RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

KANKAKEE BEAVERVILLE & SOUTHERN

Kankakee to Templeton

FORMERLY New York Central Railroad (Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Railway)
(Indiana Division/Main Line)
CONSTRUCTED 1872 by Cincinnati Lafayette & Chicago Railroad
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: James Whitcomb Riley (Amtrak)/1973
DOWNGRADED 1970's

Former New York Central "Big Four" route from Cincinnati to Kankakee, connecting with Illinois Central for access into Chicago. Without automatic signals, manual block signal rules enabled passenger trains to operate at respectable speeds. But in 1973, deteriorated track conditions on successor Penn Central Railroad forced Amtrak to discontinue this route in favor of alternate routes.

Radio Frequency - 160.215 (AAR Channel 07)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is eastward from Kankakee to Templeton
Distance is from Cincinnati

249.4 Kankakee (junction-CN)
248.2 Court St.
244.5 Aroma Park
238.3 St. Anne (UP crossing)
232.6 Beaverville
227.2 Donovan
225.3 Iroquois Jct. (junction)
223.1 Iroquois
219.0 Sheldon (TP&W crossing)
216.3 State Line (IL-IN)
213.9 Raub
211.2 Sheff (junction)
208.9 Earl Park
202.2 Fowler
196.6 Swanington
194.7 Atkinson
192.6 Templeton

1 track, unsignaled.

CLASSIC TRACK DIAGRAMS

Track diagram as main line segments existed until the 1970's, when through passenger trains still operated between Cincinnati and Kankakee and Chicago.

LOST STATIONS

Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.

INTERLOCKING TOWERS

Past and present towers and interlockings.