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Radio Frequency - 160.770 (AAR Channel 44)
Direction is westward from Chicago to Rondout
0.0 CHICAGO UNION STATION
0.5 Lake Street (interlocking/remote-Amtrak North Train Director)
1.2 Morgan Street (interlocking/remote-Tower A-2)
2.9 Tower A-2 (tower/UP crossing)
2.9 WESTERN AVENUE
3.2 Tower A-3 (remote-Tower A-2/east end coach yard)
4.1 Tower A-4 (remote-Tower A-5 Dispatcher/west end coach yard)
5.4 Tower A-5 (junction-Metra/remote-Tower A-5 Dispatcher)
5.7 Tower A-6 (remote-Tower A-5 Dispatcher)
6.4 HEALY
8.2 GRAYLAND (UP crossing/remote-Tower A-5 Dispatcher)
9.0 MAYFAIR (UP crossing/remote-CY)
10.2 FOREST GLEN
11.6 EDGEBROOK
14.3 MORTON GROVE
16.2 GOLF
17.4 GLENVIEW
18.8 GLEN/NORTH GLENVIEW
20.5 Tower A-20 (junction-CP)
21.1 NORTHBROOK
22.9 LAKE COOK ROAD
24.2 DEERFIELD
24.5 Deerfield West
27.8 Lake Forest East
28.3 LAKE FOREST
32.3 Rondout (CN crossing/junction-Metra)
3 tracks from Chicago to Tower A-5. CTC in use, controlled from Metra's Consolidated Control Facility, by Tower A-5 Dispatcher. During nights and weekends controlled by Metra Southwest Dispatcher. Manual interlocking at Tower A-2.
2 tracks from Tower A-5 to Rondout, CTC in use, controlled by CP Rail dispatcher in Minneapolis.
(Click for diagram of Chicago Union Station.)
Track diagram as the main line to Milwaukee existed around 1960, prior to the installation of CTC. CTC was installed between Tower A-5 and Rondout in 1980.