RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION
BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE
West Chicago Spur
FORMERLY Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad (Burlington Route)
(Aurora & West Chicago Subdivision)
CONSTRUCTED 1850 by Aurora Branch Railroad
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: late 1910's
Original Burlington Route entrance into Chicago, using trackage rights east of West Chicago via Chicago & North Western. Downgraded to branch line in 1864 after opening of Burlington Route's own line into Chicago.
Radio Frequency - 161.100 (AAR Channel 66)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is eastward from Aurora to West Chicago
Distance is from Aurora
0.0 Aurora
3.4 North Aurora
6.6 Batavia
12.1 West Chicago
1 track, unsignaled.
Nifa Spur
FORMERLY Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad (Burlington Route)
(Aurora & West Batavia Subdivision)
CONSTRUCTED 1871 by Ottawa Oswego & Fox River Valley Railroad
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: late 1910's
ABANDONED 1907 (Batavia-Geneva)
ABANDONED 1977 (Nifa-Batavia)
Radio Frequency - 161.100 (AAR Channel 66)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is eastward from Aurora to Nifa
Distance is from Aurora
ITALICS INDICATE ABANDONED SEGMENTS
0.0 Aurora
4.9 Nifa
6.5 Mooseheart
8.4 West Batavia
--- Geneva
1 track, unsignaled.
Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.