Located along Torrence Avenue at about 110th Street, the former Chicago and Western Indiana line to Hammond enters from the northwest and joins the BRC branch that heads south from Rock Island Junction and a roughly parallel ex-Rock Island branch that for many years belonged to Chicago and West Pullman and is now the property of Chicago Rail Link. There is a small yard here that is used for car storage and as a staging area for deliveries to nearby industries. Traffic is light on all lines and the junction is in a depressed neighborhood. The branch terminates here, and commuter trains headed southwest to Joliet transfer to the Rock Island main. Also, Metra Electric's ex-Illinois Central commuter branch terminates here just east of the Rock Island tracks.
Traffic is almost entirely commuter trains, but an occasional freight can be seen.
The IAIS and CRL use Burr Oak Yard, which begins just north of here. Metra's Rock Island trains depart from La Salle Street Station, and the Metra Electric trains use Randolph Street and Van Buren Street stations. Back to homepage.