Kevin Piper
posted a history and several photos.
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Kevin Piper posted
This is the elaborate junction buiilt by CN to connect EJ&E to the old IC at Matteson, IL. Looking south.
CN has put the new connections on a railfan's diet-the north wye is designated as CP Swede and the south wye is CP Lowe. Sweet & Lowe.
In the upper right of the pic is Harris. This takes you south to Stunkel. Speed limit on the "loop" is 15MPH. |
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Kevin Piper posted
Action at Matteson. EJ&E 305 is making a set out at the IC interchange yard, while a State Line coal empty with run-through GM&O GP35's for Joliet, and an IC transfer job with GP9 9015 waits in the clear. Today, all three railroads are a part of CN, and the junction here is a big new multi-directional connection. 4-16-67. LOUIS CERNY PHOTO
Matteson siding, like the one at Chicago Heights, was located between the eastbound and westbound mains. |
Mark Hinsdale
posted three photos with the comment:
Canadian National Inspection Train
For the second consecutive day, a company inspection train has visited Chicagoland. Yesterday, Union Pacific ran one through on its northbound trek; today, CN came south with one on its journey from Stevens Point WI to Champaign IL. Here are views on the Matteson IL "cloverleaf."
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Somebody, Park Forest?, built an elaborate railpark on the south side of the rail embankment. Looking at a Google satellite image, it was added after the junction was finished. This is the first time that I have seen a Bing image that is newer than a Google image. Google claims a 2017 copyright for the image, but the viewing platform was built before 2017.
The Birds-Eye View is old enough to show the lay of the land before the cloverleaf was built.
I have a separate posting on the railfanning aspects of this junction.
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