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CHICAGO LAND SYSTEM - ATTN: Chicago Railfans

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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by pkielty Your question #1, about the Cragin Line. As of last winter, I know that there is one customer that is north of Devon,and I'm pretty sure south of Touhy, but I never traced it past Pratt. The rumor is that the customer uses a chemical that is best transported via rail, but I used to see the local pass our business maybe once a week. As for watching, a good place is in Glenview/Northbrook, anywhere between Downtown Glenview and Techny. You can see the Metra locals, and Amtrak, and whatever freights come down into the City, while eating an ice cream or yogurt from the famous "Dairy Bar". Your mom or dad would even enjoy that. At Willow Road and Shermer Rd, the UP goes over the highway and MD-N about 1/2 mile apart,and you will see a lot of unit coal trains going up to Kenosha on the Milwaukee Subdivision, and vice versa,a lot of traffic coming down from Wisconsin. Sometmes the power parks by the CP interlock by Shermer Road, and I have seen the engineers getting a beef sandwich at Mario's, or at the Subway which is right there on Shermer. Sometimes you will witness the CP which interlocks onto the New Line from Techny. I think the best time is between 9 and 4 pm. because the New Line feeds into Bensenville, where there is an evening METRA rush hour. That may answer why you might see SB freight (CP) going into Chicago, because going into bensenville on the CP can get backed up at early evening. I never hang out at Techny, but if you get the Amtrak schedule, and the METRA schedule, you'll can see a lot of trains in a short time. the nice thing about Downtown glenview is you can get the ice cream and catch the Empire Builder stopping, and the NB freight in the evening. There also is a new station called North Glenvview, whih is on Lehigh just souht of Willow RD. I live in Arlington Hts and at 10 PM plus or minus a few minutes, you can see the freight that someone mentioned from Janseville, I just don't know how many nights it is scheduled, and if your lucky you see the sand or stone trains that feed the Aztec Ready Mix yard, which I think is about Kimball or Belmont right along the Kennedy. That train must pass your Gladstone Park address. Occassionally, you might ses the DM &I on the Soo line, the old wisconsin Central, but I don't know wher the best place to see that at. Maybe at Mannheim Rd and Higgins before they come into the CN yard. (Des Plaines). Good luck with all that. Try Glenview for some instatnt success. [/quote] Another good spot in Glenview is behind Costco, where the New Line goes over the C&M line on a bridge. You miss the CP trains but still a nice quiet spot. The Janesville train can also be seen in the daylight in Des Plaines, north at 2:30p and south at 8:30a. Janesville trains run daily 2 each way. What is DM&I on the old WC?
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