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Does any on know about the ex-B&O lines in IL

  • I what any info u have.
    I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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  • www.borhs.org

    www.geocities.com/scott_w_dunlap/BORRNET.htm

    www.csx.com/?fuseaction=general.main

    www.csx.com/share/general/fastfacts/docs/Ill_Fact_Sheets_0506-11-REF21841.pdf

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    Dale
  • All of it please and more. Thanks
    I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
  • The ex- B&O in Illinois were taken over by CSX. This line runs between Chicago and Baltimore and it also runs between St. Louis and Baltimore. These were the two mainlines for the B&O. Chessie System probably took the line over in 1967, which re-organized with the "Family Lines" in 1980 to (C)hessie System, (S)eaboard Coast Line and e(X)tras. (CSX). CSX now doesn't run on these lines as much as it used to, because after the Conrail split, many CSX trains were re-routed on former Conrail trackage. The B&O between Baltimore and Chicago is used more than the other though. The Chicago to Baltimore main sees about 50 trains a day, while the other sees about 30.
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  • And the best places to watch them is Dolton junction if you don't mind the telephone wires in the way plus there is a lot more traffic to view. I prefer Calumet junction to the east. No wires and nearly as much traffic.
  • The ex B&O line between Chicago and Alliance Ohio has been heavily rebuilt to the highest standards, and linked with the ex NYC on east through Cleveland, serves as CSX's main route between The Northeast and Chicago..
    Blue Island is also an interesting CSX hotspot in the Chicago area.
    Routes split here with the joint line with IHB looping around the Western suburbs, and the B&OCTRR main heading North into the city.
    Jimmy