ucle pete laid new rail and concrete ties for high speed rail project this week in pontiac il. grade crossing and signal system upgraded as well . some of the track equipment looks hi tech. anybody else seen it?
camera broke so no pics up has a video on il high speed web site. speeds will be 110 next year near here teting under way now signal and grade crosing imp underway
110 between pontiac and starts in june or july. second track laid north of there .il high speed rail has info as well
work still going on high speed rail grade crosings almost done beteen pontiac and diwight. siding taken out by odell might have new rail and concrete ties put in but doesnt look like it.signal work is progressing along with ptc.
bridge in potiac being replaced in one day tommorow one at cayuga being raised grade crossing and signal work still under way 110 this fall or late summer i am going bto watch bridge swap tommorow
bridge ,signal and grade crossing work underway bridge in pontiac will be swapped out in one day on sun july 1
bridge over vermilliopn complete but not painted yet work on north creek bridge on north side of pontiac being up graded now. brige near cayuga being raised . signal work still under way
I've been watching a lot of this work go on (for the past year or so?) from the Amtrak Texas Eagle as we go through...unless we get re-routed which has occurred more and more often of late. Train after train of concrete ties and ballast all along the line. I haven't really documented things but it seems like they had done a lot on the southern part as we were heading out of St. Louis on an adjacent line last time.
still dont have a new camera a couple of fans are going to post on youtube soon look there for track laying video taken near tawonda
siding at odell redone cocrete ties new switches and rail numerous new culverts and small bridge replacement or up grades underway cable being layed for signal and ptc
high speed testing starts soon between pontiac and diwight all sidings being redone . they are getting moved bover to improve clearances, also getting new con crete ties double tacking posible in near future. have seen some double stacks through herwe at night. some with dpus.
amtak passengers got a delay yesterday when apartment house across the street from depot caught fire two trains held untill fire put out 1 delayed 4 hours. building will get tore down might be site opf new depot in pontiac
There is a Hobby Shop, McLean Depot, that is near the high speed tracks. Sounds like an excuse to go next weekend and see how its going.