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In 1856, the Illinois General Assembly issued a charter for the Joliet and Chicago Railroad, which was to run parallel to the existing Illinois and Michigan Canal connecting the two cities. Illinois governor Joel Matteson believed the success of the venture depended on it becoming the Chicago extension of the existing Chicago, Alton and St ...
By September 1854 the tracks ran to Scales Mound, Illinois and on October 31, 1854, the Illinois Central made it to Galena, Illinois. [3] On June 12, 1855 the tracks were expanded to East Dubuque, Illinois. [3] By December 1868 a drawbridge was built over the Mississippi River to Dubuque, Iowa. [4] The Dubuque Rail Bridge was rebuilt in the 1890s.
This diagram is current as of December 2024.This is a route-map template for a state passenger rail network. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
East St. Louis, Madison and Granite City Railroad: SOU: 1900 1904 Southern Railway: East and West Illinois Railway: MP: 1902 1902 St. Louis Valley Railway: Eastern Illinois and Missouri Railroad: C&EI: 1899 1899 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad: Eastern Illinois and St. Louis Railroad: C&EI: 1903 1905 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
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. It was created in 1997 and operates four lines in Northern Illinois. [1]
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]
The Illinois Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Indiana and Illinois. The line runs from Washington, Indiana, west to East St. Louis, Illinois, [1] along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line. At its east end, the Illinois Subdivision becomes the Indiana Subdivision.
Canadian National Railway; Central Illinois Railroad; Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad; Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad; Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad; Chicago Rail Link; Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad; Chicago Terminal Railroad; Chicago Union Station Company; Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad; Coffeen and ...