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The Illinois Railway (reporting mark IR), formerly Illinois Railnet, is a shortline railroad operating in Northern Illinois owned by OmniTRAX. It operates 113 miles (182 km) of former BNSF trackage.
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: Illinois and St. Louis Railroad ...
M. Macomb, Industry and Littleton Railway; Macomb and Western Illinois Railway; Manufacturers Railway (St. Louis) Mercer County Bridge Company; Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad
The Illinois and Midland Railroad (reporting mark IMRR) is a railroad in the U.S. state of Illinois, serving Peoria, Springfield and Taylorville. Until 1996, when Genesee & Wyoming Inc. bought it, the company was named the Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway (reporting mark CIM). [1] It was once a Class I railroad, specializing in the hauling ...
It then became the headquarters of the Illinois Terminal Railway, and, until 1985, Illinois Power and Light. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [11] Norfolk Southern painted NS #1072, an EMD SD70ACe, into the Illinois Terminal scheme in 2012 as a part of the company's 30th anniversary. [12]
The Illinois Northern Railroad (reporting mark IN) was an industrial switching railroad serving Chicago's southwest side. From their yard at 26th St. and Western Ave. the line went southwest to the Santa Fe (now BNSF ) Railway's Corwith Yard , connecting with most major area railroads and serving on-line customers on the way.
The IC was one of the oldest Class I railroads in the United States. The company was incorporated by the Illinois General Assembly on January 16, 1836. [4] Within a few months Rep. Zadok Casey (D-Illinois) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives authorizing a land grant to the company to construct a line from the mouth of the Ohio River to Chicago and on to Galena. [5]
C. Canadian National Railway; Central Illinois Railroad; Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad; Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad; Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad