The rail watching platform in Homewood

Homewood Railroad Park
Home of the Main Line of Mid-America
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Appreciating Their Railroad Heritage

A Proposal Becomes Reality

Located in the
Heart of Homewood

Visiting Homewood

 

Located in south suburban Chicago, the Village of Homewood is located at the southern end of Illinois Central's Markham yard and is Canadian National's U.S. headquarters.

As one of CN's most active yards in the Chicago area, Homewood sees freight trains from CN, often with power still painted for predecessor roads Illinois Central, Grand Trunk Western, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern and others. There are also Union Pacific run-through freights and Norfolk Southern trains to Decatur exercising trackage rights through to Gibson City.

Homewood is fortunate to still have frequent and reliable suburban service from Metra and intercity passenger service from Amtrak -- a legacy from the days of Illinois Central's extensive suburban and mainline passenger operations.

HOMEWOOD RAIL COMMITTEE PRESENTS
10th Annual
HOMEWOOD RAILROAD
HERITAGE DAY
RAILFEST
Sunday, May 19, 2013
FREE ADMISSION
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Homewood Municipal Center and
H-F Park District Auditorium
2020 Chestnut Road, Homewood, Illinois

Free rides on “Lil' Obie”
Model Railroad Vendors
Raffle
Operation Model Train Layouts
Railroad Equipment Displays
NEW THIS YEAR Kids Operating Area
where kids can operate trains

Don't forget to Purchase Rail Heritage T-shirts and HO scale boxcars
Come and Visit Our Rail Watching Platform and Rail Park
Short Walk from Amtrak/Metra Station
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

For information call: (708) 957-7944 or
E-mail: d.gunderson@sbcglobal.net

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Web page donated in support of the Homewood Rail Heritage Committee by the

National Railway
Historical Society

This page last modified March 29, 2013 by Webmaster. Background by http://www.grsites.com Information and artwork supplied by Paul Burgess of the Homewood Rail Heritage Committee. The words and views expressed on this page are solely those of the Webmaster and may not represent those of the CN Railways, Union Pacific Railroad, National Railway Equipment Company, Hulcher Heavy Equipment Services Company, Amtrak, Metra, and PACE Transit Agency, Arete 3 Architectural Services Company, Inc., the Village of Homewood, the Homewood Rail Heritage Committee or the Blackhawk Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.