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NS has a new interlocking running at 81st Street.

Toledo West abolished
Chicago East will become the Elkhart Desk and cover CP 479 to CP 320
Toledo Yard will become Toledo Terminal and will control CP 320 to CP281 as well as CP 289 to CP 281 to YD on the DR line

Well something is going on in the area. Spotted this on the ATCS forum NS intermediate signal between 81st Street and Pullman Jct. (geographically, just east of the Dan Ryan between 90th and 91st Streets) is being replaced. When I was there (with authorization) a few days ago, the vertical was in pl...

Pullman is weeeeeeird. Its got four full on power switches. its got three semi interlocked switches. In that the dispatcher locks and unlocks them and lines signals over them once the crewman lines the route (A VERY NKP THING) Then there are two switches on the CSL and one from the NS connection tha...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syf-jKB6rpw

1:37 has the dispatchers display from 485 westward

Based on an analysis of tonnages, train type & make-up, and stopping distances, certain freight trains starting on October 3rd will be designated and authorized by the Regional Vice President for test operation at intermodal train speeds in accordance with the Dearborn Division Timetable on the Chic...

When operating trains through Pullman Jct., Milepost B 512.2, crews can traverse multiple route(s). This can include acquiring multiple signals in addition to operating hand operated switches within NS Pullman Jct. To enhance operation through NS Pullman Jct the following instructions will apply. Wh...

CJ Dispatchers will no longer be stationed at Ashland Avenue Yard Terminal effective, Thursday, September 20, 2018, 7am. CJ territory will be dispatched by Chicago West dispatchers. All radio channels will remain the same. The lift bridge operator at Cummings is also soon to loose control of that CTC.

CNIC replaced the KX machine in Kankakee on 8/29

NS side got new signals. Nothing crazy here.

WAS CP Calumet Park
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Signal Relocation on No. 3 Siding and No. 4 Siding
Effective 0600 09/27/2018 dwarf signals governing westward movements on No. 3 Siding and No. 4 Siding have been relocated approximately 100 feet east from their former location.

That is far enough out from Hohman they may put in a separate MCP for those switches.

I think IHB redid Hohman already when the NS stuff went in.

Normal position for the wye switches around the diamond is for the route over the diamond. (1,2,9, and A)

Switches 1 thru 6 are on the EAST WEST line, they are numbered from WEST to EAST in order (with 6 being the new siding switch) Switches 7,8,9,A,B.C, and D, are on the NORTH SOUTH line. 7 is the southernmost crossover, and D being the northernmost crossover, with everything in between numbered in ord...

Right - I have been watching it all week. The switches at Ryan are not reporting yet. CP 28 is now it's own control point, with CP House retaining the data for 3 & 4 Connecting and CP 28 being Mains 1 & 2. The trick is going to be figuring out the switch numbers at Gibson, whether they reuse the ex...

http://www.ihbrr.com/docs/dob/currentdob.doc

New CP Ryan, redone CP Gibson

Unless otherwise restricted by signals for crossover moves at 481 or 479.

Also is Metra changing ATCS channels? Stuff is disappearing off CH5 Have 59th Street and 74th Street been regularly available in the past? I added them to my display this week (hoping to catch SWS moves and the Amtrak Cardinal/Hoosier State) then found out I wasn't getting those MCPs. The Chicago a...

Just did some good earth searching.. Someone is planning ahead because hordes of houses are gone that are in the way of Create P4. The Metra flyover probably won't require house moving, I think they can thread it thru the edge of that park. Doesn't take much room for a passenger viaduct of modern co...

P2 and P3 are now FULLY funded. 75th street and 81st street bye bye!!!!!!!

Looks like the Chicago Line ATCS is down this weekend.

You can use the Chicago District (NKP) server for most of it.
inrd.gotdns.com PORT 4804