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  2. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The original Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway) [ 1 ] (reporting marks CRI&P, RI, ROCK) was an American Class I railroad. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock. At the end of 1970, it operated 7,183 miles of road on 10,669 miles of ...

  3. Union Stock Yards - Wikipedia

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    The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a centralized processing area. By the 1890s, the railroad capital behind the Union Stockyards was Vanderbilt ...

  4. List of historical passenger rail services in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago and Rock Island Railroad: CRI&P: 1866 Chicago and Alton Railroad: Alton 1863–1931 1862–1863 Chicago and North Western Railway: NIRC, UP 1911–1995 1980–1981 1871–187X 187X–1911 1859–1890 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway: PRR 1861–1869 1858–1861 St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad: Chicago & Alton 1857–1862

  5. William B. Ogden and the railroad that pioneered Chicago’s ...

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    On Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad dispatched a train from a station on Kinzie Street just north of the Chicago River. It was the first railroad in a city that in future ...

  6. List of Illinois railroads - Wikipedia

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    Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: PRR: 1853 1856 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: Fox River Valley Railroad: CNW: 1852 1858 Elgin and State Line Railroad: Franklin and Waverly Railway: CB&Q: 1908 1917 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Fredonia and Reeds Railroad: IC: 1914 1946 Illinois Central Railroad: Freeport, Dodgeville ...

  7. List of rail yards - Wikipedia

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    Daejeon : Daejeon Rail Yard (60, Daejeon Yard station) Goyang : Seoul High Speed Rail Yard (Haengsin station) Jecheon : Jecheon Rail Yard (70, Jecheon Yard station) Seoul : Seoul Rail Yard (102, Susaek station) Sri Lanka. Maradana Yard In Sri Lanka. Colombo Yard. Rathmalana Shops. Maradana & Dematagoda Running Sheds.

  8. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States.Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, CB&Q, or as the Q, [2] [3] it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and also in Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern ...

  9. Chicago and North Western Transportation Company - Wikipedia

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    Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Chicago and North Western (reporting mark CNW) was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of track ...