Eastern Railroad Discussion > Tuscola. IL

Haven't been there in quite awhile, believe the tower is gone & there has been some track changes but how is the traffic thru there now? Still worth the stop?
Thanks

Still worth it, although if you have the time I think Effingham is better

CN line is pretty busy, you have 6 Amtrak's a day plus freights. 
UP line is also pretty busy.  It feels like around 25 trains a day on the former CEI line. 

The former CSX line is rarely used (Eastern Illinois RR now maybe?), maybe 1 train a day each way.

There is parking in the NorthEast corner along Central avenue, right along the UP / CSX tracks.  CN line is just a little ways to the west.

Thanks for the info. Will be in Effingham fri nite, already booked a motel.
Thanks

I think Fred was interested in the railroads and not the condition of the town.

dtoeppen Wrote:
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> Tower is long gone. But the town remains a dump.
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Tuscola should average about 37 train movements per 24-hours.  

Union Pacific sees about 13 trains a day: 

•intermodal 
IEGYC Eagle Pass, TX (FXE) - Yard Center, IL Mo
ILDYC Port Laredo, TX - Yard Center, IL Tu-Su
IYCMX Yard Center, IL - Laredo, TX (KCSM) Tu-Su 

•manifest
MASCH East St. Louis, IL (ALS) - Bedford Park, IL (BRC) daily
MASYC East St. Louis, IL (ALS) - Yard Center, IL daily
MDUPR Dupo, IL - Proviso, IL daily
MPRAS Proviso, IL - East St. Louis, IL (ALS) daily
MPRNL Proviso, IL - North Little Rock, AR daily
MYCEW Yard Center, IL - Englewood, TX daily

•local
LSB54 Villa Grove Sub local Su-Fr 

There’s about 4-5 unit trains a day.  


Canadian National sees about 16 trains a day: 

•intermodal
Q19491 Chicago, IL - New Orleans, LA daily
Q19571 New Orleans, LA - Chicago, IL daily
Q19651 Prince Rupert, BC - Memphis, TN 2-3x a week
Q19771 Memphis, TN - Prince Rupert, BC 2-3x a week 

•manifest
M33571 Memphis, TN - Gary, IN daily
M34241 Winnipeg, MB - Memphis, TN daily
M37161 Flat Rock, MI - Salem, IL (UP) daily
M39671 Memphis, TN - Toronto, ON daily
M39931 Toronto, ON - Salem, IL (UP) daily
A40791 Centralia, IL - Gary, IN daily
A40891 Gary, IN - Centralia, IL daily
A49791 Gary, IN - Memphis, TN daily
A49891 Champaign, IL - Gary, IN daily 

•road local
R96191 Kankakee, IL - Markham, IL turn daily 

There’s about 2-3 unit trains a day.  


Amtrak runs 6 trains a day on CN rails: 

58 New Orleans, LA - Chicago, IL daily
59 Chicago, IL - New Orleans, LA daily
390 Carbondale, IL - Chicago, IL daily
391 Chicago, IL - Carbondale, IL daily
392 Carbondale, IL - Chicago, IL daily
393 Chicago, IL - Carbondale, IL daily  


As previously mentioned, DREI sees 1-2 trains a day. 

Andrew  

Central Illinois is not an awful place.  It might have some awful people..............

Thanks guys for ALL the info. As for city conditions, hey, I'm from Detroit !

Does CN or UP control the crossing?

Thank you in advance.

PRR_4859 Wrote:
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> Does CN or UP control the crossing?
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> Thank you in advance.

Prior to PTC, the crossing was semi-automatic with the CN RTC having the option to lock in routes for the Amtrak and CN stack trains. Have no idea what PTC did to this arrangement.

i remember as a student at Eastern Illinois University Charleston IL watching Conrail in Effingham Missouri Pacific in Tuscola and Illinois Central in both 
Effingham and Tuscola. that was back in the early 80s. 

Not really adding too much but check out Google Maps for Tuscola. The Googel Car picked up this lovely scene from I-57.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7988001,-88.264483,3a,54y,98.9h,92.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sp42sOrrREisTyqor0zc2Dg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

And the Satelite picked up a busier day than what onyone on Earth would expect for a random shot.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7978806,-88.2942722,634m/data=!3m1!1e3

Let us know how it goes. This may end up being a weekend trip at some point.

Jim