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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad: Eastern Illinois and St. Louis Railroad: C&EI: 1903 1905 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad: Eldorado, Marion and Southwestern Railroad: MP: 1906 1913 Marion and Eastern Railroad: Electric City and Illinois Railway: 1889 1891 Madison, Illinois and St. Louis Railway: Elgin and State Line Railroad: CNW ...
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 Western Railroad; Crab ...
The last two trains plied the Rock Island's Illinois Division as the track quality declined from 1971 through 1977. The transit times, once a speedy 2½ hours in the 1950s, had lengthened to a 4½ hour run by 1975. The State of Illinois continued to subsidize the service to keep it running.
If you were paying attention in history class, you’ll recall the Underground Railroad wasn’t a railroad at all. Rather, it was a fluid network of locations where freedom seekers sought refuge ...
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]
former Illinois Terminal Railroad line Alton District (A&E-Line) (or A&E Line; part of the Alton District, a rail corridor) former Illinois Terminal Railroad line V&C Belt District: former Illinois Terminal Railroad line St. Louis District: Moberly, MO: St. Louis, MO: Former Wabash Railroad line. [2] Kansas City Terminal Area (formerly Kansas ...
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.
The Illinois Service is funded primarily by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and falls under the broader Amtrak Midwest brand. Chicago is a terminus for all three Illinois Service routes, which all have multiple daily round trips: Chicago–Quincy: two round trips daily, the Illinois Zephyr and the Carl Sandburg [1]