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I would guess this train was also a newspaper train, receiving Chicago papers hot off the presses and delivering them to stops along the line in time to be sold to morning commuters.

They are to remind engineers to be governed by GCOR 9.9 where applicable, which requires trains that stop within a block in CTC limits to proceed prepared to stop at the next signal until it is visible and displays a proceed indication. The rule for ABS limits is slightly different, but it's the sam...

Here's the follow-up:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi- ... 6885.story

For some time now I've been unable to keep up with this forum as often as I should as a moderator, so I'm looking for someone to take my place. It's an easy job, especially in this forum, where things seldom get out of hand. For more information, see this thread: http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewt...

The train crews work under federal hours-of-service laws which provide for a "split shift" wherein they work a certain number of hours, have a certain number of hours of "undisturbed rest," then work another certain number of hours. That "undisturbed rest" time is the e...

then you could run MD/W trains on the BRC north about 2 miles to Cragin junction, where it would rejoin its current ROW west to Elgin. That's just what the Belt and Metra need ... 60-some passenger trains a day to squeeze through Cragin, which is already a bottleneck at times with just freight trai...

Somehow, a great number of crossings in the Chicago area were grandfathered in under the recent federal laws regarding quiet zones. At some point the protection at those crossings will probably be required to be upgraded to current quiet-zone standards.

jlaroccoii wrote:How much more context do you need? Its came from the "News Dispatch".

Although I also liked the train/skyline graphic that's been on the timetables for more than 20 years, I think the real loss is the elimination of the route and system maps. Sure, they weren't especially detailed, but at least they gave someone unfamiliar with the system a general idea of where the l...

Byte is correct, the area near the southeast quadrant of the diamond at Grays Lake is pretty much a swamp, so environmental concerns or expense may have prohibited a single Prairie Crossing station near the diamond. It should be noted, too, that the current configuration puts the MD-N station signif...

If they wanted to replicate that paint job locally, I think the closest shop that could do it is owned by the WSOR in Janesville. For the record, the Wisconsin & Southern paint shop is in Horicon, Wis., not Janesville. As for the paint scheme, I'm glad to see they stuck with the simple blue and...

It's been a while since I entered from anywhere besides Randolph/Michigan, but last I knew there was still an entrance to the Metra platforms on South Water Street just east of Michigan Avenue. I think there's also some way of directly accessing the NICTD platforms from Columbus Drive.

I don't know whether this list is entirely up-to-date (I think possibly more of the F40PHM-2's have received ex-F40C names), but this will give you most of the names at least:

http://www.drgw.net/~f40c/locos/roster.html

If you see a UP engine on the South Shore, there is only a South Shore crew aboard. Union Pacific crews deliver the NIPSCO coal trains to the CN (EJ&E) at West Chicago, Ill., where CN (EJ&E) crews take them to Gary and deliver them to South Shore crews. The empties take the same route in rev...

CSS crews operate the coal trains on the South Shore.