CHICAGO'S INTERLOCKINGS

BALTIMORE & OHIO

Lake Subdivision

Segments now owned by CSX, some segments abandoned.

Double track line.


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CR TOWER (Calumet River)
Mechanical interlocking installed 1901
Electric interlocking installed 1916
Bridge damaged beyond repair by boat in 1988, removed

Drawbridge over the Calumet River. Any remaining freight traffic now uses the paralleling former Pennsylvania Railroad bridge.

ABOVE ABANDONED 1988

101ST STREET
Tower listed with New York Central

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WHITING
Tower listed with New York Central

INDIANA HARBOR DRAWBRIDGE
Bridge completed 1909
Closed around 1979

Any remaining freight traffic now uses the paralleling former New York Central bridge.

B&O CROSSING
Tower listed with New York Central