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
the CN/IC's main yard in the Chicago area, Homewood sees freight trains from CN,
often with power still painted for predecessor roads Illinois Central,
Grand Trunk Western and Wisconsin Central. One might also find
locomotives from other recent CN takeovers, including BC Rail, Duluth,
Missabe and Iron Range and Bessemer and Lake Erie. There are also Union
Pacific run-through freights and Norfolk Southern trains to Decatur
exercising trackage rights through 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.
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