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CHICAGO'S ACTIVE INTERLOCKING TOWERS
Manual interlocking towers still control the signals and switches at many locations in the Chicago area.
U. D. Tower in Joliet.
State Line tower in Hammond, Indiana. (since closed and demolished)
AMTRAK/CHICAGO UNION STATION
Lake Street - controls Union Station trackage
BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE
Corwith - crossing of Corwith Yard leads with CN/IC
CANADIAN NATIONAL/ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Blue Island - crossing with CSX, IHB
CP RAIL (SOO LINE)
Tower B-17 (Bensenville) - west end Bensenville YardRondout - junction with Metra/crossing with EJ&E
ELGIN JOLIET & EASTERN
Barrington - crossing with UP (ex-C&NW)West Chicago - crossing with UP (ex-C&NW)
Bridge Jct. (Joliet) - drawbridge over Des Plaines River
INDIANA HARBOR BELT
Dolton - crossing of IHB, CSX, UPCalumet (East Chicago) - crossing of Kankakee Line with CSX
METRA
Tower A-2 (Western Ave.) - crossing with UPTower A-5 - junction between Milwaukee District lines
16th Street - crossing of Rock Island District with IC
Gresham Junction - Junction on Rock Island District
Blue Island - Junction on Rock Island District
Joliet U. D. Tower - crossing of BNSF, SP (ex-GM&O), Metra
67th Street - junction on Electric District, IC
NORFOLK SOUTHERN
Hick (Indiana Harbor Canal) - drawbridge and junction on Chicago LineCummings Bridge - drawbridge over Calumet River
UNION PACIFIC
Lake Street - controls Metra/North Western StationCY Tower (Clybourn) - junction between ex-C&NW lines
Not included are certain drawbridges, where a bridge tender is responsible for little more than the bridge itself.