RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION
UNION PACIFIC
Mt. Vernon Subdivision (C&EI)
FORMERLY Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
(C&EI Salem Subdivision)
CONSTRUCTED 1896 by Chicago Paducah & Memphis Railroad
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1962
CTC installed 1970's
Radio Frequency - 160.410 (AAR Channel 20)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is southward from Salem to Benton Jct.
Distance is from Chicago
252.1 Salem Yard
253.8 Salem
254.1 CSX Crossing
263.3 Kell
275.7 Mt. Vernon
276.2 NS/CSX Crossing
279.0 Bakerville
287.2 Ina
298.0 Benton
298.2 Benton Jct.
1 track, CTC in use.
Past and present towers and interlockings.