| The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (EJ&E) |
| The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (EJ&E), running on 200 miles of terminal trackage, runs a huge circle around Chicago, crossing every line entering the Chicago terminal. Owned by US Steel, the line begins at the US Steel facility in Waukegan. From Waukegan, which is located near Wisconsin on the north shore, the line heads south through the town of North Chicago. The line crosses the C&NW (UP), the BN, turns southeast to Joliet, crosses the Des Plaines River, ICG (GM&O), SF, Metra (RI), and then turns east into Indiana. The major yards for the EJ&E are the Joliet Yard on the southeast side of Joliet and Kirk Yard in Gary. The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway is a terminal railroad whose primary business is tied closely with USX's steel plants. It was one of a group of railroads owned by Transtar, a holding company now handling USX's transportation subsidiaries. Effective February 2009, it was sold to the CN Rail (Canadian National Railway). Some of the Gary operations remain with the Gary Railway. |
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Here's a preview of some of the exciting projects we have put together for you: Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, The "J" Snow on the J A poem about the J Reference Material Gary Airport EJ&E Maps EJ&E Customers Porter Branch New Wrecker on the J Pat Nixon in Chicago Gary Railway |
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Aug. 3, 2011 –
CN today announced plans for a US$165-million expansion of its Kirk Yard in Gary, Ind .,
and relocation of its Chicago area locomotive repair shop to the upgraded freight car classification facility in
Northwest Indiana.
The project will increase Kirk Yard's processing capacity to 2,500 cars per day from 1,500 today. Additional classification tracks, along with more receiving and departure tracks, will allow the yard to handle longer and more efficient trains, improve interchange with other railroads, and consolidate CN's switching operations in the Chicago area at a single primary yard. |
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The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (EJ&E)
(or more simply, “the J”), running on 200 miles of terminal trackage,
draws a huge circle around Chicago, crossing every line entering the Chicago
terminal zone. Owned by US Steel, the line begins at the US Steel facility in
Waukegan, Illinois. From Waukegan, which is located near Wisconsin on the north
shore, the line heads south through the town of North Chicago. The EJ&E, in
addition to being known as The J, is also known as the Chicago Outer Belt, the
latter being that it's mainline runs from Waukegan, Illinois to Gary, Indiana
around the outer edge of the Chicago area. It is headquartered in Joliet,
Illinois. Reporting marks are EJE and radio frequencies: 160.350 (AAR 16) Road,
160.260 (AAR 10) Yard, 160.725 (AAR 41) Yard. It is a Class 2 freight railroad.
Coal and steel are major commodities moved on the "J." The line
serves four steel mills in the Gary/East Chicago area (U.S. Steel, LTV Steel,
Ispat-Inland, and Indiana Harbor Coke), as well as steel processors in the areas
surrounding Gary and Joliet, Ill. It connects with Belt Railway of Chicago,
BNSF, Canadian National (Grand Trunk, Illinois Central, Wisconsin Central),
Canadian Pacific (SOO), Chicago Central, Chicago Rail Link, Chicago Short Line,
Chicago South Shore & South Bend, CSX, I&M Rail Link, Indiana Harbor
Belt, Iowa Interstate, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific (CN&W).
Beginning in Waukegan, the line looks as follows:
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| Railroad pictures from Gary, Indiana |
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Gary Railway The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway officially ceased to exist January 31st, 2009, at 11:59 PM. At midnight, February 1st, the line became Canadian National property. Over 120 years of history went out with a whisper. There were no special trains or ceremonies... Just business as usual. Equipment disposition 1. It's Gary Railway, not Gary Railroad 2. Judging from the map CN provided in its purchase application to the STB (p.240), the diamonds will remain at Griffith, or at least one of them will since GTW will no doubt be single-tracked west of Griffith. The connection to the north-south main will be built well east of the diamonds. 3. GTW thru Blue Island will not have zero traffic. In the purchase application, CN estimates it will continue to run 2-3 trains a day over it. There is no indication that a "switch connection" will replace the remaining diamond. The GTW may disappear a few years down the road but for now it stays. 4. A very reliable source has said that when the deal was first announced, it was agreed that CN gets the road power, the SW1001s, four SW1200s, two slugs, and the flatcars. Gary Railway/USS will keep the rest of the SW1200s and slugs, the NW2, the SW1500, and the EJ&E car fleet except for the flatcars. There may be a little juggling here and there, but it should end up roughly like that. Under the agreement, U. S. Steel’s Transtar subsidiary will retain railroad assets, equipment, and employees that support the Gary Works site in Northwest Indiana and the steelmaking operations of U. S. Steel. Transtar’s remaining operations will become the Gary Railway. . Before applicants acquire control of EJ&EW, EJ&E plans to transfer all of its land, rail, and related assets located west of the centerline of Buchanan Street in Gary (together with the real property and related fixtures associated with the hump and Dixie leads located east of Buchanan Street) to EJ&EW, which at that time would become a rail common carrier. As noted above, this transaction is the subject of the SubNo. 1 related filing. EJ&E would retain its land, rail, and related assets east of the centerline (other than the real property and related fixtures associated with the hump and Dixie leads). It is expected that, if the Control Transaction is approved and applicants acquire control of EJ&EW, EJ&E would change its name to Gary Railway Company, and EJ&EW would assume the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company name. You can monitor Gary mill operations on frequencies 160.725 and 161.550. Find out about former EJ&E locomotives working in the mill. 300, 301, 303, 304, 305, 307-T8, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 324, and 460. The mill has its own roundhouse to maintain these units. Gary Railway (GRW) trainmasters, and yardmasters co-ordinate all of their moves. I just heard GRW 317 calling Kirk westend on 160.260 (the EJ&E yard channel) saying they had ten loads to deliver from the tin mill. Frequency 161.550 is still shared by EJ&E, and GRW operations. The GRW traffic on 161.550 is yard work, where operations on 160.725 is working in the mill. Seems to be the forgotten part of the Jay. Unfortunately there is little to see from public roadways. Mill activity seems to be holding up pretty well considering the economy. Currently the Gary Railway's primary customer is the U.S. Steel works in Gary, Indiana. However, it also serves four additional steel processing groups: ArcelorMittal USA, Tube City IMS, Brandenburg Industrial, and the Levy Company. The railway interchanges with Canadian National at Gary as well as several other Class I rail carriers connected along the lines of the former Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway. Gary Railway should not be confused with former streetcar company Gary Railways See also a WebSite for employees of Gary Railway |
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| Gary Railway operating inside US Steel plant |
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| Gary Railway operating inside US Steel plant |
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| Gary Railway operating inside US Steel plant |
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| Gary Railway operating inside US Steel plant |
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| Gary Railway operating inside US Steel plant |
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Here is the Gary Railway operating at street level.
Tube City IMS, a Gary company that serves U.S. Steel's Gary Works is implementing the Lean and Green Locomotive, a new locomotive with a retrofitted engine expected to significantly reduce diesel emissions in the region. Read more: |
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Click on picture at left to see more about snow blowers on the "J" |
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Central Pasco & Gulf Railroad The Central Pasco & Gulf (CP&G) is a 7 1/2" gauge railroad being constructed within Pasco County's Crews Lake Wilderness Park. The park is near Shady Hills in the north central portion of Pasco County Florida. The railroad is based upon the Orange Belt Railway. which ran from Sanford to St. Petersburg through Pasco County. The major towns on the CP&G are named for stops/stations on its route. |
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OK! Now how does this Florida project get on a WebPage for the "J"??? A lot easier to understand than some Canadian railroad owning the "J"!!! Reason for inclusion is simple: Rules Examiner / Road Foreman of Engines for CP&G is EJ&E Alumnus! See this on both our Florida and Scale-Model WebPages. |
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A Poem About The "J" The EJ&E is causing a flack you can`t get to Chicago with out crossing our track. Orange and green is the way to go so just go with the flow. It`s ok to go our way but remember you must pay. We don`t merge we don`t care we will be there every ware. Don`t think we are cheap because we have an old geep. Remember when you see the orange it`s fresh not faded and we were never aided. NOW's the time to have some fun because all the geeps still run. We are not fast we are not slow we are just on the go. We love the J hope you do too. This is all I have to say but remember it`s the J all the way. Thank`s Written April 21, 2005 by Al Hentsch |
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| REFERENCE |
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Complete List of Indiana Railroads |
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Complete List of Illinois Railroads |
| Elgin, Joliet & Eastern steam locomotives |
| United States Steel locomotives |
| EJ&E from "Shortlines of Chicago" |
| Chicago's Northside Switching |
| DPD Productions for the railroad hobbyist |
| Joliet Junction RR |
| EJ&E Kirk Yard in 1955 |
| Our favorite Short Lines |
| Interesting Railway Stations |
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Congress OKs funds for STAR Chicago-area service: Commuter rail system would link suburbs Congress has approved $1 billion in funding for the Chicago area's first suburb-to-suburb commuter rail service, though it's still unclear what route the line would take through the Joliet area. The transportation bill includes funding for the proposed 55-mile Suburban Transit Access Route, or STAR line, which would link Joliet to Hoffman Estates and O'Hare Airport along an Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway track. |
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Gary/Chicago International Airport Gary/Chicago International Airport has landed $57.8 million in Federal Aviation Administration money that airport proponents say will cement its position as Chicago's third airport. The money will be used to add 2,000 feet to the northwest end of the airport's main runway. The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad tracks, which lie 130 feet from that end of the runway, will be moved westward. Continuing is a running feud between Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his Illinois allies over Jackson's proposed Abraham Lincoln National Airport in south suburban Peotone. Gary/Chicago is a reality on the ground capable of serving people's needs, not a cornfield somewhere. Not mentioned, is the fact that Chicago/Gary airport has a tremendous asset in being in close proximity to the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad. |
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Steel Mills (not just USS) Steel Bar Producers Steel Sheet Processors Steel Plate Processors Petroleum Chemicals and Plastics Manufacturing Distribution Water-to-Rail Transfer Electric Utilities Scrap Processors Miscellaneous |
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The EJ&E used to have a branch in western Indiana called the Porter Branch.
I think the J's original plans was to head for La Porte.
The Porter Branch was built parallel to the Michigan Central because there was enough business to justify both. What became the Joliet Cut-Off of the Michigan Central was originally chartered as the Joliet & Northern Indiana Railroad in 1854 by a group of Joliet businessmen that wanted a direct connection with the East, bypassing the time and expense of routing via Chicago over either the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad or the Illinois & Michigan Canal. The J&NI was completed between Joliet and the Michigan Central at Lake Station (aka East Gary), Indiana (45 miles) in May of 1855. The MC had acquired control of the J&NI even before it was completed. While the Joliet Cut-Off had its share on line customers, it was primarily a bridge line for through traffic between the MC on the east end and the C&EI in Chicago Heights, the IC in Matteson, the Wabash in Steele and the C&A, the Rock Island and later the Santa Fe in Joliet. It operated local passenger service to Joliet until 1925. The EJ&E completed its eastern extension from McCool to Porter to connect with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (a fierce MC competitor) in 1893. It also connected with the B&O and the new Detroit-Chicago line of the Wabash that was completed across northern Indiana the same year. The "J" offered its customers three friendly connections in Indiana, while anything routed east-bound over the Joliet Cut-Off stayed on the MC. The EJ&E line from Griffith north to Gary was originally a branch line that was added in 1901. Later in the 20th century, both the MC and the LS&MS became part of the New York Central System. The "J" in Porter is seen in a map of a passenger wreck in Porter. |
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Sometimes the
POTUS train was for the First Lady. Then it is FLOTUS!
In 1970, Pat Nixon`s trip started at Chicago`s LaSalle St. station and took her via Rock Island tracks through Joliet to "Minooka" where the special train moved on to the EJ&E Ill River line enroute to Dresden & Goose Lake. Mrs Nixon rode most of the trip in EJ&E parlor car #101 the last car in the train. The train was powered by two Rock Island diesels# 648 was one. The special included 4 RI cars and EJ&E coaches 101 and 103. She rode the train to Collins road where she got off and was taken by motorcade to O`Hare. |
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The following article appeared in the
Joliet Evening Herald
on March 9,
1906; you may find it of interest.
E. J. & E. HAS NEW WRECKER ONE OF THE LARGEST MADE FOR USE BY A RAIL-ROAD A machine which will lift the heaviest locomotive and place it where desired, and of such delicate touch that freight cars, loaded to their capacity can be picked up from their track like toy cars and set on another track - this is the description of the new wrecker purchased by the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railroad. The wrecker arrived in the Joliet yards and was tested yesterday at Coal City on some loaded freight cars. These cars weighed over fifty tons, but the wrecker picked them up and set them wherever desired as a model wrecker should. But these cars were just about half a task for the wrecker. Its limit is above a hundred tons, high enough so that the heaviest loads encountered in a wreck can be handled and the tracks cleared in short order. The wrecker was made at the Bay City Machine Works, Bay City, Mich., and is one of the largest made for railroad use. Its weight is 106 tons, or 212,000 pounds, and its cost is about $15,000, several thousand dollars more than the price of the average freight locomotive. The locomotives cost in the neighborhood of $12,000. The wrecker with its train will be left continually in the Joliet sheds, except when in use, and will be constantly connected with the boilers so that steam will be up all the time, and an instant's notice will be sufficient to send the train out on the road to the scene of a wreck. A crew will always be in readiness for call for such service. The wrecker is a great improvement over the wrecker formerly in use by the E. J. & E., and will facilitate the company's work in emergencies considerably |
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