While trying to find
IC's Homewood Tower in my 2005 SPV RR Atlas, I noticed a branch from the IC yard to the Thornton quarry. Judging from a satellite image, it is now abandoned.
CSX/B&OCT still goes down the middle and UP+CSX+Amtrak+CP/C&EI goes along the east side. B&OCT still has
a spur into the quarry, but I doubt if it is still used. I assume the stone is used in the Chicagoland area, so it would be trucked. The lobe of the quarry north of I-294 is now
a reservoir to hold sewage water during and after a big rainstorm.
I added this as a comment to the
posting in
Homewood Tower.
Thornton Spur. Used to spend time riding the caboose on that job when I was a kid. They used to run a lot of rock out of there at one time.
Pulled up maybe fifteen years ago now. Maybe twenty
Line used to connect with the C&EI at Thornton as well. B&OCT also used to have a short connecting line off of its Chicago Heights sub main line that connected with the C&EI just a little ways south of the main quarry area.
Patrick McParland
posted six photos with the comment: "Thornton Quarry 80/294 (pat’s photos)"
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