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Gotta plug Rochelle, Illinois, a mere one-and-a-half hours west of Chicago off I-88. A VERY busy UP line shares diamond with a fairly busy BNSF line. On the BNSF you will see a lot of TOFC's and other intermodals with some mixed freight, and on the UP you will see just about everything (alas, no passenger trains). <br /> <br />Five years ago the good folk of Rochelle built a railfan park near the diamond on the salutory assumption that "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." It keeps us off the ballast! <br /> <br />Rochelle town has a number of nice, unpretentious restaurants and reasonably priced hostelries. Alas, you would almost have to rent a car to get out there. (If we can mesh schedules, I'd be proud to take you from Chicago out there for a day of railfanning.) <br /> <br />Another possibility is Mendota, Illinois, about 45 mins. to the southwest, which is now on the BNSF's busy Southern Transcon route. It also gets three Amtraks a day each way, two of which stop. Irony of ironies, though: you can take the train to Mendota but the town lacks a convenient hotel! It has a nice depot museum, though.
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