RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

CANADIAN NATIONAL

Chicago Subdivision

FORMERLY Illinois Central Railroad CONSTRUCTED 1853 (Stuenkel-Kankakee)/1854 (Kankakee-Champaign)
DOUBLE TRACK constructed 1883 (Stuenkel-Kankakee)/1890 (Kankakee-Gilman)
DOUBLE TRACK constructed 1900-1902 (Gilman-Champaign)
ABS installed 1907 (Stuenkel-Kankakee)/1913-1916 (Kankakee-Champaign)
FOUR TRACKS constructed 1923 (Stuenkel-Monee)
THREE TRACKS constructed 1920-1923 (Monee-Otto)
COLOR LIGHT ABS installed 1922-1923 (Stuenkel-Otto)
COLOR LIGHT ABS installed 1924/bidirectional signaling (Otto-Gilman)
COLOR LIGHT ABS installed 1942 (Gilman-Champaign)
CTC installed 1951 (Otto-Gilman)
CTC installed 1964-1965 (Stuenkel-Kankakee)/segments of third and fourth track eliminated
CTC installed around 1990 (entire segment)/second track eliminated
PASSENGER SERVICE: Amtrak Carbondale Route

Radio Frequency - 160.920 (AAR Channel 54) (Stuenkel-Rane)
Dispatcher - 161.190 (AAR Channel 72) (Stuenkel-Rane)
Radio Frequency - 161.190 (AAR Channel 72) (Rane-Champaign)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is southward from Stuenkel to Champaign
Distance is from Chicago

31.6 Stuenkel (south end 2 tracks)
34.2 Monee
40.5 Peotone
46.7 Manteno
49.5 Indian Oaks (north end 2 tracks)
54.2 Bradley
55.3 Kankakee Jct. (NS crossing/south end 2 tracks)
55.9 Kankakee
57.5 Gar Creek (north end 2 tracks)
60.3 Otto
61.6 Rane (south end 2 tracks)
64.3 Chebanse
69.1 Clifton
73.1 Ashkum
77.4 Danforth
78.4 North Gilman
81.1 Gilman (TP&W crossing/north end 2 tracks)
84.6 Onarga
87.6 Delrey (south end 2 tracks)
93.2 Buckley
98.7 Loda
102.8 Paxton
108.3 Ludlow
113.8 Rantoul
118.8 Thomasboro
122.5 Leverett
124.1 Leverett Jct. (north end 2 tracks)
127.8 Champaign (NS crossing/south end 2 tracks)

1 track, CTC in use, controlled by Dispatcher Desk #2 in Homewood. Some segments of 2 tracks.

TRACK DIAGRAM

Classic Track Diagrams (1940's-1950's)

Classic Track Diagrams (1960's-1970's)

Track diagram as the line existed in earlier eras, when the line was still double track and part triple track.

INTERLOCKING TOWERS

Past and present towers and interlockings.