List of Illinois railroads

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The following railroads operating in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Current railroads[]

Common freight carriers[]

Private freight carriers[]

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[]

Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
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[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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.

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