I hope you like darkness and NEG E Bells! The CSX New Rock Sub runs from Joliet, IL to Utica, IL, over the old Rock Island mainline from Chicago to Omaha. CSX owns a small portion of this line to access the silica mine in Ottawa, plus to serve the many other industries located on this portion of the Rock, which if I've been told right, made up a ginormous chunk of the Rock Island's revenue.
In addition to CSX owning the line, Iowa Interstate also has trackage rights on the CSX, and going west from Utica, they take ownership of the line all the way to Council Bluffs, IA. East of Joilet, Chicago's Metra commuter railroad owns the line into city.
The CSX portion to me is probably the dullest part of the line, being almost entirely E bells, save for 3 M bells in Marseilles and Morris, but there's still plenty of WRRS gate mechanisms and incandescent lights left to help make up for it.
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14 авг 2024