This may be of interest, from the J list.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here's some various info that was passed on to me... >1. The branch line is the IRL (Illinois River Line) which leaves the >mainline at Plainfield at "SS IRL" (Spring Switch IRL). This is the old >"Gardner, Coal City and Northern" Main Line that did go to Coal City. >The "J" used it for Steam Loco Coal. The bridge that crosses the Illinois >River is unusual in that it was built as a fixed span around 1896, and >was made into a movable lift bridge in 1931 when the I & M Canal shut down. > The span has an operator three times a week when the local crosses it. > JSW-2 and JSW-3 are the regular assignments for the branch, and do use >a caboose for the run. > >2. The road channel for the Western Subdivision will change to 160.260 >on November 29. This is the inservice day for the new Dispatchers Office >in Joliet. The road channel for the East will stay at 160.350. > >3. Griffith has been Cutover for the new "J" signals. When the GTW >Cutover their's (around 12/6) the tower will close. Get your pic's now! > Tower is to be moved to the Griffith museum next to the tracks if they >can find a mover. > >4. They still have "Jets" - The snow blowers you talked about are really >quite common. The "J" has 6 in service, mostly at the hump in Gary. Dave D.-List Host --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- Stop waiting for web pages to load... eAcceleration has given away millions of copies of Webcelerator. It is the best in its category and its completely FREE!Our website also has lots of other free stuff <a href=” http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/Acceleration “>Click Here</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
