Crossroads.
A southbound CN land barge pounds the three-track former Chicago and Northwestern Geneva Subdivision at West Chicago "JB" Tower on the Elgin Joliet and Eastern Leithton Subdivision.
CN acquired the J fully and completely in 2013 under E. Hunter Harrison as a quicker way in and around Chicagoland as a whole, being the outermost belt corridor.
In previous years on WC, trains would use the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal trackage to reach home rails on the Waukesha Subdivision at Tower B12 in Franklin Park.
This meant CN trains had to ply their way up and down CSX tracks through the heart of a congested terminal railroad, to access major terminals in the south side or to continue passing through.
Crossroads.
A southbound CN land barge pounds the three-track former Chicago and Northwestern Geneva Subdivision at West Chicago "JB" Tower on the Elgin Joliet and Eastern Leithton Subdivision.
CN acquired the J fully and completely in 2013 under E. Hunter Harrison as a quicker way in and around Chicagoland as a whole, being the outermost belt corridor.
In previous years on WC, trains would use the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal trackage to reach home rails on the Waukesha Subdivision at Tower B12 in Franklin Park.
This meant CN trains had to ply their way up and down CSX tracks through the heart of a congested terminal railroad, to access major terminals in the south side or to continue passing through.