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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Rondout, Illinois Tower to be closed March 7, 2015Date: 03/02/15 13:28 Rondout, Illinois Tower to be closed March 7, 2015 Author: wabash2800 http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,3678345
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/02/15 15:08 by wabash2800. Date: 03/02/15 13:56 Re: Rodout, Illinois Tower to be closed March 7, 2015 Author: 1 how many trains pass thur this jct per day?
Date: 03/02/15 14:09 Re: Rodout, Illinois Tower to be closed March 7, 2015 Author: inCHI 1 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > how many trains pass thur this jct per day? Freight - 15-20? Passenger: Amtrak: 7/8, and 5-6 round Hiawatha round trips. Metra: several dozen Date: 03/02/15 15:05 Re: Rondout, Illinois Tower to be closed March 7, 2015 Author: wabash2800 What about the old "J"? I seem to recall in the 70s it was double track. Is it single track now?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/02/15 15:08 by wabash2800. Date: 03/02/15 20:34 Re: Rondout, Illinois Tower to be closed March 7, 2015 Author: GPutz wabash2800 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- What about the old "J"? I seem to recall in the 70s it was double track. Is it single track now? ------------------------------------------------------- Yes, EJ&E was double track (1975); but it's now single track (2014). Gerry Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/15 15:54 by GPutz.   Date: 03/03/15 09:49 Re: Rondout, Illinois Tower to be closed March 7, 2015 Author: wabash2800 "J" (CP?) train count on the old J here?
Date: 03/03/15 11:49 Re: Rondout, Illinois Tower to be closed March 7, 2015 Author: toledopatch wabash2800 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > "J" (CP?) train count on the old J here? Can't be more than a handful. CN now, by the way, not CP. Date: 03/03/15 12:19 Re: Rondout, Illinois Tower to be closed March 7, 2015 Author: inCHI wabash2800 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > "J" (CP?) train count on the old J here? One local goes through to industries farther east daily, and maybe not even that much. Date: 03/03/15 15:22 Re: Rondout, Illinois Tower to be closed March 7, 2015 Author: wabash2800 Thanks for the correction and information.
Date: 03/03/15 16:00 Re: Rondout, Illinois Tower to be closed March 7, 2015 Author: GPutz wabash2800 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- "J" (CP?) train count on the old J here? ------------------------------------------------------- Interestingly, the ex-CMSTP&P line that branches off to the northwest of Rondout was called the "J-line" by CMSTP&P personnel because originally it went to Janesville, Wisconsin. Gerry Date: 03/04/15 10:56 Re: Rondout, Illinois Tower to be closed March 7, 2015 Author: wabash2800 Yes, that is interesting.
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