RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE

Marceline Subdivision (3rd District)

FORMERLY Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe)
OPENED 1888 by Chicago Santa Fe & California Railway
DOUBLE TRACK constructed by 1911
ABS installed by 1925
AUTOMATIC TRAIN STOP installed 1950's
CTC installed 1959-1961
AUTOMATIC TRAIN STOP deactivated 2021 after installation of Positive Train Control
PASSENGER SERVICE: Amtrak Southwest Chief

Radio Frequency (Fort Madison-Hurdland) - 160.380 (AAR Channel 18)

Radio Frequency (Hurdland-Marceline) - 160.560 (AAR Channel 30)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is westward from Fort Madison to Marceline
Distance is from Chicago

234.3 Fort Madison
234.6 Shopton
236.3 West Fort Madison
237.1 Ortho
243.4 New Boston
246.2 Argyle
256.0 Revere
263.0 East Medill
263.1 Medill
264.8 West Medill
273.3 Wyaconda
276.7 Gorin
282.4 Rutledge
290.0 East Baring
290.7 Baring
292.4 West Baring
300.3 Hurdland
306.4 Gibbs
313.2 La Plata
318.2 Cardy
322.9 Elmer
329.3 East Ethel
329.7 Ethel
330.9 West Ethel
336.3 Hart
341.5 Bucklin
346.9 East Marceline
347.3 Marceline

2 tracks, CTC in use, controlled by dispatchers in Fort Worth, Texas. Fort Madison West Dispatcher controls trackage Fort Madison to Hurdland, Marceline Dispatcher controls trackage Hurdland to Marceline.