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Illinois Railway HLCX (Helm Leasing) 1003 waits patiently on the IR connection as CITX (CIT Group leasing) 3101 pulls a manifest train westbound on the CN Freeport Subdivision. This is the CN East Rockford interlocking and control point at milepost 85.60 west in Rockford, Illinois. Historically this was once the site of the IC/CB&Q diamond which was controlled by a manned tower located at this site. The actual diamond is laying nearby in an outgrowth of weeds where it has been since it was removed from service in 2013.
Line us up dammit!!
Block 4 is the throat of Murray Yard and is the start of the St. Joseph subdivision, which heads northwest to Lincoln, Ne. The CTC also starts here with a handful of pot signals guarding the control point.
Clear signals at Tower 15 (CP HL120) and the first intermediate signal in the distance beckon a northbound train on UP's Hearne Subdivision in Hearne, TX.
August 22nd, 2018
Like I did with Alice (you can find it in her dedicated album.) You may begin to think I like this session and the model. You wouldn't be too wrong.
Tower 68 once controlled the west end of Englewood Yard, including here with the junction of the Strang Sub. Although ownership has since transferred to UP, and the tower itself demolished, back in 2013 it was pretty easy to tell the heritage of the area with the abundant searchlights and SP-style signage for the CP and for an old DTC block.
Houston, TX
August 14th, 2013
This is the new dual direction signal tower at control point Buckbee (M.P. 83.55) on the CN Freeport Subdivision at 20th Street in Rockford Illinois. Just west of this grade crossing is the east end of the recently shortened and improved Buckbee siding. The traffic signal to the right controls the directional flow of single lane roadway traffic beneath the UP (ex-C&NW) railroad bridge.
CN has been upgrading this corridor as part of a $60 million project. Upgrading the Freeport Sub will also help to return Amtrak passenger rail service to the area after an absence of over 30 years. The passenger service project includes the planned construction of a new $12 million multimodal passenger station near the site of the former passenger rail station on South Main Street.
On Easter Sunday NS 9538 and 9470 lead a long manifest train westbound thru Rockford IL on the CN North Division, Freeport Subdivision. Here they pass over the East Rockford interlocking and the wye to the Illinois Railway southbound connection at milepost 85.6 west. They are about to duck beneath the 1901 Seminary Street timber stringer road bridge then cross the Rock River at milepost 86.0.
CN2306 leads CN8862, CN(BCOL)4618, BCOL4616, NS9766, CN5789, and CN2136 westbound pulling an extra long combination manifest freight and ethanol empties consist at the East Rockford control point on a summertime Sunday evening. This is milepost 85.6 west on the CN North Division, Freeport Subdivision west of Chicago. This control point is also the interlocking for the Illinois Railway connection south to Flag Center Illinois and was the former site of the historic Illinois Central/CB&Q diamond. The actual diamond is still lying on the ground just on the other side of the 2306 where it has remained since its removal in early 2012.
This abandoned electronics hut was for the old IC (now CN) and CB&Q (now Illinois Railway) Buckbee diamond at CN milepost 85.6 west on the Freeport Subdivision. The diamond has been replaced by a pair of switches at what is now the East Rockford interlocking and control point. In the distant past the old diamond was controlled by a manned interlocking tower at this location. The 436 Buckbee lettering on the eave of the building appears to be a reference to the street address of the building which is at 436 Buckbee Street..
CSX 3090 and CSX 5283 westbound on the CN Freeport Subdivision approaching the East Rockford control point and interlocking at milepost 85.6 west and the Rock River bridge at milepost 86.0. In the foreground is the Illinois Railway wye. In the background is the Behr Iron and Metal wye. This is the former site of the historic IC/CB&Q diamond which was replaced by these two switches.
A civilian actor dressed in moulage to simulate an injury stands by to be placed at an accident site during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)
Crossing the diamond at Control Point Mallin, pushing at the tail of a two mile long consist of coalers.
This North American Tank Line (NATX) car was westbound on CN train 5783-West at CP East Rockford (milepost 85.6west) on the CN Freeport Subdivision on Father's Day 2013. Behr Iron and Metal center cab switcher #502 is visible in the background.
CN 8019 provides distributed power on a very long eastbound CN manifest freight and ethanol train through Rockford IL at the Rockford East interlocking on the CN North Division, Freeport Subdivision bringing the total horsepower for this train to 12,700. CN 2713 and IC 1029 are in the lead.
As everybody was busy to show off in this outstanding TriBeCa space with an outstanding rooftop terrace, no one seemed to pay this totally gorgeous, unpretentious beauty any mind, as she was diligently doing her job, cleaning there where less caring, more ego-driven people were desperately trying to be noticed.
Fortunately, I spotted her.
Check it on Black! After a 7 week journey I'm back. Hopefully I can share some beautiful places with my Flickr pals...
An Amtrak Hiawatha bound for Milwaukee departs under the Chicago skyline and the PRR signal bridge at Racine Avenue.
CN 8904, CN 2196, CN 2275, and CN/IC 2721 pull a long manifest freight westbound past the East Rockford (Illinois) control point at milepost 85.60 west on the CN North Division, Freeport Subdivision. This is also the remote control switch for the Illinois Railway interlocking controlled by CN Desk 7 in Homewood, Illinois. The lead engine is about to pass under the historic Seminary Street timber stringer bridge and will then cross the Rock River at milepost 86.0. On the opposite side of the tracks is the Behr Iron and Metal Seminary Street scrap yards.
some points with randommotion drive the controlpoints of a beziercurve.
and some other values with some more rrrrrandom of course. the scetch spits out qite nice images, but it's even more amazing to see the motion.
CSX 8739-West leads a unit train of ethanol empties westbound over the heated switch for the Illinois Railway wye at control point East Rockford in Rockford IL. The train is about to pass under the historic Seminary Street timber stringer bridge built in 1901 and will cross the Rock River just around the curve 4/10ths of a mile ahead.