Chicago Subdivision

Chicago Subdivision
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Chicago Subdivision
Legend
Continuation backward
west to Aurora Subdivision
Continuation to left Junction from right
to Mendota Subdivision
Bridge over water
Fox River
Unknown BSicon "eBHF"
Aurora old station
Straight track Head station
38.4 mi Aurora Transportation Center
Straight track Track change
Metra yard
Junction from left Track turning right
Stop on track
33.4 Eola, Illinois
Track change
Eola Yard
Unknown BSicon "ÜWc2"
Unknown BSicon "ÜWgol" + Unknown BSicon "ÜWgor"
Unknown BSicon "ÜWc3"
Unknown BSicon "ÜABZ3rf"
Unknown BSicon "KRZu" + Unknown BSicon "ÜWc14"
Unknown BSicon "ÜABZ3lf"
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern/Canadian National
Station on track
31.6 Route 59
Station on track
28.4 Naperville
Station on track
24.4 Lisle
Station on track
22.9 Belmont
Station on track
21.1 Downers Grove
Station on track
20.3 Fairview Avenue
Station on track
19.4 Westmont
Station on track
18.2 Clarendon Hills
Station on track
17.8 West Hinsdale
Station on track
16.8 Hinsdale
Station on track
16.3 Highlands
Station on track
15.4 Western Springs
Station on track
14.1 Stone Avenue
Station on track
13.7 La Grange
Unknown BSicon "ABZ3lg" Unknown BSicon "KRZo" Unknown BSicon "ABZ3rg"
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Straight track Station on track Straight track
13.0 Congress Park
Straight track Straight track Track change
Track turning left Unknown BSicon "ABZdg" Track turning right
Station on track
12.3 Brookfield
Station on track
11.7 Hollywood
Station on track
11.0 Riverside
Station on track
10.0 Harlem Avenue
Station on track
9.6 Berwyn
Station on track
9.0 La Vergne
Continuation to left Unknown BSicon "KRZu" Continuation to right
Illinois Central/Canadian National
Unknown BSicon "eBHF"
8.5 Clyde
Track change
Cicero Yard
Station on track
7.0 Cicero
Unknown BSicon "ÜWc2" Unknown BSicon "ÜWgor"
Unknown BSicon "ÜABZgf" + Transverse track
Unknown BSicon "KRZu" + Unknown BSicon "ÜWc34"
Continuation to right
Belt Railway of Chicago
Unknown BSicon "ÜWc1" Unknown BSicon "ÜWgo+r"
Continuation to left Unknown BSicon "KRZu" Continuation to right
Chicago 'L' Pink Line
Unknown BSicon "ÜWc2" Unknown BSicon "ÜWgor"
Unknown BSicon "ÜABZgf" + Transverse track
Unknown BSicon "KRZo" + Unknown BSicon "ÜWc34"
Unknown BSicon "ABZq+lr"
CR&I Industrial Track/Norfolk Southern
Unknown BSicon "ÜWc1" Unknown BSicon "ÜWgo+r" Straight track
Station on track Straight track
3.7 Western Avenue
Track change Track change
Western Avenue Yard
Junction from left Track turning right
Station on track
1.8 Halsted Street
Continuation to left Unknown BSicon "ABZqlr" Transverse terminus from right
0.0 Union Station

The Chicago Subdivision or Chicago Sub is a railroad line in Illinois that runs about 38 miles (61 km) from Chicago to Aurora and hosts Metra's BNSF Railway Line commuter service. It is operated by BNSF Railway as the easternmost part of the railroad's Northern Transcon to Seattle, Washington. [1][2][3][4] This line is known as the Racetrack because it is mostly triple-tracked and supports fairly fast trains. It had been operated by a BNSF ancestor, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, which introduced high-speed Zephyr passenger trains in 1934 and ran many of them along this subdivision from Chicago to points west.

The Chicago Subdivision meets the Aurora Subdivision and Mendota Subdivision in Aurora. Commuter service ends at the Aurora Transportation Center, though Amtrak trains continue southwest on the Mendota Subdivision. Triple-tracking runs from where track leading to the Aurora station and Metra Yard joins the subdivision eastward to Cicero, where multiple tracks from a yard join. It is then quadruple-tracked for the rest of the way until the turn to Union Station.[5]

After the introduction of the CB&Q Zephyrs, train speeds increased significantly around the country for the next decade or so, but the Naperville train disaster along these tracks in 1946 was one event that contributed to the federal government restricting speeds in later years. Trains that had once traveled at or above 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) were soon restricted to a maximum of 79 miles per hour (127 km/h).[6][7][8] Much of this line has a speed limit of 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) for passenger trains, while freight trains run slower.[1][2][3][4]

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