CHICAGO'S INTERLOCKINGS

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

Chicago Division

Now owned by Norfolk Southern between Chicago and Whiting.

Multiple track line.


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ENGLEWOOD
Mechanical interlocking installed 1900
Closed October 14, 1995, demolished same month

Crossing of Norfolk Southern (former Pennsylvania Railroad) main line with Metra Rock Island District. The New York Central formerly existed to the northeast. The old Englewood station served all three railroads, which formed a triangle here. In 2014, a grade separation project would result in the Rock Island line passing over the Norfolk Southern line.

PARK MANOR
Interlocking installed around 1913

Little is known about this interlocking.

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RIVER BRANCH JCT.
Mechanical interlocking installed 1895
New mechanical interlocking installed 1913
Electric interlocking installed by 1930
Closed 1974, remotely controlled by dispatcher

Former Pennsylvania Railroad drawbridge over the Calumet River, now used by Norfolk Southern. In addition, a "Calumet River Jct." interlocking was constructed in 1903, little else is known about this. Only one double track span of the vertical lift bridge remains in use. Pennsylvania Railroad previously had a second span to the north, for four tracks total, but that span has been removed. Further north were two identical spans for paralleling New York Central.

COLEHOUR JCT.
Remote interlocking installed 1928, controlled from River Branch Jct.

Former junction with SC&S Branch, abandoned 1994.

101ST STREET
Tower listed with New York Central