Glenwood to Chicago Heights

(Forwarded from the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railway)

This bridge is in Glenwood, IL on the former Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (later CSX), a switching line south of Chicago. This line was likely abandoned when CSX obtained trackage rights on the parallel Union Pacific (which was originally the Chicago & Eastern Illinois and later the Missouri Pacific). Photo by Bob Huffman, 2004.

The Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal was a switching road in the Chicago area that was absorbed into CSX in the 1980s. While some segments are still in service, this segment was likely abandoned in the 1980s after the CSX merger/consolidation. The right-of-way in this area will eventually be incorporated into the American Discovery (bicycle) Trail.

Thanks to Bob Huffman for contributing information about this route.

The Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal used this line as a factory spur only. The road terminated in Chicago Heights and was connected to the Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer (now UP). The Milwaukee Road used this line to connect to the Chicago Heights to Terre Haute Indiana line. When service was discontinued in the late 1970s, the line was not needed any more. There is an overpass that used to exist for the tracks to go underneath the UP/CSX line.

The CSX trains that use the UP track ROW are separate from the ones that used this line.

The tracks are in use at the Thornton quarry north of Glenwood to the CN (GTW) junction.

Lloyd Baker
Chicago Hts, IL
12/5/2009

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Was once traveling south of Blue Island, Illinois, believe on route 57. Crossing tracks at grade level, somewhere very south of Blue Island, saw numerous amounts of Rock Island equipment sitting in a large yard, just west of the crossing. Do not remember exact location, however, time period was summer of 1984, or, spring of 1985. Help! Thanks

John
Elyria, OH
11/25/2010

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I believe that the Glenwood School had a siding for its coal for the boilers. A friend of mine (now passed) used to talk about helping the building engineer when he was a student there many years ago, when the school had its own farm, the land now occupied by homes.

Bob Leffingwell
Chicago, IL
12/3/2010

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