· Passenger
Amtrak 3, 4, 5, 6, 347, 348, from Chicago
to Galesburg and beyond;
Metra “Dinkies” from Chicago to Aurora
· Intermodal
Intermodal Yards in the Chicago area include:
Western Avenue Yard—intermodal loading for train to
Pacific Northwest
Cicero Yard—classification yard with some intermodal capability
Ogden Avenue—TOFC
Trains observed on this section in 1993 include:
BN3: Cicero to Seattle
BN11: Cicero to Portland; BN12: Luke Yard to Cicero
BN15: Chicago to Seattle; BN16: Seattle to Chicago
BN107: Chicago to Minneapolis
· Coal
Trains observed on this section in 1993 include:
DD142: Powder River to Chicago Central loads
DD043: Chicago Central to Powder River empties
· Steel
· Automotive
· Grain
· Chemicals
· Oil and other tanks
· General Merchandise
Trains observed on this section in 1993 include:
BN153: Cicero to Kansas City
BN164EA: Eola Yard to Belt Railway of Chicago
Conrail ELBN2A: Elkhart to Cicero
CN haulage trains from Duluth to Chicago (now transferred to CN’s newly-acquired WC)
SP CHRVM: Chicago to Roseville Manifest
· Local Peddlers