RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

BLOOMER LINE

Kempton to Colfax

FORMERLY Illinois Central Railroad
(Bloomington District)
CONSTRUCTED 1881
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1941/mixed train since 1931
ABANDONED early 1980's (Colfax-Bloomington)

Segment of former Illinois Central line between Kankakee and Bloomington.

Radio Frequency - 161.355 (AAR Channel 83)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is southward from Kempton to Bloomington
Distance is from Chicago

ITALICS INDICATE ABANDONED SEGMENTS

84.2 Kempton
85.5 Saxony
88.4 Cullom
92.8 Charlotte
97.3 Chatsworth (TP&W crossing)
101.8 Cereal
105.6 Risk
111.5 Cropsey
115.5 Anchor
119.8 Colfax
125.4 Cooksville
128.9 Fletcher
131.3 Merna
135.3 Barnes
139.8 Normal Jct.
141.3 Bloomington

1 track, unsignaled.

LOST STATIONS

Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.