railroad > Central Illinois Rail Junctions > BNSF-Union Pacific; Pequot (Coal City), IL

BNSF-Union Pacific
Pequot (Coal City), IL


On the northeastside of Coal City sits a rail junction that as of 2008 was being dismantled. Known from the golden age of the coal industry at "Pequot". The junction was on the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad (now BNSF Railway) main line and a connection with a spur track running from a Union Pacific main line near Braceville, to Coal City. The Union Pacific used track rights with the BNSF from Pequot to rejoin the main line at Joliet.

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Looking SW at the BNSF main line track. (May, 2008)

Looking at the remains of the UP track leading into the BNSF track. (May, 2008)

Looking north along the former UP line at the BNSF tracks. (March, 2011)

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