A train crosses over Division Street on the EJ&E railroad line in Joliet. | File photo
Sharon Root crosses EJ&E railroad tracks near her Frankfort, Ill., residence Thursday, April 17, 2008. | File photo
The EJ&E yards on the east side of Joliet.| File photo
A truck passes over the EJ&E Railroad crossing at Cedar Road in New Lenox Tuesday, November 27, 2007. | File photo
An EJ&E switch engine moves cars in the yard on Joliet's east side. | File photo
JOLIET — The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway no longer exists as a separate operating company, the railway’s owner said. The owner, Canadian National, has merged EJ&E’s operations with those of Wisconsin Central, another CN subsidiary. The merger became effective Jan. 1. That day — …