No, I've never seen any diagrams, but I have to imagine, given the costs involved, that IDOT/Metra will choose to build a wide-radius turn at 75th and Normal that allows Southwest Service trains to travel at a high speed onto the Rock Island tracks... but it probably won't be such a big turn as to take land away from Hamilton Park to the north.
Moving the houses seems like a nice idea, but I'm not sure to what extent the Lot Next Door program has taken hold there in Auburn/Gresham. Some of the "vacant lots" may in fact be owned by the residents of the existing houses. I agree though, that the red-brick Victorians on Normal Avenue are pretty cool. They'd be tough to move, but it might be worth it.
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Wisconsin is submitting the application for money to buy 31 train sets. Presumably, these are the ones assembled in their own state (Talgo). I don't know if this includes, or is in addition to, the two sets the state already purchased. However, this could have national benefits. If a substantial portion of the current fleet on the Hiawatha, Lincoln Service, and Wolverine is replaced by Talgo passenger cars, then it frees up quite a few cars to be used on new lines around the country, including the new lines Illinois has planned for Chi-Dubuque and Chi-Quad Cities.