RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION
NORFOLK SOUTHERN
Kankakee Line
FORMERLY New York Central Railroad (Chicago Indiana & Southern Railroad)
(Danville Branch)
CONSTRUCTED 1906
DOUBLE TRACK constructed 1905-1906 (Osborn-St. John)
ABS installed before 1912 (Osborn-Highland)
SINGLE TRACKED before 1970's (Highland-St. John)
CTC installed before 1982 (Highland-Schneider)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: Egyptian/1957
Radio Frequency - 161.055 (AAR Channel 63)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is westward from Osborn to Schneider
Distance is from Indiana Harbor
4.8 Osborn (NS crossing)
7.2 CP Highland
9.2 Hays (CN crossing/remote-CN dispatcher)
10.3 Hartsdale
14.6 St. John (CSX crossing/automatic interlocking)
25.8 North Hayden
29.1 CP Belshaw
32.9 CP Schneider (junction-NS)
Osborn to CP Highland - 2 tracks, signaled for normal right hand operation.
CP Highland to CP Schneider - 1 track, CTC in use, controlled by MB Dispatcher in Dearborn, MI.
TRACK DIAGRAM
Past and present towers and interlockings.