Harvard Subdivision
Harvard Subdivision | |
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Overview | |
Owner | Union Pacific Railroad |
Locale | Illinois, Wisconsin |
Service | |
Type | Freight rail Commuter rail |
Technical | |
Line length | 102 mi (164 km) |
Number of tracks | 1-4 |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Harvard Subdivision is a 102-mile (164 km) railway line which runs from Chicago, Illinois to Evansville, Wisconsin. It is owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. It hosts both freight traffic and Metra's Union Pacific / Northwest Line commuter rail service.
Route[]
The subdivision originates at Ogilvie Transportation Center and is quad-tracked from there to CY Tower, just south of Clybourn station, where it meets the Kenosha Subdivision. It is triple-tracked from CY Tower to Barrington station, and then double-tracked through Harvard, the furthest extent of commuter service. At Crystal Lake Junction, just south of Crystal Lake station, the Harvard Subdivision meets the , which also carries commuter rail traffic. Northwest of Harvard the subdivision is single-tracked.[1][2]
Notes[]
- ^ Vandervoort, Bill. "Railroad Operating Information". Metra Railfan Tips. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ Solomon et al. 2014, p. 168
References[]
- Solomon, Brian; Blaszak, Michael W.; Gruber, John E.; Guss, Chris (2014). Chicago: America's Railroad Capital: The Illustrated History, 1836 to Today. Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-4603-7. OCLC 868039592.
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