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Trains Flying Over Trains – Reducing Rail Congestion in Chicago
Trains Flying Over Trains – Reducing Rail Congestion in Chicago
Chicago, the center of North American railroading, is also the center of rail congestion, in part because it has so many level crossings. Among the busiest was on 75th Street, on the Southwest Side of the city where trains from four railroads meet at a 90-degree grade crossing. In 2025, this junction was converted to