was abandoned ("out of service") in 1994. The abandoned portion of the line measures 76.2 miles. The west end of this Norfolk Southern Line now ends at the former Illinois River bridge east of Depue, due south of Seatonville. This Illinois River swing bridge at DePue has an interesting history. The bridge was hit by a barge in the 1960s, caught fire and the bridge tender killed. This swing bridge was removed in the early 1980s, and much of the track from Illinois River to Ladd was removed. Illinois Railway acquired old-NYC trackage between Depue and Ladd. In 2004, Illinois Railway acquired trackage between the Wye (“Y”) with BNSF at Zearing, thru Ladd and Spring Valley to LaSalle. The east end of the Kankakee Belt towards South Bend is unused except for the local trackage around South Bend. NS operates the local trackage of the Kankakee Belt in South Bend in conjunction with their operations of the former New Jersey, Indiana, and Illinois Railroad, a Wabash subsidiary, and the Vandalia line, a former PRR route from Logansport. Since the demise of Studebaker and Singer, these lines are lightly used with no more than five customers total. The track between here and the NIPSCO plant in Wheatfield was removed in 1983. NYC Kankakee Belt Line – Illinois section (1964) List of Illinois cities and interchange railroads (east to west) as of 1964 Delmar, Illinois – Milwaukee Road Momence, Illinois – Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Kankakee, Illinois – Illinois Central Railroad and New York Central Railroad Reddick, Illinois – Wabash Railroad Dwight, Illinois – Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, old Alton Railroad Streator, Illinois – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Lostant, Illinois – Illinois Central Railroad Illinois River bridge (removed) at 41°18′50.87″N, 89°16′43.02″W De Pue, Illinois – Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Ladd, Illinois – Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Chicago and North Western Railway, and LaSalle and Bureau County Railroad (LS&BC), also known as "The Bee" Zearing, Illinois – Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad NYC Kankakee Belt Line – Indiana section (1964) List of Indiana cities and interchange railroads (east to west) as of 1964 South Bend, Indiana – New York Central Railroad and Grand Trunk Railway North Liberty, Indiana – Wabash Railroad Walkerton, Indiana – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Nickel Plate Railroad Hamlet, Indiana – Pennsylvania Railroad Knox, Indiana