RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

CSX TRANSPORTATION

Chicago Heights Subdivision

FORMERLY Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
CONSTRUCTED 1890-1891 by Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad (Blue Island-Harvey)
CONSTRUCTED around 1899 by Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad (Harvey-Chicago Heights)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: commuter/1915
ABANDONED 1979 (Chicago Heights-Faithorn)

Line now ends at Joe Orr Road. Line previously extended south through Chicago Heights to Faithorn, beginning of the Milwaukee Road line south into Indiana. Milwaukee Road had trackage rights over the B&O line in and out of Chicago. Now Milwaukee Road successor CP Rail uses the CSX Woodland Subdivision to reach Terre Haute, IN.

Radio Frequency - 160.230 (AAR Channel 08)
Dispatcher - 160.320 (AAR Channel 14)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is westward from Harvey Jct. to Chicago Heights
Distance is from Harvey Jct.

ITALICS INDICATE ABANDONED SEGMENTS

0.0 Harvey Jct.
0.8 North Harvey (IHB crossing/automatic interlocking)
1.7 St. Paul Jct.
2.2 West Harvey
3.3 Loomis Jct. (junction-Elsdon Subdivision)
3.7 Phoenix
5.6 Vincennes Rd. (junction-Elsdon Subdivision)
7.5 Thornton
8.0 Glenwood
8.2 End of Track
9.7 Joe Orr Road
11.1 Chicago Heights (CHTT crossings)
16.4 Faithorn (connection CMSP&P)

1 track, yard rules. CTC in use Harvey Jct. to North Harvey. Elsdon Subdivision tracks used Loomis Jct. to Vincennes Rd.

Controlled by CSX "RA" Dispatcher in Calumet City.

LOST STATIONS

Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.

INTERLOCKING TOWERS

Past and present towers and interlockings.