Rail

Passenger

Amtrak
www.amtrak.com

Amtrak provides twice daily passenger service between Quincy and Chicago seven days a week. Trains depart Quincy at 6:12am and 5:30pm and arrive in Chicago at 10:30am and 9:48pm. Trains depart Chicago at 8:00am and 5:55pm and return to Quincy at 12:15pm and 10:10pm. Whether it’s a shopping spree, a business meeting or QU students returning home, Amtrak makes it easy to spend the day or the weekend in Chicago.

Freight

As the “Q” in the original CB&Q, railroads have played a significant role in Quincy’s history. Today, Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Norfolk Southern Railroads provide rail freight services to Adams County industries.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Eric Pitcher, Manager, Economic Development
547 W Jackson, Suite 1509
Chicago, IL 60661
Phone: 312/850-5699
Fax: 312/850-5690
www.bnsf.com

Norfolk Southern
Chris Ingraham, Industrial Development Manager
7021 Hall Street
St. Louis, MO 63417
Phone: 314/342-1416
Fax: 342/1410
cingrah@nscorp.com
www.nscorp.com

Burlington Junction Railway
Bob Wingate, General Manager
P.O. Box 37
Burlington, IA 52601
Phone: 319/753-6157
Fax: 319/753-9811
rwingate@bjryrail.com
www.bjryrail.com

Local Manager
831 South Front Street
Quincy, IL 62301
Phone: 217/222-5201
Fax: 217/222-5209

Burlington Junction Railway is an innovative and progressive short line terminal operator that began switching operations in Quincy in October 2003. The switch carrier connects with Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Norfolk Southern railroads. It also has operations in Burlington, W Burlington and Mt. Pleasant, IA. Burlington Junction has 7 miles of track in Quincy.

Full reload services are available with a load capacity of up to 286,000 lbs gross weight. In its first year of operation here, Burlington Junction switched out more than 13,000 rail cars, double the number handled by its predecessor in 2003. Burlington Junction does all local switching in Quincy and provides “on-demand” switch service.