RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

CANADIAN NATIONAL

Rantoul Line

FORMERLY Illinois Central Railroad
(Rantoul District)
CONSTRUCTED 1876-1879 by Havana Rantoul & Eastern Railroad
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: "Irregular Service"/early 1940's
ABANDONED 1936 (Hedrick-West Lebanon)
ABANDONED 1943 (Potomac-Hedrick)
ABANDONED 1982 (Rantoul-Potomac)
ABANDONED around early 1980's (Le Roy-Dewey)

Originally narrow gauge, converted to standard gauge after acquisition by Illinois Central in 1887.

Radio Frequency - 161.190 (AAR Channel 72)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is northward from Le Roy to West Lebanon
Distance is from Le Roy

ITALICS INDICATE ABANDONED SEGMENTS

0.0 Le Roy
6.3 Sabina
9.3 Glenavon
12.4 Laurette
17.3 Lotus (Wabash crossing)
19.0 Dickerson
22.9 Fisher
26.3 Dewey
29.1 Tomlinson
30.0 Prospect
33.4 Rantoul (junction)
37.3 Dillsburg
40.4 Gifford
44.3 Penfield
48.0 Armstrong
52.1 Potomac
57.6 Henning
59.6 Rayville
62.3 Alvin
66.4 Thomas
68.4 Hedrick
74.7 West Lebanon

1 track, unsignaled.

CN Dispatcher Desk #2 located in Homewood.