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The Hotspots of Chicago. Where to start? Good question.....
Good spots:
Blue Island is definitely one spot, where you have
(at least) the UP, CN, CSX, METRA, and Iowa Interstate coming thru.....
Chicago Union Station 41.878673, -87.640347
Desplains St 41.888010, -87.644233
Dolton 41.640700, -87.610500
Illinois Railway Museum 42.228740, -88.530530
Lombard 41.885116, -88.023849
Matteson 41.497960, -87.699320
Rochelle 41.920450, -89.071190
Rondout 42.279550, -87.895500
Roosevelt Rd 41.867330, -87.638060
West Chicago 41.883290, -88.208810
And any METRA station on the BNSF Racetrack
Amtrak Stations:
Dyer Amtrak Station (Indiana) 41.515642, -87.518178
Glenview Amtrak Station 42.074997, -87.805650
Hammond Amtrak Station 41.691074, -87.506635
Summit Amtrak Station 41.794969, -87.809702
How about some commuter rail locations?
Here are some METRA hotspots as listed in Trains magazine:
Bellwood 41.891300, -87.881118
Clayborn 41.916960, -87.668254
College Ave, Wheaton 41.868384, -88.090300
Deerfield 41.916960, -87.668254
Elmwood Park 41.924707, -87.814756
Franklin Park 41.936627, -87.866430
Homewood 41.562457, -87.668619
Highlands 41.804968, -87.918341
Joliet 41.524395, -88.079556
La Grange 41.815756, -87.871065
Lavergne 41.835564, -87.783376 w/CN overpass
Lemont 41.673603, -88.002511
Lisle 41.797772, -88.072011
Naperville (Metra & Amtrak) 41.779640, -88.145558
New Lenox 41.514398, -87.965367
Oak Park 41.887150, -87.802236
Prarie Crossing 42.318430, -88.017599
River Forest 41.886936, -87.825045
Tinley Park 41.575848, -87.782781
Western Springs 41.808893, -87.901136
Wheaton 41.864580, -88.111968
Grayslake Crosssing 42.326318, -88.023672 (Junction of 2 Metra Lines NCS & MWN just NW of Prarie Crossing Metra)
Pedestrian Overpass 41.865391, -88.116658
Acknowledgements:
Denver Todd for doing most of the legwork!
Jersey Mike
Aerial shots were taken from
www.bing.com/maps. The snap-shots
from Bing are made with Snagit, a
Techsmith product... a great
tool if you have never used it!
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