List of Illinois railroads
The following railroads operating in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Current railroads[]
Common freight carriers[]
- A&R Terminal Railroad (ART)
- AgRail (AGRL)
- Ag Valley Railroad (AVRR)
- Alton and Southern Railway (ALS)
- Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC)
- Bloomer Line (BLOL)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) also operates (CIR)
- Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (CC), Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (EJE), Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), Illinois Central Railroad (IC), and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiaries Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME) and Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
- (CCUO)
- (CPC)
- Chicago Rail Link (CRL)
- Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (CSS)
- Chicago Terminal Railroad (CTM)
- (CCER)
- Coffeen and Western Railroad (CAEG)
- Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad (COER)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT) including subsidiary Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (BOCT)
- Decatur Central Railroad
- Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad (DREI)
- Decatur Junction Railway (DT)
- Eastern Illinois Railroad (EIRC)
- (EFRR)
- Evansville Western Railway (EVWR)
- (FFGC)
- (GLTR)
- (HTRC) (Out of Service)
- Illinois Railway (IR)
- Illinois and Midland Railroad (IMRR)
- (ILW)
- Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB)
- Indiana Rail Road (INRD)
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) operates
- Joppa and Eastern Railroad (JE)
- Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad (KBSR)
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) including subsidiary Gateway Eastern Railway (GWWE)
- Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY)
- (KMR)
- Manufacturers' Junction Railway (MJ) (Out of Service)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Peru Industrial Railroad (PIRR)
- (PRY)
- Port Harbor Railroad (PHRR)
- Riverport Railroad (RVPR)
- (STR) (Out of Service)
- South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (SCIH)
- Tazewell and Peoria Railroad (TZPR) operates Peoria and Pekin Union Railway (PPU)
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA)
- Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TPW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP) including subsidiary Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Company
- Vandalia Railroad (VRRC)
- Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR) operates FNG Logistics Company (FNG)
- Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR)
Private freight carriers[]
- ADM Milling (ADMX)
- Buzzi Unicem
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- Operates the
- (HTCX)
- Ingredion
- (KKRX)
- Material Sciences Corporation
Proposed railroads[]
Passenger carriers[]
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Chicago Transit Authority
- Fox River Trolley Museum (Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric)
- Illinois Railway Museum
- Metra
- MetroLink
- Monticello Railway Museum
- South Shore Line
Defunct railroads[]
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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IC | 1890 | 1892 | ||||
Albany Railroad Bridge Company | CNW | 1857 | 1909 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
Alton Railroad | A | GM&O | 1931 | 1947 | Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad | |
ITC | 1925 | 1937 | Illinois Terminal Railroad | |||
Alton and St. Louis Railroad | GM&O | 1859 | 1899 | Chicago and Alton Railroad | ||
Alton and Sangamon Railroad | GM&O | 1847 | 1852 | Chicago and Mississippi Railroad | ||
Alton and Southern Railroad | MP/ SSW | 1910 | 1968 | Alton and Southern Railway | ||
Alton and Southern Railway | MP/ SSW | 1911 | 1913 | Alton and Southern Railroad | ||
ITC | 1889 | 1937 | Illinois Terminal Railroad | |||
1857 | 1873 | |||||
American Central Railway | CB&Q | 1859 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
MILW | 1902 | 1903 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |||
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad | ATSF | 1889 | 1895 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
ATSF | 1887 | 1902 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | |||
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | ATSF | 1895 | 1996 | BNSF Railway | |
GM&O | 1905 | 1915 | Chicago and Alton Railroad | |||
MILW | 1865 | 1872 | ||||
Aurora Branch Railroad | CB&Q | 1849 | 1852 | Chicago and Aurora Railroad | ||
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | B&O, BO | B&O | 1874 | 1987 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad | B&O | 1876 | 1949 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | ||
B&O | 1892 | 1990 | CSX Transportation | |||
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad | B&O | 1899 | 1949 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | ||
B&O | 1893 | 1899 | ||||
Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway | B&O | 1873 | 1876 | Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad | ||
IC | 1881 | 1897 | ||||
SOU | 1889 | 1889 | ||||
IC | 1867 | 1895 | ||||
IC | 1861 | 1897 | ||||
NYC | 1849 | 1856 | ||||
L&N | 1869 | 1871 | ||||
IC | 1857 | 1897 | ||||
IC | 1915 | 1946 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
WAB | 1869 | 1872 | ||||
NYC | 1853 | 1867 | ||||
IC | 1891 | 1987 | Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation | |||
Bridgeport and South Chicago Railroad | B&O | 1887 | 1890 | Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad | ||
MILW | 1904 | 1909 | ||||
MSTL | 1875 | 1881 | ||||
Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | 1970 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad | ||
Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | 1981 | 1996 | BNSF Railway | ||
GM&O | 1865 | 1881 | ||||
CTML | 1982 | 1996 | ||||
MP | 1905 | 1956 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | |||
Cairo and Vincennes Railroad | NYC | 1867 | 1880 | Cairo and Vincennes Railway | ||
Cairo and Vincennes Railway | NYC | 1880 | 1881 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | ||
NYC | 1889 | 1913 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | |||
EJ&E | 1889 | 1897 | ||||
1906 | 1919 | |||||
Calumet River Railway | PRR | 1883 | 1901 | |||
1902 | 1909 | |||||
NYC/ PRR/ RI | 1897 | Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of Chicago Rail Link | ||||
CB&Q | 1856 | 1859 | ||||
IC | 1869 | 1897 | ||||
CB&Q | 1867 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
1926 | 1937 | N/A | ||||
1905 | 1906 | Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway | ||||
MILW | 1880 | 1900 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |||
Central Iowa Railway | MSTL | 1882 | 1886 | Iowa Central Railway | ||
CB&Q | 1851 | 1856 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CP | 1911 | 1987 | Soo Line Railroad | |||
CWRC | 1982 | 1985 | Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad | |||
MP | 1889 | 1894 | ||||
MP | 1883 | 1900 | Illinois Southern Railway | |||
CB&Q | 1909 | 1917 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
IC | 1879 | 1880 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | |||
WAB | 1880 | 1903 | Wabash Railroad | |||
NKP | 1880 | 1881 | Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad | |||
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | C&O, CO | C&O | 1921 | 1987 | CSX Transportation | |
C&O | 1910 | 1934 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |||
MP | 1873 | |||||
MP | 1877 | 1878 | ||||
MP | 1927 | 1956 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | |||
MP | 1869 | 1873 | ||||
Chicago and Alton Railroad | C&A | GM&O | 1861 | 1931 | Alton Railroad | |
Chicago and Alton Railway | GM&O | 1900 | 1906 | Chicago and Alton Railroad | ||
Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad | GM&O | 1855 | 1856 | St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad | ||
Chicago and Atlantic Railway | ERIE | 1873 | 1890 | Chicago and Erie Railroad | ||
Chicago and Atlantic Extension Railway | ERIE | 1873 | 1873 | Chicago and Atlantic Railway | ||
Chicago and Aurora Railroad | CB&Q | 1852 | 1855 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
CB&Q | 1885 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | CB&Q, CBQ | CB&Q | 1855 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway | CB&Q | 1901 | 1907 | N/A | Operated the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad under lease, but did not own any railroad | |
1901 | 1956 | N/A | ||||
Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway | B&O | 1886 | 1898 | Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad | ||
Chicago and Canada Southern Railway | 1871 | 1888 | N/A | Sold at foreclosure; no property in Illinois | ||
IC | 1895 | 1895 | ||||
B&O | 1889 | 1891 | Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad | |||
C&O | 1907 | 1910 | ||||
C&EI | 1887 | 1887 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | |||
Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad | C&EI | 1865 | 1877 | Chicago and Nashville Railroad | ||
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | C&EI, CEI | C&EI | 1940 | 1976 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | |
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | C&EI | 1877 | 1922 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway | ||
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway | C&EI | C&EI | 1922 | 1940 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | |
Chicago and Erie Railroad | ERIE | 1890 | 1941 | Erie Railroad | ||
MILW | 1861 | 1885 | ||||
MILW | 1885 | 1900 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |||
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway | CN | 1880 | 1900 | Chicago Lake County Railway | ||
Chicago and Great Eastern Railway | PRR | 1863 | 1868 | Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway | ||
Chicago Great Western Railroad | CGW | CGW | 1909 | 1941 | Chicago Great Western Railway | |
Chicago and Great Western Railroad | B&O | 1873 | 1890 | Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad | ||
Chicago Great Western Railway | CGW | CGW | 1941 | 1968 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
Chicago Great Western Railway | CGW | 1892 | 1909 | Chicago Great Western Railroad | ||
NYC | 1896 | 1898 | Chicago Junction Railway | |||
B&O | 1885 | 1890 | Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad | |||
IC | 1886 | 1902 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
EJ&E | 1897 | Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | ||||
CHTT | C&EI | 1898 | Still exists as a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad | |||
Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway | C&IM, CIM | 1906 | 1996 | Illinois and Midland Railroad | ||
Chicago and Illinois River Railroad | GM&O | 1867 | 1879 | Chicago and Alton Railroad | ||
IC | 1877 | |||||
IC | 1871 | 1872 | ||||
IC | 1872 | 1876 | , | |||
Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad | C&IW, CIW | IC | 1903 | Illinois Central Railroad | ||
CINR | 1979 | 1979 | N/A | |||
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad | NYC | 1906 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | ||
Chicago and Indiana State Line Railway | NYC | 1880 | 1898 | Chicago Junction Railway | ||
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway | CI&L, CIL | MON | 1897 | 1956 | Monon Railroad | |
NYC | 1903 | 1913 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | |||
CB&Q | 1869 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
Chicago Junction Railway | NYC | 1898 | 1958 | |||
EJ&E | 1889 | 1913 | Illinois Steel Company | |||
Chicago Lake County Railway | CN | 1900 | 1900 | Grand Trunk Western Railway | ||
CN | 1873 | 1879 | North Western Grand Trunk Railway | |||
EJ&E | 1897 | 1938 | Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | |||
MILW | 1883 | 1885 | ||||
1980 | 1982 | |||||
IC | 1886 | 1903 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
1872 | N/A | |||||
Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad | CNW | 1853 | 1863 | Chicago and Milwaukee Railway | ||
Chicago and Milwaukee Railway | CNW | 1863 | 1881 | |||
CM&G | MILW | 1908 | 1930 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | ||
CNW | 1881 | 1883 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | MILW | 1872 | 1928 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | ||
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | MILW | MILW | 1928 | 1985 | The Milwaukee Road, Inc. | |
Chicago and Mississippi Railroad | GM&O | 1852 | 1855 | Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad | ||
Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway | CMNW | 1987 | 1990 | Gateway Western Railway, SPCSL Corporation | ||
Chicago and Nashville Railroad | C&EI | 1877 | 1877 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | ||
Chicago and North Western Railway | CNW | CNW | 1859 | 1972 | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | |
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | CNW | CNW | 1972 | 1995 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
CB&Q | 1883 | 1887 | ||||
CNW | 1902 | 1903 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad | B&O | 1889 | 1896 | Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad | ||
B&O | 1873 | 1893 | ||||
MILW | 1872 | 1900 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |||
WAB | 1872 | 1880 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | |||
C&EI | 1893 | 1897 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | |||
1921 | 1924 | N/A | ||||
Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad | ATSF | 1869 | 1881 | Chicago, St. Louis and Western Railroad | ||
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad | 1909 | 1924 | , , , | |||
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway | 1888 | 1896 | Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad of Illinois | |||
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad of Illinois | 1896 | 1900 | Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway of Illinois | |||
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway of Illinois | 1900 | 1912 | Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad | |||
1898 | Still exists as a lessor of the Belt Railway of Chicago | |||||
Chicago and Plainfield Railroad | ATSF | 1859 | 1869 | Chicago, Plainfield and Pekin Railroad | ||
Chicago, Plainfield and Pekin Railroad | ATSF | 1869 | 1869 | Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad | ||
CPTC | 1929 | 1977 | N/A | |||
CRI | NYC | 1904 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad | RI | 1851 | 1866 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | ||
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | RI, ROCK | RI | 1948 | 1980 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Iowa Railroad, , Norfolk and Western Railway, Peoria and Pekin Union Railway | |
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | RI | 1866 | 1880 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | ||
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | RI | RI | 1880 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | |
CB&Q | 1869 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1874 | 1892 | ||||
Chicago and St. Louis Railway | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway | ||
Chicago, St. Charles and Mississippi Air Line Railroad | CNW | 1853 | 1855 | Galena and Chicago Union Railroad | ||
IC | 1900 | 1901 | ||||
IC | 1887 | 1897 | ||||
Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad | PRR | 1883 | 1890 | Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | ||
Chicago, St. Louis and Western Railroad | ATSF | 1882 | 1885 | Chicago and St. Louis Railway | ||
CNW | 1855 | 1859 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
1889 | ||||||
Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway | ATSF | 1886 | 1900 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
CSL | 1900 | 2002 | South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway | |||
B&O | 1859 | 1888 | Bridgeport and South Chicago Railroad | |||
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad | CSS | 1925 | ||||
Chicago and Southern Railroad | CN | 1874 | 1878 | |||
EJ&E | 1889 | 1913 | Illinois Steel Company | |||
MILW | 1904 | 1910 | ||||
B&O | 1890 | 1891 | Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad | |||
IC | 1877 | 1902 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
IC | 1883 | 1886 | ||||
1925 | 1942 | |||||
Chicago and State Line Railroad | NKP | 1887 | 1923 | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | ||
CNW | 1905 | 1905 | ||||
CN | 1878 | 1879 | North Western Grand Trunk Railway | |||
WAB | 1879 | 1880 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | |||
MILW | 1882 | 1898 | ||||
MILW | 1873 | 1880 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |||
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad | B&O | 1897 | 1910 | Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad | ||
CTSE | MILW | 1910 | 1921 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | ||
MILW | 1910 | 1910 | ||||
IC | 1893 | 1902 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
Chicago and Tomah Railroad | CNW | 1880 | 1880 | |||
Chicago Union Station Company | CUST | CB&Q/ MILW/ PRR | 1915 | Still exists as a subsidiary of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) | ||
C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB | 1888 | 1912 | Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad | |||
CWP | 1909 | 1996 | Chicago Rail Link | |||
1900 | 1909 | |||||
1893 | ||||||
B&O | 1879 | 1885 | ||||
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad | C&WI, CWI | C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB | 1879 | Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Chicago and Western Indiana Belt Railway | C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB | 1881 | 1882 | Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad | ||
CP | 1884 | 1899 | Wisconsin Central Railway | |||
1902 | ||||||
IC | 1903 | 1903 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway | B&O | 1905 | 1915 | N/A | Leased the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway | |
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway | NYC | 1880 | 1889 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | ||
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad | CIWN | B&O | 1915 | 1990 | CSX Transportation | |
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway | B&O | 1902 | 1915 | Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad, | ||
Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad | NYC | 1871 | 1938 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | ||
B&O | 1899 | 1899 | Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad | |||
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | NYC | 1889 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
IC | 1878 | 1880 | ||||
MP | 1903 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | |||
ITC | 1899 | 1902 | ||||
Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway | PRR | 1868 | 1883 | Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad | ||
Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
MILW | 1899 | 1901 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |||
C&EI | 1880 | 1881 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | |||
NYC | 1905 | 1906 | Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad | |||
Danville, Olney and Ohio River Railroad | B&O, IC | 1869 | 1886 | |||
NYC | 1878 | 1879 | Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway | |||
C&EI | 1870 | 1872 | ||||
NYC | 1879 | 1881 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | |||
C&EI | 1887 | 1887 | ||||
NYC | 1867 | 1869 | Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway | |||
CB&Q/ MILW | 1884 | 1895 | ||||
CB&Q/ MILW | 1895 | 1898 | ||||
DRI | CB&Q/ MILW | 1898 | 1995 | Burlington Northern Railroad, Soo Line Railroad | ||
CB&Q/ MILW | 1900 | 1901 | ||||
WAB | 1867 | 1870 | Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway | |||
B&O | 1894 | 1895 | Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway | |||
B&O | 1853 | 1855 | Indiana and Illinois Central Railway | |||
IC | 1878 | 1879 | ||||
IC | 1876 | 1877 | ||||
IC | 1869 | 1872 | ||||
CGW | 1895 | 1911 | Chicago Great Western Railroad | |||
Denverside Connecting Railway | MP/ SSW | 1910 | 1913 | Alton and Southern Railroad | ||
CNW | 1888 | 1920 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
1904 | ||||||
CNW | 1909 | 1913 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
CB&Q | 1867 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1869 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
1903 | 1913 | Operated by steam | ||||
CNW | 1864 | 1864 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
CNW | 1864 | 1864 | ||||
Dunleith and Dubuque Bridge Company | IC | 1857 | 1946 | Illinois Central Railroad | ||
1898 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | |||||
1873 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | |||||
1878 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | |||||
ESLJ | CNW | 1918 | Still exists as a lessor of the Union Pacific Railroad | |||
SOU | 1900 | 1904 | Southern Railway | |||
MP | 1902 | 1902 | ||||
C&EI | 1899 | 1899 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | |||
C&EI | 1903 | 1905 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | |||
MP | 1906 | 1913 | ||||
1889 | 1891 | |||||
CNW | 1859 | 1883 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
PRR | 1885 | 1954 | ||||
Erie Railroad | ERIE | ERIE | 1941 | 1960 | Erie���Lackawanna Railroad | |
Erie–Lackawanna Railroad | EL | 1960 | 1968 | Erie Lackawanna Railway | ||
Erie Lackawanna Railway | EL | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Erie Western Railway | ERES | 1977 | 1979 | |||
NYC | 1906 | 1938 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | |||
L&N | 1869 | 1871 | ||||
C&EI | 1872 | 1899 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | |||
WAB | 1867 | 1872 | ||||
CB&Q | 1903 | 1906 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
MILW | 1874 | 1883 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |||
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad | PRR | 1853 | 1856 | Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad | ||
Fox River Valley Railroad | CNW | 1852 | 1858 | |||
CB&Q | 1908 | 1917 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
IC | 1914 | 1946 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
IC | 1887 | 1888 | ||||
CB&Q | 1881 | 1908 | ||||
CB&Q | 1878 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad | CNW | 1836 | 1864 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
Galena and Illinois River Railroad | PRR | 1857 | 1863 | Chicago and Great Eastern Railway | ||
Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad | CNW | 1853 | 1879 | |||
CNW | 1879 | 1880 | Chicago and Tomah Railroad | |||
1894 | 1898 | |||||
1898 | 1960 | N/A | ||||
CB&Q | 1886 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
1917 | 1922 | |||||
EJ&E | 1891 | Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | ||||
Gateway Western Railway | GWWR | 1990 | 2001 | Kansas City Southern Railway | ||
Gilman, Clinton and Springfield Railroad | IC | 1867 | 1877 | |||
IC | 1889 | 1893 | ||||
IC | 1882 | 1893 | ||||
IC | 1869 | 1882 | ||||
Grand Trunk Junction Railway | CN | 1880 | 1901 | Grand Trunk Western Railway | ||
Grand Trunk Western Railway | CN | 1900 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | ||
1906 | ||||||
1892 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | |||||
IC | 1876 | 1880 | ||||
IC | 1857 | 1871 | ||||
Great Western Railroad | WAB | 1853 | 1865 | Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway | ||
IC | 1902 | 1904 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad | GM&O, GMO | GM&O | 1940 | 1972 | Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | |
GM&O | 1867 | 1870 | Chicago and Alton Railroad | |||
C&O | 1906 | N/A | ||||
NYC | 1893 | 1896 | ||||
Hancock County Bridge Company | 1865 | 1868 | Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company | |||
WAB | 1869 | 1937 | ||||
WAB | 1863 | 1877 | Wabash Railway | |||
1906 | 1934 | N/A | ||||
IC | 1873 | 1887 | ||||
MP | 1903 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | |||
MP | 1905 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | |||
IC | 1915 | 1946 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1909 | 1914 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
HY&T | 1922 | 1953 | N/A | |||
HY&T | 1913 | 1917 | ||||
I&M Rail Link | IMRL | 1997 | 2002 | Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad | ||
Illinois Central Railroad | IC | IC | 1851 | 1972 | Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | |
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | ICG | 1972 | 1988 | Illinois Central Railroad | ||
IC | 1899 | 1899 | ||||
CB&Q | 1867 | 1872 | ||||
CB&Q | 1859 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
IC | 1899 | 1906 | ||||
MILW | 1902 | 1908 | ||||
1913 | N/A | |||||
PRR | 1874 | 1886 | ||||
ITC | 1899 | 1899 | Illinois Terminal Railroad | |||
ITC | ITC | 1954 | 1956 | Illinois Terminal Railroad | ||
Illinois Northern Railroad | IN | ATSF | 1901 | 1975 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | |
Illinois Parallel Railroad | CNW | 1851 | 1853 | Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad | ||
Illinois RailNet | IR | 1997 | 2005 | Illinois Railway | ||
Illinois River Railroad | 1853 | 1864 | Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad | |||
Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company | 1867 | 1878 | St. Louis Bridge Company | |||
SOU | 1865 | 1889 | ||||
B&O | 1867 | 1870 | Springfield and Illinois South Eastern Railway | |||
Illinois Southern Railway | MP | 1900 | 1920 | Missouri–Illinois Railroad | ||
WAB | 1857 | 1865 | Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway | |||
Illinois Terminal Company | ITC | 1922 | 1937 | Illinois Terminal Railroad | ||
Illinois Terminal Railroad | ITC | ITC | 1956 | 1981 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |
Illinois Terminal Railroad | ITC | ITC | 1937 | 1954 | ||
Illinois Terminal Railroad | ITC | 1895 | 1922 | Illinois Terminal Company | ||
1899 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | |||||
1902 | ||||||
CB&Q | 1887 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CNW | 1851 | 1855 | ||||
Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway | NYC | 1879 | 1887 | |||
Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway | B&O | 1895 | 1902 | Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway | ||
Indiana Harbor Railroad | NYC | 1907 | 1907 | Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad | ||
Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation | IHRC | 1986 | 1997 | N/A | ||
Indiana and Illinois Central Railway | B&O | 1855 | 1875 | |||
NYC | 1881 | 1906 | Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad | |||
IC | 1882 | 1890 | ||||
NYC | 1887 | 1887 | Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway | |||
Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway | IC, NYC | 1869 | 1879 | , | ||
NYC | 1868 | 1869 | Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway | |||
Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railway | B&O | 1875 | 1887 | |||
Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway | B&O | 1888 | 1894 | |||
B&O | 1887 | 1888 | Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway | |||
Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad | NYC | 1869 | 1882 | |||
NYC | 1882 | 1889 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | |||
IC | 1906 | 1911 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
Iowa Railroad | IRRC | 1981 | 1984 | Iowa Interstate Railroad | ||
Iowa Central Railway | MSTL | 1888 | 1912 | Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad | ||
Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad | ICE | 2002 | 2008 | Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad | ||
MP | 1873 | 1878 | ||||
GM&O | 1857 | 1862 | ||||
GM&O | 1851 | 1857 | ||||
CB&Q | 1903 | 1904 | ||||
1925 | 1938 | N/A | ||||
CB&Q | 1890 | 1896 | ||||
CB&Q | 1867 | 1879 | ||||
CB&Q | 1896 | 1905 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1855 | 1861 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1879 | 1890 | ||||
MP | 1911 | 1913 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | |||
IC | 1914 | |||||
EJ&E | 1884 | 1888 | Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | |||
EJ&E | 1889 | 1938 | Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | |||
Joliet and Chicago Railroad | GM&O | 1855 | 1950 | Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad | ||
Joliet Junction Railroad | 1994 | 1999 | ||||
NYC | 1854 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |||
CB&Q | 1881 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1852 | 1859 | ||||
ATSF/ GM&O/ RI | 1911 | |||||
CNW | 1889 | 1891 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
NYC | 1869 | 1870 | ||||
NYC | 1869 | 1873 | Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad | |||
NYC/ RI | 1881 | 1933 | N/A | |||
IC | 1880 | 1902 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
IC | 1882 | 1883 | ||||
IC | 1878 | 1880 | ||||
IC | 1879 | 1880 | ||||
1919 | 1938 | N/A | ||||
Keithsburg Bridge Company | MSTL | 1885 | 1901 | Iowa Central Railway | ||
MSTL | 1873 | 1880 | ||||
Kenosha and Rockford Railroad | CNW | 1856 | 1857 | |||
CNW | 1864 | 1864 | ||||
CNW | 1857 | 1864 | ||||
Kensington and Eastern Railroad | IC | 1904 | 1996 | Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad | ||
Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company | 1868 | |||||
NKP | 1876 | 1879 | ||||
NKP | 1867 | 1876 | ||||
NKP | 1879 | 1879 | Lake Erie and Western Railway | |||
LaFayette, Muncie and Bloomington Railroad | NKP | 1876 | 1879 | |||
NYC | ||||||
LSBC | 1890 | 1985 | Chicago Rail Link | |||
La Salle and Chicago Railroad | B&O | 1867 | 1873 | Chicago and Great Western Railroad | ||
NKP | 1884 | 1885 | Lake Erie and Western Railway | |||
Lake Erie and Western Railroad | NKP | 1887 | 1923 | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | ||
Lake Erie and Western Railway | NKP | 1879 | 1886 | Lake Erie and Western Railroad | ||
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | NYC | 1869 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | ||
CNW | 1906 | 1910 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
IC | 1886 | 1887 | ||||
IC | 1876 | 1878 | ||||
MILW | 1878 | 1881 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |||
GM&O | 1882 | 1892 | ||||
GM&O | 1889 | 1899 | ||||
Litchfield and Madison Railway | LM | CNW | 1900 | 1958 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
IC | 1886 | 1887 | ||||
TP&W | 1861 | 1864 | ||||
WAB | 1867 | 1984 | N/A | |||
SOU | 1886 | 1889 | ||||
SOU | 1882 | 1886 | ||||
SOU | 1889 | 1900 | ||||
Louisville and Nashville Railroad | L&N, LN | L&N | 1880 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | |
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway | MON | 1884 | 1897 | Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway | ||
SOU | 1878 | 1882 | ||||
SOU | 1872 | 1877 | ||||
SOU | 1886 | 1897 | ||||
CB&Q | 1925 | N/A | ||||
B&O | 1897 | |||||
Macomb, Industry and Littleton Railway | 1913 | 1930 | N/A | |||
CB&Q | 1853 | 1854 | ||||
Macomb and Western Illinois Railway | 1901 | 1911 | Macomb, Industry and Littleton Railway | |||
CNW | 1903 | 1912 | St. Louis, Peoria and North Western Railway | |||
CNW | 1913 | 1920 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
WAB | 1865 | 1871 | Wabash Railway | |||
1891 | 1941 | |||||
1941 | 1953 | |||||
MP | 1913 | 1956 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | |||
MP | 1905 | 1913 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | |||
MP | 1905 | 1913 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | |||
1901 | 1907 | (electric) | ||||
IC | 1900 | 1902 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
Mercer County Bridge Company | MSTL | 1881 | 1885 | Keithsburg Bridge Company | ||
Michigan Air Line Railroad | 1869 | 1871 | Chicago and Canada Southern Railway | |||
Michigan Central Railroad | MC | NYC | 1852 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
The Milwaukee Road, Inc. | MILW | MILW | 1985 | 1986 | Soo Line Railroad | |
CNW | 1880 | 1881 | ||||
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad | NYC | 1855 | 1869 | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | ||
CNW | 1905 | 1909 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad | MSTL | 1912 | 1943 | Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway | ||
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway | MSTL | MSTL | 1939 | 1960 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad | SOO | CP | 1944 | 1961 | Soo Line Railroad | |
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway | SOO | CP | 1909 | 1944 | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad | |
Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad | CGW | 1886 | 1894 | Chicago Great Western Railway | ||
MILW | 1865 | 1865 | ||||
GM&O | 1873 | 1895 | Chicago and Alton Railroad | |||
Mississippi River Railroad and Toll Bridge Company | ATSF | 1886 | 1900 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
CNW | 1851 | 1855 | Galena and Chicago Union Railroad | |||
TP&W | 1853 | 1865 | ||||
Missouri–Illinois Railroad | MI | MP | 1921 | 1978 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | |
CB&Q | 1904 | 1966 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
Missouri Pacific Railroad | MP | MP | 1918 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
MP | 1917 | 1918 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | |||
Missouri Pacific Railway | 1881 | 1890 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | |||
Mobile and Ohio Railroad | GM&O | 1886 | 1940 | Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad | ||
CB&Q/ MILW | 1900 | 1901 | ||||
1878 | 1885 | N/A | ||||
C&EI | 1887 | 1888 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | |||
Monon Railroad | MON | MON | 1956 | 1971 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad | |
RI | 1905 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | |||
IC | 1855 | 1885 | ||||
IC | 1882 | 1902 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
IC | 1902 | 1903 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
IC | 1861 | 1869 | ||||
WAB | 1836 | 1865 | ||||
IC | 1888 | 1888 | ||||
L&N | 1855 | 1869 | ||||
NKP | 1879 | 1879 | ||||
IC | 1867 | 1869 | ||||
MILW | 1847 | 1849 | ||||
NYC | 1854 | 1869 | ||||
New York Central Railroad | NYC | NYC | 1914 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
NKP | 1881 | 1881 | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | |||
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | NKP | NKP | 1887 | 1964 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | NKP | 1881 | 1887 | Chicago and State Line Railroad | ||
Norfolk and Western Railway | N&W, NW | 1964 | 1998 | Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
IC | 1890 | 1896 | ||||
North Western Grand Trunk Railway | CN | 1879 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway | ||
Northern Cross Railroad | CB&Q | 1849 | 1857 | |||
WAB | 1843 | 1847 | Sangamon and Morgan Railroad | |||
MILW | 1859 | 1866 | ||||
CNW | 1884 | 1888 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
Northern Indiana Railroad | NYC | 1855 | 1855 | Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad | ||
Northern Indiana and Chicago Railroad | NYC | 1850 | 1855 | Northern Indiana Railroad | ||
Northern Pacific Railroad | NP | 1890 | 1893 | N/A | Leased the Wisconsin Central Company | |
CB&Q | 1904 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1857 | 1871 | ||||
MILW | 1905 | 1913 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |||
Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway | NYC | 1887 | 1890 | Peoria and Eastern Railway | ||
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad | B&O | 1851 | 1862 | Ohio and Mississippi Railway | ||
Ohio and Mississippi Railway | B&O | 1861 | 1893 | |||
CB&Q | 1872 | 1875 | ||||
CB&Q | 1852 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
Paducah and Illinois Railroad | PI | CB&Q/ IC/ L&N | 1910 | Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, and CSX Transportation | ||
Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad | 1918 | 1921 | ||||
B&O | 1865 | 1870 | Springfield and Illinois South Eastern Railway | |||
NYC | 1869 | 1881 | ||||
PRR | 1861 | 1874 | ||||
PRR | 1873 | 1874 | ||||
Pawnee Railroad | 1888 | 1905 | ||||
IC | 1958 | 1961 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
NYC | 1887 | 1887 | ||||
IC | 1861 | 1876 | ||||
IC | 1876 | 1879 | ||||
CN | 1869 | 1873 | ||||
Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
PRR | 1954 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |||
Pennsylvania Company | PRR | 1871 | 1918 | Pennsylvania Railroad | ||
Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1918 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
PRR | 1869 | 1874 | ||||
RI | 1853 | 1980 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1863 | 1864 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
B&O, IC | 1879 | 1900 | Illinois Central Railroad, Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway, , | |||
IC | 1900 | 1905 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
Peoria and Eastern Railway | PAE, PE | NYC | 1890 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
MSTL | 1869 | 1882 | Central Iowa Railway | |||
RI | 1918 | 1951 | N/A | |||
CB&Q | 1854 | 1868 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad | |||
CNW | 1900 | 1901 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
Peoria and Oquawka Railroad | TP&W | 1849 | 1861 | |||
Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad | 1863 | 1881 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | |||
RI | 1899 | 1907 | ||||
RI | 1897 | 1899 | ||||
RI | 1906 | 1926 | ||||
RI | 1867 | 1877 | ||||
CNW/ IC/ NKP/ NYC/ PRR | 1859 | 1882 | Peoria and Pekin Union Railway | |||
PT, PTC | RI | 1926 | 1980 | |||
RI | 1885 | 1903 | ||||
Pere Marquette Railroad | PM | 1903 | 1917 | Pere Marquette Railway | ||
Pere Marquette Railway | PM | PM | 1917 | 1947 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
1905 | 1934 | N/A | ||||
GM&O | 1853 | 1854 | ||||
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | PRR | 1956 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
WAB | 1867 | 1869 | ||||
WAB | 1857 | 1865 | ||||
SOU | 1859 | 1865 | ||||
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | PRR | 1917 | 1956 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | PRR | 1890 | 1917 | Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | ||
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad | PRR | 1856 | 1861 | Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway | ||
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway | PRR | 1861 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
NYC | 1870 | 1881 | ||||
Polk and Forty-ninth Streets Junction Railway | CN | 1889 | 1889 | Grand Trunk Junction Railway | ||
Prairie Central Railway | PACY | 1981 | N/A | |||
PARY | 1977 | 1984 | N/A | |||
RI | 1893 | 1903 | ||||
PLM | RI | 1906 | 1980 | Norfolk and Western Railway | ||
CB&Q | 1867 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
GM&O | 1899 | 1904 | Chicago and Alton Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1857 | 1864 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1869 | 1886 | ||||
CB&Q | 1897 | 1939 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1887 | 1897 | ||||
Quincy Railroad Bridge Company | CB&Q | 1867 | 1903 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
WAB | 1857 | 1865 | Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway | |||
CB&Q | 1865 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
MILW | 1855 | 1868 | ||||
Railroad Bridge Company | CB&Q | 1853 | 1867 | Quincy Railroad Bridge Company | ||
MP | 1894 | 1895 | ||||
IC | 1887 | 1903 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
IC | 1901 | 1902 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
MILW | 1902 | 1913 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |||
CB&Q | 1855 | 1859 | ||||
CB&Q/ MILW | 1896 | 1900 | ||||
Rock Island and La Salle Railroad | RI | 1847 | 1851 | Chicago and Rock Island Railroad | ||
RI | 1876 | 1903 | ||||
RI | 1855 | 1869 | ||||
RI | 1877 | 1908 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | |||
EJ&E | 1905 | Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | ||||
IC | 1906 | 1906 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
MILW | 1905 | 1908 | ||||
MILW | 1869 | 1873 | ||||
CNW | 1855 | 1856 | Kenosha and Rockford Railroad | |||
CNW | 1857 | 1857 | ||||
CB&Q | 1876 | 1899 | ||||
MILW | 1853 | 1855 | ||||
C&EI | 1902 | 1903 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | |||
C&EI | 1872 | 1872 | Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad | |||
GM&O | 1909 | 1938 | N/A | |||
CNW | 1859 | 1881 | ||||
CNW | 1849 | 1853 | Chicago, St. Charles and Mississippi Air Line Railroad | |||
SOU | 1841 | 1853 | ||||
SOU | 1853 | 1857 | ||||
PRR | 1904 | 1908 | Vandalia Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1890 | 1904 | ||||
NYC | 1879 | 1881 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | |||
St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad | GM&O | 1857 | 1862 | Chicago and Alton Railroad | ||
CB&Q | 1859 | 1868 | ||||
St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad | 1887 | 1892 | St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad | |||
IC, NYC | 1862 | 1904 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
IC | 1897 | 1958 | Electric until 1949 | |||
IC | 1895 | 1946 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
St. Louis Bridge Company | 1878 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | ||||
GM&O | 1881 | 1913 | Mobile and Ohio Railroad | |||
IC | 1881 | 1886 | ||||
St. Louis and Central Illinois Railroad | 1886 | 1888 | St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad | |||
IC | 1888 | 1889 | ||||
IC | 1885 | 1889 | ||||
IC | 1886 | 1886 | ||||
St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad | 1892 | 1897 | St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railway of Illinois | |||
St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railway of Illinois | 1897 | 1900 | Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway of Illinois | |||
IC | 1881 | 1886 | ||||
PRR | 1925 | 1931 | Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | |||
IC | 1889 | 1896 | ||||
ITC | 1905 | 1937 | Illinois Terminal Railroad | |||
St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company | 1865 | 1868 | Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company | |||
IC | 1889 | 1899 | ||||
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | MP | 1901 | 1917 | |||
GM&O | 1862 | 1899 | Chicago and Alton Railroad | |||
St. Louis, Jerseyville and Springfield Railroad | 1880 | 1888 | St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad | |||
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Company | 1886 | 1920 | ||||
SLMB | 1887 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | ||||
SOU | 1878 | 1878 | ||||
SOU | 1869 | 1872 | ||||
SLOF | C&EI | 1896 | 1954 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | ||
MP/ SSW | 1920 | 1948 | Alton and Southern Railroad | |||
IC | 1901 | 1903 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
IC | 1889 | 1896 | ||||
St. Louis, Peoria and North Western Railway | CNW | 1911 | 1913 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
GM&O, IC | 1898 | 1900 | Chicago and Alton Railway, Illinois Central Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1876 | 1899 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
L&N | 1872 | 1879 | ||||
L&N | 1871 | 1871 | ||||
L&N | 1871 | 1872 | ||||
L&N | 1869 | 1871 | ||||
IC | 1886 | 1897 | ||||
MP | 1901 | 1902 | Illinois Southern Railway | |||
St. Louis Southwestern Railway | SSW | SSW | 1905 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
B&O | 1899 | 1899 | ||||
ITC | 1899 | 1937 | Illinois Terminal Railroad | |||
MP | 1901 | 1903 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | |||
MP | 1902 | 1903 | ||||
PRR | 1865 | 1905 | Vandalia Railroad | |||
NYC | 1907 | 1917 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | |||
Sangamon and Morgan Railroad | WAB | 1845 | 1853 | Great Western Railroad | ||
GM&O | 1854 | 1859 | Alton and St. Louis Railroad | |||
MILW | 1851 | 1856 | ||||
Seaboard System Railroad | SBD | 1983 | 1986 | CSX Transportation | ||
SFAL | 2001 | 2002 | Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway | |||
L&N | 1861 | 1869 | ||||
1915 | 1919 | , , | ||||
IC | 1881 | 1987 | Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation | |||
PRR | 1881 | 1954 | ||||
South Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad | C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB | 1880 | 1882 | Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad | ||
L&N | 1880 | 1936 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad | |||
1907 | 1918 | |||||
Southern Railway | SOU | SOU | 1900 | 1990 | Norfolk Southern Railway | |
SOU | 1900 | 1900 | Southern Railway | |||
IC | 1925 | 1954 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
MILW | 1908 | 1910 | ||||
MP | 1889 | 1894 | ||||
SPCSL Corporation | SSWN | SSW | 1989 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
B&O | 1901 | 1901 | Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway | |||
B&O | 1875 | 1875 | Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railway | |||
IC | 1869 | 1883 | ||||
1926 | 1936 | Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway | ||||
Springfield and Illinois South Eastern Railway | B&O | 1870 | 1874 | Ohio and Mississippi Railway | ||
Springfield and Northwestern Railroad | 1869 | 1878 | Springfield and Northwestern Railway | |||
Springfield and Northwestern Railway | 1878 | 1881 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | |||
CNW/ IC/ NKP/ NYC/ PRR | 1853 | 1859 | ||||
1942 | 1945 | N/A | ||||
SFT | 1908 | 1952 | N/A | |||
C&EI | 1880 | 1887 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | |||
NYC | 1899 | 1900 | ||||
CNW | 1859 | 1888 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
MP | 1891 | 1892 | ||||
NYC | 1896 | 1907 | Indiana Harbor Railroad | |||
1880 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | |||||
Terre Haute and Alton Railroad | NYC | 1851 | 1856 | |||
NYC | 1856 | 1862 | ||||
PRR | 1892 | 1905 | Vandalia Railroad | |||
PRR | 1887 | 1957 | ||||
1909 | 1918 | |||||
NKP | 1886 | 1886 | Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad | |||
Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad | NKP | 1881 | 1884 | |||
Toledo and East St. Louis Railroad | NKP | 1900 | 1900 | Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad | ||
TP&W | 1864 | 1880 | Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad | |||
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad | TP&W, TPW | TP&W | 1927 | 1983 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | |
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad | TP&W | 1879 | 1886 | Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway | ||
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway | TP&W | TP&W | 1887 | 1927 | Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad | |
Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad | NKP | 1886 | 1900 | Toledo and East St. Louis Railroad | ||
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad | NKP | 1900 | 1923 | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | ||
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway | WAB | 1865 | 1876 | Wabash Railway | ||
GM&O | 1897 | 1902 | ||||
GM&O | 1900 | 1909 | ||||
GM&O | 1857 | 1862 | ||||
NKP | 1867 | 1881 | Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad | |||
NYC | 1852 | 1881 | Michigan Central Railroad | |||
1874 | 1880 | |||||
CB&Q/ MILW/ PRR | 1913 | 1915 | Chicago Union Station Company | |||
Union Stock Yard and Transit Company of Chicago | NYC | 1865 | 1958 | |||
Vandalia Railroad | PRR | 1905 | 1917 | Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | ||
SOU | 1880 | 1889 | ||||
NKP | 1881 | 1881 | Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad | |||
Wabash Railroad | WAB | WAB | 1942 | 1991 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |
Wabash Railroad | WAB | 1889 | 1915 | Wabash Railway | ||
Wabash Railway | WAB | 1915 | 1942 | Wabash Railroad | ||
Wabash Railway | WAB | 1876 | 1879 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | ||
MP | 1878 | 1928 | ||||
WAB | 1889 | 1889 | Wabash Railroad | |||
WAB | 1937 | 1943 | Wabash Railroad | |||
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | WAB | 1879 | 1886 | , , Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway, | ||
MP | 1905 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | |||
Wabash Valley Railroad | WVRC | 1977 | 1981 | Prairie Central Railway | ||
Wabash Western Railway | WAB | 1887 | 1889 | Wabash Railroad | ||
MILW | 1863 | 1872 | ||||
MILW | 1849 | 1863 | ||||
MILW | 1874 | 1876 | ||||
1893 | 1919 | American Steel and Wire Company | ||||
1909 | 1918 | Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad | Operated by steam | |||
EJ&E | 1891 | Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | ||||
CB&Q | 1853 | 1859 | American Central Railway | |||
MILW | 1863 | 1900 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |||
WSD | 1919 | 1926 | ||||
Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad | WICT | 1985 | 1997 | Wisconsin and Southern Railroad | ||
Wisconsin Central Company | CP | 1887 | 1899 | Wisconsin Central Railway | ||
Wisconsin Central Railroad | CP | 1954 | 1961 | Soo Line Railroad | ||
Wisconsin Central Railway | CP | 1897 | 1954 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | ||
CP | 1885 | 1888 | Wisconsin Central Company | |||
1919 | 1933 | N/A |
Electric railways and predecessors[]
- Aurora, Elgin and Chicago Railroad
- Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company
- Central Illinois Public Service Company
- Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railroad
- Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
- Chicago City Railway
- (CH&G)
- Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway
- Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway
- Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad
- Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
- Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railway (CO&P)
- Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
- Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad
- Chicago Surface Lines
- Chicago Tunnel Company
- East St. Louis and Suburban Railway
- Elgin, Aurora and Southern Traction Company
- Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company
- Illinois Central Electric Railway
- Illinois Traction, Inc. (ITS)
- Lake Street Elevated Railroad
- Lee County Central Electric Railway
- Macomb and Western Illinois Railway
- Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad
- Northern Illinois Electric Railway
- Northwestern Elevated Railroad
- Rock Island Southern Railway (RIS)
- South Side Elevated Railroad
- Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
- Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company
Notes[]
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References[]
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
External links[]
- Chicago & Alton Railroad Miscellaneous, McLean County Museum of History
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