I'm trying to log my rail miles when I have ridden GO Transit and Metra Rail. Problem is, I have no idea what the miles are station-to-station. Anybody know any sites that have this information? Their timetables don't have the miles between stations like Amtrak. Thank You.
Posted by CN 6060 Fan (Member # 3093) on :
You should get a copy of the "Canadian Trackside Guide" It lists the subdivision mileage for all railways in Canada including the CN & CP lines GO operates on.
For Metra, see if you can get your hands on either an employee timetable or an old timetable back pre advent of amtrak. A lot, but not necessarily all will list the commuter stops and their milepost locations. Which Metra lines? Some I may have in a pdf form that I could email you.
Posted by Ken V (Member # 1466) on :
For GO trains, you can calculate the mileage between stations using the CN and CP subdivision lists which can be found at Paul Cordingley's Rails in Toronto site. The distances are in miles, and not kilometers.
Posted by George Harris (Member # 2077) on :
Rock Island line to Joliet – from 1956 Official Guide 0.0 Chicago LaSalle St, Station 6.6 Englewood 8.6 Auburn Park 11.9 Washington Heights 15.7 Blue Island 20.4 Oak Forest 23.5 Tinley Park 29.7 Mokena 33.9 New Lenox 40.4 Joliet
Maybe a couple of other lines later.
Posted by George Harris (Member # 2077) on :
BNSF Chicago Sub – The Burlington “Racetrack” Thiese are all points form the Chicago Division Employee Timetable No. 4, January 20, 2002. I have not checked it against the Metra timetable, but would suspect that some of these points are railroad reference points, not station stops.
0.0 - Chicago Union Station 0.8 - Roosevelt Road 1.7 - Union Ave. - 4th main begins mp 1.4 1.8 - Halsted Street 3.7 - Western Ave. 7.0 - Cicero - 4th main ends mp 6.8 8.5 - Clyde 9.0 - La Vergne 9.6 - Berwyn 10.0 - harlem Avenue 11.0 - Riverside 11.7 - Hollywood 12.3 - Brookfield 13.0 - Congress Park 13.7 - La Grange 14.1 - Stone Ave. 15.4 - Western Springs 16.3 - Highlands 16.8 - Hinsdale 17.8 - west Hinsdale 18.2 - Clarendon Hills 18.34 – Look for Mr. Gilbert Norman 19.4 - Westmont 20.3 - Fairview Ave. 21.1 - Downers Grove 22.8 - Belmont 24.4 - Lisle 28.4 - Naperville 31.6 - route 59 33.4 - Eola 35.3 - West Eola 38.4 - Aurora - end third main track 41.0 - Montgomery
Here are the passenger train speed limits from the same ETT.
0.8 to 1.4 - 25 mph 1.4 to 1.8 - 35 mph 1.8 to 2.3 - 40 mph 2.3 to 4.0 - 60 mph 4.0 to 35.0 - 70 mph 35.0 to 38.1 - 55 mph 38.1 to 38.9 - 35 mph 38.9 to 40.4 - 75 mph 40.4 into next sub - 79 mph
4th main speed limits: 1.4 to 2.2 - 10 mph 2.2 to 6.3 - 40 mph 6.3 to 6.8 - 25 mph