RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION
BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE
Chillicothe Subdivision
FORMERLY Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe)
(Illinois Division/1st District)
CONSTRUCTED 1876 by Chicago Pekin & Southwestern Railroad (Pequot-Ancona)
CONSTRUCTED 1877-1888 by Chicago Santa Fe & California Railway (Ancona-Chillicothe)
DOUBLE TRACK constructed 1905-1911
AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL installed 1925/bidirectional signaling
CTC installed around 1957
AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL deactivated 1970
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: Southwest Chief (Amtrak)/1996
In 1996, after the BNSF merger, Amtrak service was switched to the former Burlington main line between Chicago and Galesburg.
Radio Frequency - 160.650 (AAR Channel 36)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is westward from Pequot to Chillicothe
Distance is from Chicago
57.1 Pequot
58.2 Coal City
66.1 Mazon
70.8 Verona
74.8 Kinsman
79.8 Ransom
84.4 Kernan
88.7 Streator Yard
89.8 NS Crossing
90.1 Streator
91.5 CP 915
93.9 Moon
95.6 Ancona
102.1 Leeds
110.0 Toluca
119.5 Wilbern
129.1 East Chillicothe
130.5 Chillicothe
2 tracks, CTC in use, controlled by DS25 Dispatcher in Fort Worth, Texas.
TRACK DIAGRAM
Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.
Past and present towers and interlockings.