Editing Rockford, Illinois (section)

====Freight====
Rockford is served by several different freight railroad lines, the [[Union Pacific]], the [[Canadian National]], the [[Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad|Iowa, Chicago & Eastern]] ([[Canadian Pacific]]), and the [[Illinois Railway]]. The Union Pacific line from [[West Chicago]] terminates in Rockford at a small yard.

The Canadian National line from [[Addison, Illinois|Addison]] enters from the Southeast and leaves in the Northwest. They have a small yard where they interchange with the [[Illinois Railway]]. The [[Illinois Railway]] Rockford Line comes from the South, joins the Canadian National line, where they continue on [[trackage rights]] to the Canadian National yard. Canadian Pacific (Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern) runs on Illinois Railway trackage rights from Davis Junction, and leaves on their own trackage to the North. All of the railroads interchange at a yard off of Main Street.

The Union Pacific Railroad's Global III Intermodal Facility is approximately {{convert|25|mi|km|0}} south of Rockford in [[Rochelle, Illinois]], a community of 10,000. The complex is one of the world's largest [[intermodal freight transport|intermodal]] facilities.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}} Construction on the state-of-the-art facility was completed in 2003 in Rochelle due to the close proximity to four interstate highways (I-39, I-88, I-80, and I-90) and rail routes.