RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION
UNION PACIFIC
Mt. Vernon Subdivision (MP)
FORMERLY Missouri Pacific Railroad
CONSTRUCTED 1905 by Wabash Southern Railway (Benton-Zeigler)
CONSTRUCTED 1901 by East & West Illinois Railway (Zeigler-Gorham)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: late 1920's (Benton-Bush)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: late 1940's/motor train (Bush-Gorham)
CTC installed 1970's
Radio Frequency - 160.410 (AAR Channel 20)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is southward from Benton Jct. to Gorham
Distance is from Chicago
298.2 Benton Jct.
306.1 Zeigler (BNSF Crossing)
308.4 Zeigler
310.7 Weir
312.9 Royalton Jct.
315.0 Bush
320.5 De Soto
324.6 Murphysboro
335.6 Grimsby
339.1 Chap
----- Gorham
1 track, CTC in use.
Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.