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The directors of the Air Line voted for a corporate name change on July 30, 1904: The Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway Company. [8] In 1907, with the easing of monetary pressures, property acquisition, engineering, and construction began again under the direction of a new promoter, James B. Hanna. [9]
The South Shore Line (reporting mark NICD) is an electrically powered commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago, Illinois and the South Bend Airport station in South Bend, Indiana, United States. The name refers to both the physical line and the ...
Chicago and Atlantic Railway: C&E 1885–1890 1880–1885 Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway: CCC&StL 1880–1889 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway: Wabash 1885–1887 1880–1885 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad: L&N 1904–1913 1885–1904, 1913–1969 1877–1885 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway: CMStP&P ...
July 1 – China Railway opens Chengdu–Kunming railway, 1,085 km (674 mi) in length with 427 tunnels and 653 bridges. [6] July 6 – Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad moves its South Bend, Indiana, passenger stop from downtown South Bend to another facility near the Bendix plant after the last train leaves the downtown terminal. [7]
November 1: The Chicago and North Western Railway acquires the property of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. [99] 1961. January 1: Canadian Pacific Railway subsidiaries Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, and Wisconsin Central Railroad merge to form the Soo Line Railroad. [80]
The Clearing area quickly became a part of Chicago in 1915 when the growing population needed services provided by the city. It is bordered on the west by Harlem Avenue, on the east by railroad tracks just east of Cicero Ave., to the north by 59th street, and to the south by 65th street. The southern portion of Midway Airport is in Clearing.
With the assistance of land grants, traffic in the hills came to be dominated by three companies whose primary base was out of state: the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway, the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road").
Steam locomotives of the Chicago and North Western Railway in the roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois rail yards, 1942. The Timeline of U.S. Railway History depends upon the definition of a railway, as follows: A means of conveyance of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.