BARTLETT, Ill. — Canadian National’s business train makes a stop at Spaulding Junction in Chicago’s western suburbs to board officials and invited guests during a trip on Wednesday, March 20. The train was led by Wabtec AC44C6M No. 3309, the locomotive featuring the revived steam-era “wafer” logo [see “Canadian National revives …,” Trains News Wire, Sept. 19, 2023]. It was on a trip marking CN CEO Tracy Robinson’s selection as 2024 Railroader of the Year by Railway Age magazine, according to photographer Mark Llanuza.
Spaulding, on the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, has gained a degree of notoriety as the interchange point that has triggered a long-running dispute between CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City involving the Surface Transportation Board as well as federal courts [see “STB rules against CN in Chicago interchange dispute …,” News Wire, Jan. 30, 2024]. It is between Bartlett and Elgin, Ill.
