RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

NORFOLK SOUTHERN

Kankakee Branch

FORMERLY New York Central Railroad (Chicago Indiana & Southern Railroad)
CONSTRUCTED 1881 by Indiana Illinois & Iowa Railroad
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1940/mixed train since 1938/motor train since 1930 (east of Kankakee)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1933/mixed train since 1930 (west of Kankakee)
NOT INCLUDED IN CONRAIL 1976 (Hennepin-Zearing)

Line previously connected with the New York Central main line in South Bend, and formed a bypass around Chicago. East end of line now is a NIPSCO power plant.

Radio Frequency - 160.800 (AAR Channel 46)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is westward from Schneider to Zearing
Distance is from South Bend

ITALICS INDICATE ABANDONED SEGMENTS

78.6 CP Schneider
82.7 State Line (IN-IL)
86.9 Delmar
89.6 CP MJ (UP crossing/remote-UP dispatcher)
90.1 Momence
95.8 Exline
100.2 Hobbie Yard
101.0 KX (CN crossing/remote-CN dispatcher)
103.5 Kankakee Yard
104.3 Greenwich
107.8 Lehigh
109.1 Huber
111.2 Goodrich
115.9 Union Hill
121.4 Reddick
124.4 Blair
130.1 Dwight (UP crossing/remote-UP dispatcher)
135.8 Sunbury
140.7 Budd
147.0 Missal
150.6 Streator Jct.
152.4 Streator (BNSF crossing/remote-BNSF dispatcher)
157.1 Altmar
162.1 Milla
165.7 Lostant
170.0 Priscilla
174.7 McNabb
180.6 Granville
184.5 Hennepin
184.9 Moronts
187.4 Illinois River (drawbridge)
188.1 Depue Jct.
188.3 Howe
191.5 Seatonville
194.3 NYC Jct. (junction-CB&Q)

1 track, unsignaled, controlled by Kankakee Dispatcher in Dearborn, MI.


LOST STATIONS

Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.

INTERLOCKING TOWERS

Past and present towers and interlockings.