*CP E.E. Harper – Milepost 42.4*
Suffolk – Milepost 39.3
Riverview – Milepost 35.8
*South Jackson – Milepost 31.4*
Morris Sag – Milepost 27.2
*Franklin – Milepost 23.7*
CP W.E. Ashlie – Milepost 21.6
*CP E.E. Ashlie – Milepost 19.2*
Devard – Milepost 17.8
Farm - Milepost 14.9
*Vergo – Milepost 12.3*
*CP MO Tower – Milepost 11.6*
-Diamond with BGS Louisville District
Alexis – Milepost 8.1
CP Millard – Milepost 6.7
-West end of double track in Louisville
CP Oak Street – Milepost 4.4
CP CS Tower – Milepost 3.5
-Connection to CSX Louisville Cutoff, used for transfer traffic
Jonesboro - Milepost 2.3
CP Cooper – Milepost 1.0
--END RIVER SUBDIVISION, BEGIN ACKERVILLE YARD LIMITS—
At the time, the WI&I had yet to convert their system-wide symbol system to the numerical system they use today. Up until 1996, they used a lettering system very similar to Conrail.
--More to come when I have time--