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UP 1983 @ Lockport, IL
Fall is finally in full affect, as Union Pacific train ITAG4 from Tacoma, WA highballs south along the former Gulf Mobile & Ohio mainline bound for the Global 4 Intermodal Yard in Joliet, IL. Seen here ripping through downtown Lockport, IL on the CN Joliet Sub while passing the historic 160 year old Chicago & Alton RR depot with the Western Pacific Heritage SD70ACe, UP 1983. Taken: 10-28-23
The Joliet Sub or “Alton Route” formally GM&O and Chicago & Alton RR is a shared mainline with CN, UP, Amtrak, and Metra. Owned by CN, they operate between Chicago - Joliet, same as METRA. As UP operates on trackage rights between CP Canal at Argo, IL to UD Tower in Joliet, IL where it then becomes UP owned the rest of the way south since. UP Intermodal service has been a fairly new thing on the Alton as Global 4 opened its ramps in 2010.
UP 1983 @ Lockport, IL
Fall is finally in full affect, as Union Pacific train ITAG4 from Tacoma, WA highballs south along the former Gulf Mobile & Ohio mainline bound for the Global 4 Intermodal Yard in Joliet, IL. Seen here ripping through downtown Lockport, IL on the CN Joliet Sub while passing the historic 160 year old Chicago & Alton RR depot with the Western Pacific Heritage SD70ACe, UP 1983. Taken: 10-28-23
The Joliet Sub or “Alton Route” formally GM&O and Chicago & Alton RR is a shared mainline with CN, UP, Amtrak, and Metra. Owned by CN, they operate between Chicago - Joliet, same as METRA. As UP operates on trackage rights between CP Canal at Argo, IL to UD Tower in Joliet, IL where it then becomes UP owned the rest of the way south since. UP Intermodal service has been a fairly new thing on the Alton as Global 4 opened its ramps in 2010.