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The Southern Transcon is a main line of the BNSF Railway comprising 11 subdivisions between Southern California and Chicago, Illinois.Completed in its current alignment in 1908 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, when it opened the Belen Cutoff in New Mexico (going through eastern New Mexico, northwestern Texas, briefly part of western Oklahoma and to Kansas) and bypassed the steep ...
This is a route-map template for the San Bernardino Subdivision, a BNSF railway line in California.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The connector has resulted in a direct connection between the BNSF rail yard in Galesburg to the Southern Transcon. The line has also had a significant impact for Amtrak. Prior to the building of the connector, the Southwest Chief operated on the Chillicothe Subdivision to Galesburg, via Joliet, Streator and Chillicothe.
This is a route-map template for the Cajon Subdivision, a BNSF railway line in California.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
It is operated by BNSF Railway [2] as part of their Southern Transcon route from Chicago to Los Angeles. The Chillicothe Subdivision is a high volume route connecting three principal yards in Chicago (Corwith, Willow Springs, [3] and Logistics Park Chicago) in the east and the Marceline Subdivision in the west which continues to Kansas City.
Fresno Interurban District: In the Fresno area, a spur known as the Fresno Interurban District ran from Fresno to the east. The stations on that spur were Hammond, Cincotta, Bartonette, Cameo, Burness, Fairview, Big Bunch, Zediker, Riverbend, Elk, and Belmont Ave. [7] The Tulare Valley Railroad acquired the tracks from Hammond to Cameo around 1992.
This is a map of the BNSF Railway as of 2009, with trackage rights in purple (haulage rights are lighter). Email me if you would like a copy of the GIS data I created (modified from Bureau of Transportation Statistics North American Transportation Atlas Data) or if you see any errors.
Most of the line was purchased by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) in 1992, and freight rights are retained by BNSF. [1]Heavy construction began in June 2014 to convert a portion of the Harbor Subdivision to light rail use as a segment of the K Line, part of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. [2]