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The Alton Railroad (reporting mark A) was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Missouri.Its predecessor, the Chicago and Alton Railroad (reporting mark C&A), [1] was purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1931 and was controlled until 1942 when the Alton was released to the courts.
The Alton Limited (later known as simply the Limited) was the Chicago & Alton Railway's (C&A) flagship service between Chicago, Illinois. and St. Louis, Missouri. It was introduced in 1899 and re-equipped in 1905 and 1924. The name and service were discontinued in late 1971.
The Dwight Chicago and Alton depot is a former railroad depot in Dwight, Illinois, United States. The historic depot, in used by passengers from 1891 until 1971. It was again used from 1986 until 2016, by Amtrak, for service between Chicago and St. Louis. Passenger service moved from the former depot south to a new station in October 2016.
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
Alton Railroad: A GM&O: 1931 1947 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad: Alton and Eastern 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 ...
The road owned by the St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad Company originally amounted to 230.64 miles of which it had acquired 28.10 miles from The Tonica and Petersburg Railroad Company, 24.70 miles from the Jacksonville, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Company, 12.31 miles from the Ottawa, Oswego and Fox River Valley Railroad Company ...
The station building in 2005. The station was originally constructed by the Chicago and Alton Railroad in 1895 and is one of three historic railroad stations still existing in the city, along with the Lincoln Depot built by the Great Western Railroad in 1852 and Springfield Union Station built by the Illinois Central Railroad in 1898.
The depot was leased to the Chicago & Alton Railroad (C&A) on November 30, 1899 and sold on March 31, 1900 when C&A purchased the St. L. P. & N. line from Peoria to Springfield. [2] The station served both passenger and freight traffic until passenger service ended in the mid to late 1930s; the railroad also served as an important part of Pekin ...