Bill, Are there many manned towers at all left in the Windy City? GREG COCHENET http://www.trainweb.org/wirr Long live maroon & gold! Wisconsin Central Ltd....
Yes. There are about 10 including the last two on the IC. I'm suprised that no one has shown much interest. This is last "big" junction on the IC with a...
I count 3 IC towers. IC Corwith is still operating maned by IC employees. You can almost count Blue Island Jct. (Grand Trunk tower) most of the operators are...
Ok. You are correct. You are right Kensington and 67th are former IC and now belong to Metra. HX in Homewood also belongs to Metra. ... [Non-text portions...
Can someone tell me what type of schedule the IC has from Elmhurst thru Glendale Heights on a daily / weekly basis? I want to say that I hear a train pass thru...
Hello, you are most likely hearing the local train 953 coming back to Hawthorne at that time. It goes west early evening. Other trains include 348 from the WC...
mi0ke@... writes: I want to say that I hear a train pass thru in the morning around 4-5am but am not sure if I am dreaming. I'm not sure if it's the...
I joined this group well over a year ago because I live in east TN and had planned to try and gain info, etc on the CN/IC in West TN; particularly the old IC...
David the Grump wrote, "I joined this group well over a year ago because I live in east TN and had planned to try and gain info, etc on the CN/IC in West TN;...
Very nice!!! Don't make any posts or ask any questions. Just simply say that "I'm leaving." Well, this is it. No other group has any members nor do they...
You could try Effigham, Tuscola, Tolono, Champaign/Urbana, Rantoul, or Gilman IL. All are major junction points with lots of CN/IC action. Often after Amtrak...
I live in Peoria, IL. I would say more, but the IC line in town is way to sporadic. The local shows up north bound anywhere from 330 pm to 10 pm. Then once in...
Mr. Nicholas, if you would read prior posts that I have put on here at times over the past year, you would see that I have asked.(IF you would read). It's not...
The only time that someone ever posts on this list seems to be with a snotty attitude. The rest of the list then wants to respond. Well, I gotta to say that...
Hello Bill, if you took my responce as being snotty about IC towers, I certainly did not mean it to be that way. The only thing I forgot was to say Hello Bill....
No... I didn't think it was snotty. I was talking about this new thread. Sorry for the confusion. I was just referring to the few replies to my post; I had...
I've got a bunch of stuff in my computer over in Texas that I've been meaning to post. The oilfield has been so busy over there that I haven't had a chance to...
Well here is a Mississippi thread I have allways wanted to know about.Does anybody have any pics of the old tower that is still standing now owned by KCS in...
manned Tower in Chicago Area First, Milwaukee Road. A2 Western Ave. and A5 Pacific are still open and active. B18 (I think) in Bensinville is still active. ...
No IC owned interlocking towers left in Lousianna (do yard towers count?), although the New Orleans Public Belt owned tower gaurding the tracks at the east...
Hi Gary, Thank you for your list of Chicagoland towers! The UP/CNW tower that is still active at Clybourn is CY Tower. Concerning IC towers, does anyone on...
Today during my break at work I went to my truck as usuall and listened to my scanner. This is at 6:45 pm and I always hear Julie call for station times on 391...
I didn't even know this one. tnx bill Rock Island, besides Joliet, also has 16st,(IC formally Clark St) still open. Gresham and Blue Island are still standing...
This is a late post do to I was unable to get on the computer for a while. A Mattoon bound train with CNIC 6125,6110,6105. This was at 3:40 am Friday Mourning....
I post when relevant to the group if there is something special or unusual otherwise I post local action to the PAL group (ex Ky division) and as for action...
PL4 & PNX will be leaving here at Paducah after 12am as there just putting the power on the trains. Calvert local (cpc) is at Old Benton Road holding I guess...
I live in Union City, TN. near Rives just south of Fulton. I try to monitor and post info on this group when I get a chance but I am on the road with my work a...
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