| Name
|
Mark
|
System[nb 1]
|
From
|
To
|
Successor
|
Notes
|
| Addison Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1890
|
1892
|
Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad
|
| Albany Railroad Bridge Company
|
|
CNW
|
1857
|
1909
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| 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 and Southern Railway
|
| Alton and Southern Railway
|
|
MP/ SSW
|
1911
|
1913
|
Alton and Southern Railroad
|
| Alton Terminal Railway
|
|
ITC
|
1889
|
1937
|
Illinois Terminal Railroad
|
| American Bottom Lime, Marble and Coal Company
|
|
|
1857
|
1873
|
East St. Louis and Carondelet Railway
|
| American Central Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1859
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Ashdale and Thomson Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1902
|
1903
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1889
|
1895
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in Chicago
|
|
ATSF
|
1887
|
1902
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
ATSF
|
ATSF
|
1895
|
1996
|
BNSF Railway
|
| Atlanta and Lawndale Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1905
|
1915
|
Chicago and Alton Railroad
|
| Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1865
|
1872
|
Chicago and Pacific Railroad
|
| Aurora Branch Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1849
|
1852
|
Chicago and Aurora Railroad
|
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
B&O, BO
|
B&O
|
1874
|
1987
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1876
|
1949
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Baltimore and Ohio Connecting Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1892
|
1990
|
CSX Transportation
|
| Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1899
|
1949
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1893
|
1899
|
St. Louis, Springfield and Vincennes Railway
|
| Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1873
|
1876
|
Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad
|
| Belleville and Carondelet Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1881
|
1897
|
St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad
|
| Belleville, Centralia and Eastern Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1889
|
1889
|
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad
|
| Belleville City Railway
|
|
IC
|
1867
|
1895
|
St. Louis, Belleville and Southern Railway
|
| Belleville and Eldorado Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1861
|
1897
|
St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad
|
| Belleville and Illinoistown Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1849
|
1856
|
Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Belleville and O'Fallon Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1869
|
1871
|
St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
|
| Belleville and Southern Illinois Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1857
|
1897
|
St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad
|
| Benton Southern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1915
|
1946
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Bloomington and Ohio River Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1869
|
1872
|
Chicago and Paducah Railroad
|
| Bloomington and Pekin Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1853
|
1867
|
Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad
|
| Blue Island Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1891
|
1987
|
Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation
|
| Bridgeport and South Chicago Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1887
|
1890
|
Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad
|
| Bureau County Mineral Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1904
|
1909
|
Rochelle and Southern Railway
|
| Burlington, Monmouth and Illinois River Railway
|
|
MSTL
|
1875
|
1881
|
Peoria and Farmington Railway
|
| Burlington Northern Inc.
|
BN
|
|
1970
|
1981
|
Burlington Northern Railroad
|
| Burlington Northern Railroad
|
BN
|
|
1981
|
1996
|
BNSF Railway
|
| Cairo and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1865
|
1881
|
St. Louis and Cairo Railroad
|
| Cairo Terminal Railroad
|
CTML
|
|
1982
|
1996
|
Shawnee Terminal Railway
|
| Cairo and Thebes Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1905
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
| Cairo and Vincennes Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1867
|
1880
|
Cairo and Vincennes Railway
|
| Cairo and Vincennes Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1880
|
1881
|
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
| Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1889
|
1913
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
| Calumet and Blue Island Railway
|
|
EJ&E
|
1889
|
1897
|
Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway
|
| Calumet, Hammond and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
|
1906
|
1919
|
Chicago Short Line Railway
|
| Calumet River Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1883
|
1901
|
South Chicago and Southern Railroad
|
| Calumet and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
|
1902
|
1909
|
Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad
|
| Calumet Western Railway
|
|
NYC/ PRR/ RI
|
1897
|
|
|
Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of Chicago Rail Link
|
| Camanche, Albany and Mendota Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1856
|
1859
|
Illinois Grand Trunk Railway
|
| Carbondale and Shawneetown Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1869
|
1897
|
St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad
|
| Carthage and Burlington Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1867
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Casey and Kansas Railroad
|
|
|
1926
|
1937
|
N/A
|
| Central Illinois Railway
|
|
|
1905
|
1906
|
Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway
|
| Central Illinois and Wisconsin Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1880
|
1900
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Central Iowa Railway
|
|
MSTL
|
1882
|
1886
|
Iowa Central Railway
|
| Central Military Tract Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1851
|
1856
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Central Terminal Railway
|
|
CP
|
1911
|
1987
|
Soo Line Railroad
|
| Central Wisconsin Railroad
|
CWRC
|
|
1982
|
1985
|
Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad
|
| Centralia and Altamont Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1889
|
1894
|
Centralia and Chester Railroad
|
| Centralia and Chester Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1883
|
1900
|
Illinois Southern Railway
|
| Centralia and Sandoval Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1909
|
1917
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Champaign, Havana and Western Railway
|
|
IC
|
1879
|
1880
|
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
| Champaign and Southeastern Railway
|
|
WAB
|
1880
|
1903
|
Wabash Railroad
|
| Charleston, Neoga and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1880
|
1881
|
Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
C&O, CO
|
C&O
|
1921
|
1987
|
CSX Transportation
|
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Indiana
|
|
C&O
|
1910
|
1934
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Chester and Iron Mountain Railroad
|
|
MP
|
|
1873
|
Iron Mountain, Chester and Eastern Railroad
|
| Chester and Kaskaskia Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1877
|
1878
|
Wabash, Chester and Western Railroad
|
| Chester and Mount Vernon Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1927
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
| Chester and Tamaroa Coal and Railroad Company
|
|
MP
|
1869
|
1873
|
Iron Mountain, Chester and Eastern Railroad
|
| Chicago and Alton Railroad
|
C&A
|
GM&O
|
1861
|
1931
|
Alton Railroad
|
| Chicago and Alton Railway
|
|
GM&O
|
1900
|
1906
|
Chicago and Alton Railroad
|
| Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1855
|
1856
|
St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad
|
| Chicago and Atlantic Railway
|
|
ERIE
|
1873
|
1890
|
Chicago and Erie Railroad
|
| Chicago and Atlantic Extension Railway
|
|
ERIE
|
1873
|
1873
|
Chicago and Atlantic Railway
|
| Chicago and Aurora Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1852
|
1855
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1885
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
CB&Q, CBQ
|
CB&Q
|
1855
|
1970
|
Burlington Northern Inc.
|
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1901
|
1907
|
N/A
|
Operated the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad under lease, but did not own any railroad
|
| Chicago and Calumet River Railroad
|
|
|
1901
|
1956
|
N/A
|
| Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1886
|
1898
|
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad
|
| Chicago and Canada Southern Railway
|
|
|
1871
|
1888
|
N/A
|
Sold at foreclosure; no property in Illinois
|
| Chicago and Carbondale Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1895
|
1895
|
Chicago and Texas Railroad
|
| Chicago Central Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1889
|
1891
|
Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1907
|
1910
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Indiana
|
| Chicago, Danville and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
C&EI
|
1887
|
1887
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
| Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad
|
|
C&EI
|
1865
|
1877
|
Chicago and Nashville Railroad
|
| Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
C&EI, CEI
|
C&EI
|
1940
|
1976
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
|
C&EI
|
1877
|
1922
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
|
| Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
|
C&EI
|
C&EI
|
1922
|
1940
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
| Chicago and Erie Railroad
|
|
ERIE
|
1890
|
1941
|
Erie Railroad
|
| Chicago and Evanston Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1861
|
1885
|
Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway
|
| Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1885
|
1900
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
|
|
CN
|
1880
|
1900
|
Chicago Lake County Railway
|
| Chicago and Great Eastern Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1863
|
1868
|
Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway
|
| Chicago Great Western Railroad
|
CGW
|
CGW
|
1909
|
1941
|
Chicago Great Western Railway
|
| Chicago and Great Western Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1873
|
1890
|
Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago Great Western Railway
|
CGW
|
CGW
|
1941
|
1968
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Chicago Great Western Railway
|
|
CGW
|
1892
|
1909
|
Chicago Great Western Railroad
|
| Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1896
|
1898
|
Chicago Junction Railway
|
| Chicago, Harlem and Batavia Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1885
|
1890
|
Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago, Havana and Western Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1886
|
1902
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Chicago Heights and Northern Railway
|
|
EJ&E
|
|
1897
|
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
|
| Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad
|
CHTT
|
C&EI
|
1898
|
|
|
Still exists as a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway
|
C&IM, CIM
|
|
1906
|
1996
|
Illinois and Midland Railroad
|
| Chicago and Illinois River Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1867
|
1879
|
Chicago and Alton Railroad
|
| Chicago and Illinois Southern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1877
|
|
|
| Chicago and Illinois Southern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1871
|
1872
|
Chicago and Illinois Southern Railway
|
| Chicago and Illinois Southern Railway
|
|
IC
|
1872
|
1876
|
Decatur, Sullivan and Mattoon Railroad, Grayville and Mattoon Railroad
|
| Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad
|
C&IW, CIW
|
IC
|
1903
|
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Chicago and Indiana Railroad
|
CINR
|
|
1979
|
1979
|
N/A
|
| Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1906
|
1914
|
New York Central Railroad
|
| Chicago and Indiana State Line Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1880
|
1898
|
Chicago Junction Railway
|
| Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|
CI&L, CIL
|
MON
|
1897
|
1956
|
Monon Railroad
|
| Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis Short Line Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1903
|
1913
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
| Chicago and Iowa Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1869
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Chicago Junction Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1898
|
1958
|
Chicago River and Indiana Railroad
|
| Chicago and Kenosha Railway
|
|
EJ&E
|
1889
|
1913
|
Illinois Steel Company
|
| Chicago Lake County Railway
|
|
CN
|
1900
|
1900
|
Grand Trunk Western Railway
|
| Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad
|
|
CN
|
1873
|
1879
|
North Western Grand Trunk Railway
|
| Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway
|
|
EJ&E
|
1897
|
1938
|
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
|
| Chicago and Lake Superior Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1883
|
1885
|
Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway
|
| Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad
|
|
|
1980
|
1982
|
Central Wisconsin Railroad
|
| Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1886
|
1903
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Chicago, Millington and Western Railway
|
|
|
1872
|
|
N/A
|
| Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1853
|
1863
|
Chicago and Milwaukee Railway
|
| Chicago and Milwaukee Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1863
|
1881
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and North Western Railway
|
| Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway
|
CM&G
|
MILW
|
1908
|
1930
|
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago, Milwaukee and North Western Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1881
|
1883
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1872
|
1928
|
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|
MILW
|
MILW
|
1928
|
1985
|
The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
|
| Chicago and Mississippi Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1852
|
1855
|
Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway
|
CMNW
|
|
1987
|
1990
|
Gateway Western Railway, SPCSL Corporation
|
| Chicago and Nashville Railroad
|
|
C&EI
|
1877
|
1877
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
| Chicago and North Western Railway
|
CNW
|
CNW
|
1859
|
1972
|
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
|
| Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
|
CNW
|
CNW
|
1972
|
1995
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago and North Wisconsin Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1883
|
1887
|
Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad
|
| Chicago Northern Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1902
|
1903
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1889
|
1896
|
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad
|
| Chicago and Ohio River Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1873
|
1893
|
Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway
|
| Chicago and Pacific Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1872
|
1900
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Chicago and Paducah Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1872
|
1880
|
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
| Chicago, Paducah and Memphis Railroad
|
|
C&EI
|
1893
|
1897
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
| Chicago, Palatine and Wauconda Railroad
|
|
|
1921
|
1924
|
N/A
|
| Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1869
|
1881
|
Chicago, St. Louis and Western Railroad
|
| Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
|
1909
|
1924
|
Alton and Eastern Railroad, Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis Railway, Jacksonville and Havana Railroad, Springfield, Havana and Peoria Railroad
|
| Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway
|
|
|
1888
|
1896
|
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad of Illinois
|
| Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad of Illinois
|
|
|
1896
|
1900
|
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway of Illinois
|
| Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway of Illinois
|
|
|
1900
|
1912
|
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Chicago, Peoria and Western Railway
|
|
|
1898
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of the Belt Railway of Chicago
|
| Chicago and Plainfield Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1859
|
1869
|
Chicago, Plainfield and Pekin Railroad
|
| Chicago, Plainfield and Pekin Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1869
|
1869
|
Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad
|
| Chicago Produce Terminal Company
|
CPTC
|
|
1929
|
1977
|
N/A
|
| Chicago River and Indiana Railroad
|
CRI
|
NYC
|
1904
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Chicago and Rock Island Railroad
|
|
RI
|
1851
|
1866
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
RI, ROCK
|
RI
|
1948
|
1980
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Iowa Railroad, La Salle and Bureau County Railroad, Norfolk and Western Railway, Peoria and Pekin Union Railway
|
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
|
RI
|
1866
|
1880
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|
RI
|
RI
|
1880
|
1948
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago and Rock River Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1869
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Chicago, Rockford and Northern Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1874
|
1892
|
Chicago and Iowa Railroad
|
| Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1885
|
1886
|
Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway
|
| Chicago, St. Charles and Mississippi Air Line Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1853
|
1855
|
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad
|
| Chicago, St. Louis and Ohio River Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1900
|
1901
|
St. Louis and Ohio River Railroad
|
| Chicago, St. Louis and Paducah Railway
|
|
IC
|
1887
|
1897
|
St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad
|
| Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1883
|
1890
|
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
| Chicago, St. Louis and Western Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1882
|
1885
|
Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
| Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1855
|
1859
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Chicago and Santa Fe Railroad
|
|
|
|
1889
|
|
| Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1886
|
1900
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
| Chicago Short Line Railway
|
CSL
|
|
1900
|
2002
|
South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway
|
| Chicago South Branch Dock Company
|
|
B&O
|
1859
|
1888
|
Bridgeport and South Chicago Railroad
|
| Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
|
CSS
|
|
1925
|
|
|
| Chicago and Southern Railroad
|
|
CN
|
1874
|
1878
|
Chicago and State Line Railway
|
| Chicago and Southeastern Railway
|
|
EJ&E
|
1889
|
1913
|
Illinois Steel Company
|
| Chicago Southern Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1904
|
1910
|
Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway of Illinois
|
| Chicago and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1890
|
1891
|
Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago and Springfield Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1877
|
1902
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1883
|
1886
|
Litchfield and St. Louis Railway
|
| Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis Railway
|
|
|
1925
|
1942
|
Springfield and Southwestern Railroad
|
| Chicago and State Line Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1887
|
1923
|
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Chicago and State Line Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1905
|
1905
|
Milwaukee and State Line Railway
|
| Chicago and State Line Railway
|
|
CN
|
1878
|
1879
|
North Western Grand Trunk Railway
|
| Chicago and Strawn Railway
|
|
WAB
|
1879
|
1880
|
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
| Chicago Suburban Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1882
|
1898
|
Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway
|
| Chicago and Superior Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1873
|
1880
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1897
|
1910
|
Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
|
| Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway
|
CTSE
|
MILW
|
1910
|
1921
|
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway of Illinois
|
|
MILW
|
1910
|
1910
|
Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway
|
| Chicago and Texas Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1893
|
1902
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Chicago and Tomah Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1880
|
1880
|
Milwaukee and Madison Railway
|
| Chicago Union Station Company
|
CUST
|
CB&Q/ MILW/ PRR
|
1915
|
|
|
Still exists as a subsidiary of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
|
| Chicago Union Transfer Railway
|
|
C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB
|
1888
|
1912
|
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
|
| Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad
|
CWP
|
|
1909
|
1996
|
Chicago Rail Link
|
| Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railway
|
|
|
1900
|
1909
|
Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad
|
| Chicago and West Ridge Railroad
|
|
|
|
1893
|
|
|
| Chicago and Western Dummy Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1879
|
1885
|
Chicago, Harlem and Batavia Railway
|
| Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
|
C&WI, CWI
|
C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB
|
1879
|
|
|
Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago and Western Indiana Belt Railway
|
|
C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB
|
1881
|
1882
|
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
|
| Chicago and Wisconsin Railroad
|
|
CP
|
1884
|
1899
|
Wisconsin Central Railway
|
| Chicago, Zeigler and Gulf Railway
|
|
|
1902
|
|
|
| Christopher and Herrin Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1903
|
1903
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1905
|
1915
|
N/A
|
Leased the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway
|
| Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1880
|
1889
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
| Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad
|
CIWN
|
B&O
|
1915
|
1990
|
CSX Transportation
|
| Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1902
|
1915
|
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad, Sidell and Olney Railroad
|
| Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1871
|
1938
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
| Cincinnati, Louisville and Vincennes Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1899
|
1899
|
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
|
| Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1889
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Clinton, Bloomington and North Eastern Railway
|
|
IC
|
1878
|
1880
|
Kankakee and South Western Railroad
|
| Coal Belt Railway
|
|
MP
|
1903
|
1909
|
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
| Collinsville and Troy Railroad
|
|
ITC
|
1899
|
1902
|
St. Louis, Troy and Eastern Railroad
|
| Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1868
|
1883
|
Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad
|
| Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
CR
|
|
1976
|
1999
|
CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway
|
| Cook, Lake and McHenry Counties Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1899
|
1901
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Danville and Grape Creek Railroad
|
|
C&EI
|
1880
|
1881
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
| Danville and Indiana Harbor Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1905
|
1906
|
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
|
| Danville, Olney and Ohio River Railroad
|
|
B&O, IC
|
1869
|
1886
|
Chicago and Ohio River Railroad
|
| Danville and Pekin Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1878
|
1879
|
Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway
|
| Danville and Rosedale Railway
|
|
C&EI
|
1870
|
1872
|
Evansville, Terre Haute and Chicago Railway
|
| Danville and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1879
|
1881
|
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
| Danville, Tuscola and Western Railroad
|
|
C&EI
|
1887
|
1887
|
Chicago, Danville and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1867
|
1869
|
Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway
|
| Davenport and Rock Island Railway Bridge Company
|
|
CB&Q/ MILW
|
1884
|
1895
|
Davenport and Rock Island Bridge, Railway and Terminal Company
|
| Davenport and Rock Island Bridge, Railway and Terminal Company
|
|
CB&Q/ MILW
|
1895
|
1898
|
Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway
|
| Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway
|
DRI
|
CB&Q/ MILW
|
1898
|
1995
|
Burlington Northern Railroad, Soo Line Railroad
|
| Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern Railway
|
|
CB&Q/ MILW
|
1900
|
1901
|
Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway
|
| Decatur and East St. Louis Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1867
|
1870
|
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway
|
| Decatur and Eastern Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1894
|
1895
|
Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway
|
| Decatur and Indianapolis Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1853
|
1855
|
Indiana and Illinois Central Railway
|
| Decatur, Mattoon and Southern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1878
|
1879
|
Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway
|
| Decatur, Sullivan and Mattoon Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1876
|
1877
|
Decatur, Mattoon and Southern Railroad
|
| Decatur, Sullivan and Mattoon Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1869
|
1872
|
Chicago and Illinois Southern Railway
|
| De Kalb and Great Western Railway
|
|
CGW
|
1895
|
1911
|
Chicago Great Western Railroad
|
| Denverside Connecting Railway
|
|
MP/ SSW
|
1910
|
1913
|
Alton and Southern Railroad
|
| De Pue, Ladd and Eastern Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1888
|
1920
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Depue and Northern Railroad
|
|
|
1904
|
|
|
| Des Plaines Valley Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1909
|
1913
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Dixon, Peoria and Hannibal Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1867
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Dixon and Quincy Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1869
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Dixon, Rock Falls and Southwestern Electric Railway
|
|
|
1903
|
1913
|
Hooppole, Yorktown and Tampico Railroad
|
Operated by steam
|
| Dixon, Rockford and Kenosha Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1864
|
1864
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Dixon, Rockford and State Line Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1864
|
1864
|
Dixon, Rockford and Kenosha Railway
|
| Dunleith and Dubuque Bridge Company
|
|
IC
|
1857
|
1946
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| East St. Louis Belt Railroad
|
|
|
1898
|
|
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|
| East St. Louis and Carondelet Railway
|
|
|
1873
|
|
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|
| East St. Louis Connecting Railway
|
|
|
1878
|
|
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|
| East St. Louis Junction Railroad
|
ESLJ
|
CNW
|
1918
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of the Union Pacific Railroad
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
1859
|
1883
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Englewood Connecting Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1885
|
1954
|
Penndel Company
|
| Erie Railroad
|
ERIE
|
ERIE
|
1941
|
1960
|
Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
|
| Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
|
EL
|
|
1960
|
1968
|
Erie Lackawanna Railway
|
| Erie Lackawanna Railway
|
EL
|
|
1968
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Erie Western Railway
|
ERES
|
|
1977
|
1979
|
Chicago and Indiana Railroad
|
| Evansville, Mount Carmel and Northern Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1906
|
1938
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
| Evansville and Southern Illinois Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1869
|
1871
|
St. Louis and Southeastern Railroad
|
| Evansville, Terre Haute and Chicago Railway
|
|
C&EI
|
1872
|
1899
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
| Fairbury, Pontiac and Northwestern Railway
|
|
WAB
|
1867
|
1872
|
Chicago and Paducah Railroad
|
| Fenton and Thomson Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1903
|
1906
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Fond du Lac, Amboy and Peoria Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1874
|
1883
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| 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 and Northern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1887
|
1888
|
Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad
|
| Fulton County Extension Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1881
|
1908
|
Fulton County Narrow Gauge Railway
|
| Fulton County Narrow Gauge Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1878
|
1908
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Galena and Chicago Union Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1836
|
1864
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Galena and Illinois River Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1857
|
1863
|
Chicago and Great Eastern Railway
|
| Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1853
|
1879
|
Galena and Wisconsin Railroad
|
| Galena and Wisconsin Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1879
|
1880
|
Chicago and Tomah Railroad
|
| Galesburg, Etherly and Eastern Railroad
|
|
|
1894
|
1898
|
Galesburg and Great Eastern Railroad
|
| Galesburg and Great Eastern Railroad
|
|
|
1898
|
1960
|
N/A
|
| Galesburg and Rio Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1886
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Galesburg, Rockford and Northern Railroad
|
|
|
1917
|
1922
|
Hooppole, Yorktown and Tampico Railroad
|
| Gardner, Coal City and Northern Railway
|
|
EJ&E
|
|
1891
|
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
|
| Gateway Western Railway
|
GWWR
|
|
1990
|
2001
|
Kansas City Southern Railway
|
| Gilman, Clinton and Springfield Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1867
|
1877
|
Chicago and Springfield Railroad
|
| Grand Tower and Cape Girardeau Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1889
|
1893
|
Chicago and Texas Railroad
|
| Grand Tower and Carbondale Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1882
|
1893
|
Chicago and Texas Railroad
|
| Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company
|
|
IC
|
1869
|
1882
|
Grand Tower and Carbondale Railroad
|
| Grand Trunk Junction Railway
|
|
CN
|
1880
|
1901
|
Grand Trunk Western Railway
|
| Grand Trunk Western Railway
|
|
CN
|
1900
|
1928
|
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|
| Granite City and East St. Louis Terminal Railroad
|
|
|
1906
|
|
|
| Granite City and Madison Belt Line Railroad
|
|
|
1892
|
|
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|
| Grayville and Mattoon Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1876
|
1880
|
Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway
|
| Grayville and Mattoon Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1857
|
1871
|
Chicago and Illinois Southern Railroad
|
| Great Western Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1853
|
1865
|
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway
|
| Groves and Sand Ridge Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1902
|
1904
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
GM&O, GMO
|
GM&O
|
1940
|
1972
|
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|
| Hamilton, Lacon and Eastern Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1867
|
1870
|
Chicago and Alton Railroad
|
| Hammond Belt Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1906
|
|
N/A
|
| Hammond and Blue Island Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1893
|
1896
|
Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad
|
| Hancock County Bridge Company
|
|
|
1865
|
1868
|
Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company
|
| Hannibal Bridge Company
|
|
WAB
|
1869
|
1937
|
Wabash – Hannibal Bridge Company
|
| Hannibal and Naples Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1863
|
1877
|
Wabash Railway
|
| Hanover Railway
|
|
|
1906
|
1934
|
N/A
|
| Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1873
|
1887
|
LeRoy and Eastern Railroad
|
| Herrin Railway
|
|
MP
|
1903
|
1909
|
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
| Herrin and Johnson City Railway
|
|
MP
|
1905
|
1909
|
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
| Herrin Northern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1915
|
1946
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Herrin and Southern Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1909
|
1914
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Hooppole, Yorktown and Tampico Railroad
|
HY&T
|
|
1922
|
1953
|
N/A
|
| Hooppole, Yorktown and Tampico Railroad
|
HY&T
|
|
1913
|
1917
|
Galesburg, Rockford and Northern Railroad
|
| I&M Rail Link
|
IMRL
|
|
1997
|
2002
|
Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad
|
| Illinois Central Railroad
|
IC
|
IC
|
1851
|
1972
|
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|
| Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|
ICG
|
|
1972
|
1988
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Illinois and Eastern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1899
|
1899
|
Illinois and Indiana Railroad
|
| Illinois Farmers' Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1867
|
1872
|
Jacksonville, North Western and South Eastern Railway
|
| Illinois Grand Trunk Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1859
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Illinois and Indiana Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1899
|
1906
|
Indianapolis Southern Railroad
|
| Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1902
|
1908
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway
|
| Illinois Midland Railway
|
|
|
1913
|
|
N/A
|
| Illinois Midland Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1874
|
1886
|
Terre Haute and Peoria Railroad
|
| Illinois and Mississippi Valley Terminal Railroad
|
|
ITC
|
1899
|
1899
|
Illinois Terminal Railroad
|
| Illinois–Missouri Terminal Railway
|
ITC
|
ITC
|
1954
|
1956
|
Illinois Terminal Railroad
|
| Illinois Northern Railroad
|
IN
|
ATSF
|
1901
|
1975
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
| Illinois Parallel Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1851
|
1853
|
Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad
|
| Illinois RailNet
|
IR
|
|
1997
|
2005
|
Illinois Railway
|
| Illinois River Railroad
|
|
|
1853
|
1864
|
Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad
|
| Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company
|
|
|
1867
|
1878
|
St. Louis Bridge Company
|
| Illinois and St. Louis Railroad and Coal Company
|
|
SOU
|
1865
|
1889
|
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad
|
| Illinois South Eastern Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1867
|
1870
|
Springfield and Illinois South Eastern Railway
|
| Illinois Southern Railway
|
|
MP
|
1900
|
1920
|
Missouri–Illinois Railroad
|
| Illinois and Southern Iowa Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1857
|
1865
|
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway
|
| Illinois Terminal Company
|
|
ITC
|
1922
|
1937
|
Illinois Terminal Railroad
|
| Illinois Terminal Railroad
|
ITC
|
ITC
|
1956
|
1981
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Illinois Terminal Railroad
|
ITC
|
ITC
|
1937
|
1954
|
Illinois–Missouri Terminal Railway
|
| Illinois Terminal Railroad
|
|
ITC
|
1895
|
1922
|
Illinois Terminal Company
|
| Illinois Transfer Railroad
|
|
|
1899
|
|
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|
| Illinois Valley Belt Railroad
|
|
|
1902
|
|
|
| Illinois Valley and Northern Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1887
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1851
|
1855
|
Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad
|
| Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1879
|
1887
|
Pekin and Danville Railway
|
| Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1895
|
1902
|
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway
|
| Indiana Harbor Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1907
|
1907
|
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
|
| Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation
|
IHRC
|
|
1986
|
1997
|
N/A
|
| Indiana and Illinois Central Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1855
|
1875
|
Springfield, Decatur and Indianapolis Railway
|
| Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1881
|
1906
|
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
|
| Indiana and Illinois Southern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1882
|
1890
|
St. Louis, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad
|
| Indiana and Western Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1887
|
1887
|
Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway
|
| Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway
|
|
IC, NYC
|
1869
|
1879
|
Champaign, Havana and Western Railway, Danville and Pekin Railway
|
| Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Danville Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1868
|
1869
|
Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway
|
| Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1875
|
1887
|
Indianapolis, Quincy and Missouri River Railway
|
| Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1888
|
1894
|
Decatur and Eastern Railway
|
| Indianapolis, Quincy and Missouri River Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1887
|
1888
|
Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway
|
| Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1869
|
1882
|
Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway
|
| Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1882
|
1889
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
| Indianapolis Southern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1906
|
1911
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Iowa Railroad
|
IRRC
|
|
1981
|
1984
|
Iowa Interstate Railroad
|
| Iowa Central Railway
|
|
MSTL
|
1888
|
1912
|
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad
|
ICE
|
|
2002
|
2008
|
Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
|
| Iron Mountain, Chester and Eastern Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1873
|
1878
|
Wabash, Chester and Western Railroad
|
| Jacksonville, Alton and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1857
|
1862
|
St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad
|
| Jacksonville and Carrollton Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1851
|
1857
|
Jacksonville, Alton and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Jacksonville and Concord Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1903
|
1904
|
Jacksonville and St. Louis Railway
|
| Jacksonville and Havana Railroad
|
|
|
1925
|
1938
|
N/A
|
| Jacksonville, Louisville and St. Louis Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1890
|
1896
|
Jacksonville and St. Louis Railway
|
| Jacksonville, North Western and South Eastern Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1867
|
1879
|
Jacksonville Southeastern Railway
|
| Jacksonville and St. Louis Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1896
|
1905
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Jacksonville and Savanna Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1855
|
1861
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Jacksonville Southeastern Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1879
|
1890
|
Jacksonville, Louisville and St. Louis Railway
|
| Johnston City Connecting Railway
|
|
MP
|
1911
|
1913
|
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
| Johnston City Southern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1914
|
|
|
| Joliet, Aurora and Northern Railway
|
|
EJ&E
|
1884
|
1888
|
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
|
| Joliet and Blue Island Railway
|
|
EJ&E
|
1889
|
1938
|
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
|
| Joliet and Chicago Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1855
|
1950
|
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
| Joliet Junction Railroad
|
|
|
1994
|
1999
|
|
| Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1854
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Joliet, Rockford and Northern Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1881
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Joliet and Terre Haute Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1852
|
1859
|
Illinois Grand Trunk Railway
|
| Joliet Union Depot Company
|
|
ATSF/ GM&O/ RI
|
1911
|
|
|
| Junction Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1889
|
1891
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Kankakee and Illinois River Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1869
|
1870
|
Plymouth, Kankakee and Pacific Railroad
|
| Kankakee and Indiana Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1869
|
1873
|
Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad
|
| Kankakee and Seneca Railroad
|
|
NYC/ RI
|
1881
|
1933
|
N/A
|
| Kankakee and South Western Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1880
|
1902
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Kankakee and South-Western Coal Branch Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1882
|
1883
|
Kankakee and South Western Railroad
|
| Kankakee and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1878
|
1880
|
Kankakee and South Western Railroad
|
| Kankakee and Western Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1879
|
1880
|
Kankakee and South Western Railroad
|
| Kansas and Sidell Railroad
|
|
|
1919
|
1938
|
N/A
|
| Keithsburg Bridge Company
|
|
MSTL
|
1885
|
1901
|
Iowa Central Railway
|
| Keithsburg and Eastern Railroad
|
|
MSTL
|
1873
|
1880
|
Peoria and Farmington Railway
|
| Kenosha and Rockford Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1856
|
1857
|
Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island Railroad
|
| Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1864
|
1864
|
Dixon, Rockford and Kenosha Railway
|
| Kenosha and State Line Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1857
|
1864
|
Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island Railroad
|
| Kensington and Eastern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1904
|
1996
|
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
|
| Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company
|
|
|
1868
|
|
|
| LaFayette, Bloomington and Mississippi Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1876
|
1879
|
LaFayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railway
|
| LaFayette, Bloomington and Mississippi Railway
|
|
NKP
|
1867
|
1876
|
LaFayette, Bloomington and Mississippi Railroad
|
| LaFayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railway
|
|
NKP
|
1879
|
1879
|
Lake Erie and Western Railway
|
| LaFayette, Muncie and Bloomington Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1876
|
1879
|
Muncie and State Line Railroad
|
| LaGrange Connecting Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
|
|
|
| La Salle and Bureau County Railroad
|
LSBC
|
|
1890
|
1985
|
Chicago Rail Link
|
| La Salle and Chicago Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1867
|
1873
|
Chicago and Great Western Railroad
|
| Lake Erie and Mississippi Railway
|
|
NKP
|
1884
|
1885
|
Lake Erie and Western Railway
|
| Lake Erie and Western Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1887
|
1923
|
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Lake Erie and Western Railway
|
|
NKP
|
1879
|
1886
|
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
|
| Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1869
|
1914
|
New York Central Railroad
|
| Lee County Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1906
|
1910
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| LeRoy and Eastern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1886
|
1887
|
Rantoul Railroad
|
| Le Roy Narrow Gauge Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1876
|
1878
|
Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railroad
|
| Libertyville Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1878
|
1881
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1882
|
1892
|
Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Railway
|
| Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Railway
|
|
GM&O
|
1889
|
1899
|
Quincy, Carrollton and St. Louis Railway
|
| Litchfield and Madison Railway
|
LM
|
CNW
|
1900
|
1958
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Litchfield and St. Louis Railway
|
|
IC
|
1886
|
1887
|
St. Louis and Chicago Railway
|
| Logansport, Peoria and Burlington Railroad
|
|
TP&W
|
1861
|
1864
|
Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway
|
| Louisiana and Pike County Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1867
|
1984
|
N/A
|
| Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1886
|
1889
|
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad
|
| Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1882
|
1886
|
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1889
|
1900
|
Southern Railway of Illinois
|
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
L&N, LN
|
L&N
|
1880
|
1983
|
Seaboard System Railroad
|
| Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway
|
|
MON
|
1884
|
1897
|
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|
| Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1878
|
1882
|
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railway
|
| Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Air Line Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1872
|
1877
|
St. Louis and Mount Carmel Railway
|
| Louisville and St. Louis Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1886
|
1897
|
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad
|
| Lowell and Southern Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1925
|
|
N/A
|
| Lyons and Chicago Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1897
|
|
|
| Macomb, Industry and Littleton Railway
|
|
|
1913
|
1930
|
N/A
|
| Macomb, Vermont and Bath Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1853
|
1854
|
Peoria and Hannibal Railroad
|
| Macomb and Western Illinois Railway
|
|
|
1901
|
1911
|
Macomb, Industry and Littleton Railway
|
| Macoupin County Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1903
|
1912
|
St. Louis, Peoria and North Western Railway
|
| Macoupin County Extension Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1913
|
1920
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Madison County Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1865
|
1871
|
Wabash Railway
|
| Madison, Illinois and St. Louis Railway
|
|
|
1891
|
1941
|
Madison, Illinois and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Madison, Illinois and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
|
1941
|
1953
|
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway
|
| Marion and Eastern Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1913
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
| Marion and Harrisburg Railway
|
|
MP
|
1905
|
1913
|
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
| Marion and Johnston City Railway
|
|
MP
|
1905
|
1913
|
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
| Marquette, Spring Valley and Northwestern Railroad
|
|
|
1901
|
1907
|
Illinois Valley Railway (electric)
|
| Mattoon and Evansville Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1900
|
1902
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Mercer County Bridge Company
|
|
MSTL
|
1881
|
1885
|
Keithsburg Bridge Company
|
| Michigan Air Line Railroad
|
|
|
1869
|
1871
|
Chicago and Canada Southern Railway
|
| Michigan Central Railroad
|
MC
|
NYC
|
1852
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
|
MILW
|
MILW
|
1985
|
1986
|
Soo Line Railroad
|
| Milwaukee and Madison Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1880
|
1881
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and North Western Railway
|
| Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1855
|
1869
|
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
|
| Milwaukee and State Line Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1905
|
1909
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
MSTL
|
1912
|
1943
|
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
|
| Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
|
MSTL
|
MSTL
|
1939
|
1960
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
|
SOO
|
CP
|
1944
|
1961
|
Soo Line Railroad
|
| Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
|
SOO
|
CP
|
1909
|
1944
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
|
| Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad
|
|
CGW
|
1886
|
1894
|
Chicago Great Western Railway
|
| Mississippi Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1865
|
1865
|
Northern Illinois Railroad
|
| Mississippi River Bridge Company
|
|
GM&O
|
1873
|
1895
|
Chicago and Alton Railroad
|
| Mississippi River Railroad and Toll Bridge Company
|
|
ATSF
|
1886
|
1900
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
| Mississippi and Rock River Junction Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1851
|
1855
|
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad
|
| Mississippi and Wabash Railroad
|
|
TP&W
|
1853
|
1865
|
Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway
|
| Missouri–Illinois Railroad
|
MI
|
MP
|
1921
|
1978
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
| Missouri and Illinois Bridge and Belt Railroad Company
|
|
CB&Q
|
1904
|
1966
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
MP
|
MP
|
1918
|
1997
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
| Missouri Pacific Railroad in Illinois
|
|
MP
|
1917
|
1918
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
| Missouri Pacific Railway
|
|
|
1881
|
1890
|
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|
| Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1886
|
1940
|
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
| Moline and Peoria Railway
|
|
CB&Q/ MILW
|
1900
|
1901
|
Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway
|
| Moline and Southeastern Narrow Gauge Railway
|
|
|
1878
|
1885
|
N/A
|
| Momence and State Line Railroad
|
|
C&EI
|
1887
|
1888
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
| Monon Railroad
|
MON
|
MON
|
1956
|
1971
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Morris Terminal Railway
|
|
RI
|
1905
|
1948
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
| Mound City Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1855
|
1885
|
Mound City Railway
|
| Mound City Railway
|
|
IC
|
1882
|
1902
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Mounds and Olive Branch Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1902
|
1903
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Mount Carbon Coal Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1861
|
1869
|
Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company
|
| Mount Carmel and Alton Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1836
|
1865
|
Madison County Railroad
|
| Mount Olive Coal Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1888
|
1888
|
St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
|
| Mount Vernon Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1855
|
1869
|
St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
|
| Muncie and State Line Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1879
|
1879
|
LaFayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railway
|
| Murphysboro and Shawneetown Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1867
|
1869
|
Carbondale and Shawneetown Railroad
|
| Nauvoo and Warsaw Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1847
|
1849
|
Warsaw and Rockford Railroad
|
| New Castle and Danville Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1854
|
1869
|
Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Danville Railroad
|
| New York Central Railroad
|
NYC
|
NYC
|
1914
|
1968
|
Penn Central Transportation Company
|
| New York and Chicago Railway
|
|
NKP
|
1881
|
1881
|
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
| New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
NKP
|
NKP
|
1887
|
1964
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
|
NKP
|
1881
|
1887
|
Chicago and State Line Railroad
|
| Norfolk and Western Railway
|
N&W, NW
|
|
1964
|
1998
|
Norfolk Southern Railway
|
| North and South Railroad of Illinois
|
|
IC
|
1890
|
1896
|
St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway
|
| North Western Grand Trunk Railway
|
|
CN
|
1879
|
1880
|
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
|
| Northern Cross Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1849
|
1857
|
Quincy and Chicago Railroad
|
| Northern Cross Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|
WAB
|
1843
|
1847
|
Sangamon and Morgan Railroad
|
| Northern Illinois Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1859
|
1866
|
Western Union Railroad
|
| Northern Illinois Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1884
|
1888
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Northern Indiana Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1855
|
1855
|
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
|
| Northern Indiana and Chicago Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1850
|
1855
|
Northern Indiana Railroad
|
| Northern Pacific Railroad
|
|
NP
|
1890
|
1893
|
N/A
|
Leased the Wisconsin Central Company
|
| Northern and Southern Illinois Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1904
|
1908
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Ogle and Carroll County Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1857
|
1871
|
Chicago and Iowa Railroad
|
| Oglesby and Granville Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1905
|
1913
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1887
|
1890
|
Peoria and Eastern Railway
|
| Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1851
|
1862
|
Ohio and Mississippi Railway
|
| Ohio and Mississippi Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1861
|
1893
|
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
|
| Orion and Minersville Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1872
|
1875
|
St. Louis, Rock Island and Chicago Railroad
|
| Ottawa, Oswego and Fox River Valley Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1852
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Paducah and Illinois Railroad
|
PI
|
CB&Q/ IC/ L&N
|
1910
|
|
|
Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, and CSX Transportation
|
| Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad
|
|
|
1918
|
1921
|
Chicago, Palatine and Wauconda Railroad
|
| Pana, Springfield and North Western Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1865
|
1870
|
Springfield and Illinois South Eastern Railway
|
| Paris and Danville Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1869
|
1881
|
Danville and Southwestern Railroad
|
| Paris and Decatur Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1861
|
1874
|
Peoria, Atlanta and Decatur Railroad
|
| Paris and Terre Haute Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1873
|
1874
|
Peoria, Atlanta and Decatur Railroad
|
| Pawnee Railroad
|
|
|
1888
|
1905
|
Central Illinois Railway
|
| Peabody Short Line Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1958
|
1961
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Pekin and Danville Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1887
|
1887
|
Indiana and Western Railway
|
| Pekin, Lincoln and Decatur Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1861
|
1876
|
Pekin, Lincoln and Decatur Railway
|
| Pekin, Lincoln and Decatur Railway
|
|
IC
|
1876
|
1879
|
Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway
|
| Peninsular Railway
|
|
CN
|
1869
|
1873
|
Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad
|
| Penn Central Transportation Company
|
PC
|
|
1968
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Penndel Company
|
|
PRR
|
1954
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Pennsylvania Company
|
|
PRR
|
1871
|
1918
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
| Pennsylvania Railroad
|
PRR
|
PRR
|
1918
|
1968
|
Penn Central Transportation Company
|
| Peoria, Atlanta and Decatur Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1869
|
1874
|
Illinois Midland Railway
|
| Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad
|
|
RI
|
1853
|
1980
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Peoria and Burlington Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1863
|
1864
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway
|
|
B&O, IC
|
1879
|
1900
|
Illinois Central Railroad, Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway, Mattoon and Evansville Railroad, Peoria, Decatur and Mattoon Railroad
|
| Peoria, Decatur and Mattoon Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1900
|
1905
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Peoria and Eastern Railway
|
PAE, PE
|
NYC
|
1890
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Peoria and Farmington Railway
|
|
MSTL
|
1869
|
1882
|
Central Iowa Railway
|
| Peoria, Hanna City and Western Railway
|
|
RI
|
1918
|
1951
|
N/A
|
| Peoria and Hannibal Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1854
|
1868
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad
|
| Peoria and North-Western Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1900
|
1901
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Peoria and Oquawka Railroad
|
|
TP&W
|
1849
|
1861
|
Logansport, Peoria and Burlington Railroad
|
| Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad
|
|
|
1863
|
1881
|
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
| Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway
|
|
RI
|
1899
|
1907
|
Peoria Railway Terminal Company
|
| Peoria and Pekin Traction Company
|
|
RI
|
1897
|
1899
|
Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway
|
| Peoria Railway Terminal Company
|
|
RI
|
1906
|
1926
|
Peoria Terminal Company
|
| Peoria and Rock Island Railway
|
|
RI
|
1867
|
1877
|
Rock Island and Peoria Railway
|
| Peoria and Springfield Railroad
|
|
CNW/ IC/ NKP/ NYC/ PRR
|
1859
|
1882
|
Peoria and Pekin Union Railway
|
| Peoria Terminal Company
|
PT, PTC
|
RI
|
1926
|
1980
|
|
| Peoria Terminal Railway
|
|
RI
|
1885
|
1903
|
Rock Island and Peoria Railway
|
| Pere Marquette Railroad
|
|
PM
|
1903
|
1917
|
Pere Marquette Railway
|
| Pere Marquette Railway
|
PM
|
PM
|
1917
|
1947
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Peru, La Salle and Deer Park Railroad
|
|
|
1905
|
1934
|
N/A
|
| Petersburg and Springfield Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1853
|
1854
|
Sangamon and North West Railroad
|
| Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1956
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Pike County Bridge Company
|
|
WAB
|
1867
|
1869
|
Hannibal Bridge Company
|
| Pike County Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1857
|
1865
|
Hannibal and Naples Railroad
|
| Pittsburgh Railroad and Coal Company
|
|
SOU
|
1859
|
1865
|
Illinois and St. Louis Railroad and Coal Company
|
| Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1917
|
1956
|
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|
| Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1890
|
1917
|
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1856
|
1861
|
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
|
| Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1861
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Plymouth, Kankakee and Pacific Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1870
|
1881
|
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad
|
| Polk and Forty-ninth Streets Junction Railway
|
|
CN
|
1889
|
1889
|
Grand Trunk Junction Railway
|
| Prairie Central Railway
|
PACY
|
|
1981
|
|
N/A
|
| Prairie Trunk Railway
|
PARY
|
|
1977
|
1984
|
N/A
|
| Preemption Eastern Railroad
|
|
RI
|
1893
|
1903
|
Rock Island and Peoria Railway
|
| Pullman Railroad
|
PLM
|
RI
|
1906
|
1980
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Quincy, Alton and St. Louis Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1867
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Quincy, Carrollton and St. Louis Railway
|
|
GM&O
|
1899
|
1904
|
Chicago and Alton Railroad
|
| Quincy and Chicago Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1857
|
1864
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Quincy, Missouri and Pacific Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1869
|
1886
|
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railway
|
| Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1897
|
1939
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1887
|
1897
|
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
|
| Quincy Railroad Bridge Company
|
|
CB&Q
|
1867
|
1903
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Quincy and Toledo Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1857
|
1865
|
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway
|
| Quincy and Warsaw Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1865
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Racine and Mississippi Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1855
|
1868
|
Western Union Railroad
|
| Railroad Bridge Company
|
|
CB&Q
|
1853
|
1867
|
Quincy Railroad Bridge Company
|
| Randolph County Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1894
|
1895
|
Centralia and Chester Railroad
|
| Rantoul Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1887
|
1903
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Riverside and Harlem Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1901
|
1902
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Rochelle and Southern Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1902
|
1913
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Rock Island and Alton Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1855
|
1859
|
St. Louis, Alton and Rock Island Railroad
|
| Rock Island and Eastern Illinois Railway
|
|
CB&Q/ MILW
|
1896
|
1900
|
Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern Railway
|
| Rock Island and La Salle Railroad
|
|
RI
|
1847
|
1851
|
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad
|
| Rock Island and Mercer County Railroad
|
|
RI
|
1876
|
1903
|
Rock Island and Peoria Railway
|
| Rock Island and Peoria Railroad
|
|
RI
|
1855
|
1869
|
Peoria and Rock Island Railway
|
| Rock Island and Peoria Railway
|
|
RI
|
1877
|
1908
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|
| Rockdale, Joliet and Lockport Terminal Railway
|
|
EJ&E
|
|
1905
|
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
|
| Rockford Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1906
|
1906
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Rockford Belt Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1905
|
1908
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway
|
| Rockford Central Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1869
|
1873
|
Chicago and Superior Railroad
|
| Rockford Central Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1855
|
1856
|
Kenosha and Rockford Railroad
|
| Rockford and Mississippi Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1857
|
1857
|
Kenosha and State Line Railroad
|
| Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1876
|
1899
|
St. Louis, Rock Island and Chicago Railroad
|
| Rockton and Freeport Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1853
|
1855
|
Racine and Mississippi Railroad
|
| Rossville and Eastern Railroad
|
|
C&EI
|
1902
|
1903
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
| Rossville and Indiana Railroad
|
|
C&EI
|
1872
|
1872
|
Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad
|
| Rutland, Toluca and Northern Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1909
|
1938
|
N/A
|
| St. Charles Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1859
|
1881
|
Elgin and State Line Railroad
|
| St. Charles Branch Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1849
|
1853
|
Chicago, St. Charles and Mississippi Air Line Railroad
|
| St. Clair Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1841
|
1853
|
St. Clair Railroad and Coal Company
|
| St. Clair Railroad and Coal Company
|
|
SOU
|
1853
|
1857
|
Pittsburgh Railroad and Coal Company
|
| St. Clair Coal Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1904
|
1908
|
Vandalia Railroad
|
| St. Clair, Madison and St. Louis Belt Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1890
|
1904
|
Missouri and Illinois Bridge and Belt Railroad Company
|
| St. Francisville and Lawrenceville Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1879
|
1881
|
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
| St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1857
|
1862
|
Chicago and Alton Railroad
|
| St. Louis, Alton and Rock Island Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1859
|
1868
|
Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad
|
| St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad
|
|
|
1887
|
1892
|
St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad
|
| St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad
|
|
IC, NYC
|
1862
|
1904
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| St. Louis and Belleville Electric Railway
|
|
IC
|
1897
|
1958
|
Peabody Short Line Railroad
|
Electric until 1949
|
| St. Louis, Belleville and Southern Railway
|
|
IC
|
1895
|
1946
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| St. Louis Bridge Company
|
|
|
1878
|
|
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|
| St. Louis and Cairo Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1881
|
1913
|
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
| St. Louis Central Railway
|
|
IC
|
1881
|
1886
|
St. Louis Southern Railroad
|
| St. Louis and Central Illinois Railroad
|
|
|
1886
|
1888
|
St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad
|
| St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1888
|
1889
|
St. Louis and Chicago Railway
|
| St. Louis and Chicago Railway
|
|
IC
|
1885
|
1889
|
North and South Railroad of Illinois
|
| St. Louis, Chicago and Peoria Railway
|
|
IC
|
1886
|
1886
|
St. Louis and Chicago Railway
|
| St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad
|
|
|
1892
|
1897
|
St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railway of Illinois
|
| St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railway of Illinois
|
|
|
1897
|
1900
|
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway of Illinois
|
| St. Louis Coal Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1881
|
1886
|
St. Louis Southern Railroad
|
| St. Louis Connecting Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1925
|
1931
|
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
| St. Louis and Eastern Railway
|
|
IC
|
1889
|
1896
|
St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway
|
| St. Louis and Illinois Belt Railway
|
|
ITC
|
1905
|
1937
|
Illinois Terminal Railroad
|
| St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company
|
|
|
1865
|
1868
|
Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company
|
| St. Louis, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1889
|
1899
|
Illinois and Eastern Railroad
|
| St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
|
MP
|
1901
|
1917
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad in Illinois
|
| St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1862
|
1899
|
Chicago and Alton Railroad
|
| St. Louis, Jerseyville and Springfield Railroad
|
|
|
1880
|
1888
|
St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad
|
| St. Louis Merchants Bridge Company
|
|
|
1886
|
1920
|
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway
|
| St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway
|
SLMB
|
|
1887
|
|
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|
| St. Louis and Mount Carmel Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1878
|
1878
|
Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Railway
|
| St. Louis, Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1869
|
1872
|
Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Air Line Railway
|
| St. Louis and O'Fallon Railway
|
SLOF
|
C&EI
|
1896
|
1954
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
| St. Louis and Ohio River Railroad
|
|
MP/ SSW
|
1920
|
1948
|
Alton and Southern Railroad
|
| St. Louis and Ohio River Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1901
|
1903
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| St. Louis and Peoria Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1889
|
1896
|
St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway
|
| St. Louis, Peoria and North Western Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1911
|
1913
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway
|
|
GM&O, IC
|
1898
|
1900
|
Chicago and Alton Railway, Illinois Central Railroad
|
| St. Louis, Rock Island and Chicago Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1876
|
1899
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1872
|
1879
|
South East and St. Louis Railway
|
| St. Louis and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1871
|
1871
|
St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
|
| St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1871
|
1872
|
St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
|
| St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1869
|
1871
|
St. Louis and Southeastern Railroad
|
| St. Louis Southern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1886
|
1897
|
St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad
|
| St. Louis and Southern Illinois Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1901
|
1902
|
Illinois Southern Railway
|
| St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|
SSW
|
SSW
|
1905
|
1997
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
| St. Louis, Springfield and Vincennes Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1899
|
1899
|
Cincinnati, Louisville and Vincennes Railway
|
| St. Louis, Troy and Eastern Railroad
|
|
ITC
|
1899
|
1937
|
Illinois Terminal Railroad
|
| St. Louis Valley Railway
|
|
MP
|
1901
|
1903
|
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
| St. Louis Valley Transfer Railway
|
|
MP
|
1902
|
1903
|
St. Louis Valley Railway
|
| St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1865
|
1905
|
Vandalia Railroad
|
| Saline Valley Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1907
|
1917
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
| Sangamon and Morgan Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1845
|
1853
|
Great Western Railroad
|
| Sangamon and North West Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1854
|
1859
|
Alton and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Savanna Branch Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1851
|
1856
|
Racine and Mississippi Railroad
|
| Seaboard System Railroad
|
SBD
|
|
1983
|
1986
|
CSX Transportation
|
| SF&L Railway
|
SFAL
|
|
2001
|
2002
|
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
|
| Shawneetown and Eldorado Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1861
|
1869
|
St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
|
| Sidell and Olney Railroad
|
|
|
1915
|
1919
|
Kansas and Sidell Railroad, Westfield Railroad, Yale Short Line Railroad
|
| South Chicago Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1881
|
1987
|
Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation
|
| South Chicago and Southern Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1881
|
1954
|
Penndel Company
|
| South Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
|
|
C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB
|
1880
|
1882
|
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
|
| South East and St. Louis Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1880
|
1936
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| South Wilmington and Southern Railroad
|
|
|
1907
|
1918
|
Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company
|
| Southern Railway
|
SOU
|
SOU
|
1900
|
1990
|
Norfolk Southern Railway
|
| Southern Railway of Illinois
|
|
SOU
|
1900
|
1900
|
Southern Railway
|
| Southern Illinois and Kentucky Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1925
|
1954
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Southern Indiana Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1908
|
1910
|
Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway
|
| Sparta and Ste. Genevieve Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1889
|
1894
|
Centralia and Chester Railroad
|
| SPCSL Corporation
|
SSWN
|
SSW
|
1989
|
1997
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
| Springfield and Decatur Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1901
|
1901
|
Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway
|
| Springfield, Decatur and Indianapolis Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1875
|
1875
|
Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railway
|
| Springfield, Effingham and South Eastern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1869
|
1883
|
Indiana and Illinois Southern Railroad
|
| Springfield, Havana and Peoria Railroad
|
|
|
1926
|
1936
|
Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway
|
| Springfield and Illinois South Eastern Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1870
|
1874
|
Ohio and Mississippi Railway
|
| Springfield and Northwestern Railroad
|
|
|
1869
|
1878
|
Springfield and Northwestern Railway
|
| Springfield and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|
1878
|
1881
|
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
| Springfield and Pekin Railroad
|
|
CNW/ IC/ NKP/ NYC/ PRR
|
1853
|
1859
|
Peoria and Springfield Railroad
|
| Springfield and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
|
1942
|
1945
|
N/A
|
| Springfield Terminal Railway
|
SFT
|
|
1908
|
1952
|
N/A
|
| Strawn and Indiana State Line Railroad
|
|
C&EI
|
1880
|
1887
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
| Streator and Clinton Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1899
|
1900
|
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad
|
| Sycamore and Cortland Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1859
|
1888
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Tamaroa and Mount Vernon Railway
|
|
MP
|
1891
|
1892
|
Wabash, Chester and Western Railroad
|
| Terminal Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1896
|
1907
|
Indiana Harbor Railroad
|
| Terminal Railroad of East St. Louis
|
|
|
1880
|
|
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|
| Terre Haute and Alton Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1851
|
1856
|
Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1856
|
1862
|
St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad
|
| Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1892
|
1905
|
Vandalia Railroad
|
| Terre Haute and Peoria Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1887
|
1957
|
Penndel Company
|
| Thayer Junction Railway
|
|
|
1909
|
1918
|
Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company
|
| Toledo, Charleston and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1886
|
1886
|
Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad
|
| Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1881
|
1884
|
Toledo, Charleston and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Toledo and East St. Louis Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1900
|
1900
|
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
|
| Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway
|
|
TP&W
|
1864
|
1880
|
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
|
| Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
|
TP&W, TPW
|
TP&W
|
1927
|
1983
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
| Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
|
|
TP&W
|
1879
|
1886
|
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
|
| Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
|
TP&W
|
TP&W
|
1887
|
1927
|
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
|
| Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1886
|
1900
|
Toledo and East St. Louis Railroad
|
| Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1900
|
1923
|
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway
|
|
WAB
|
1865
|
1876
|
Wabash Railway
|
| Toluca and Eastern Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1897
|
1902
|
Toluca, Marquette and Northern Railroad
|
| Toluca, Marquette and Northern Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1900
|
1909
|
Rutland, Toluca and Northern Railroad
|
| Tonica and Petersburg Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1857
|
1862
|
St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad
|
| Tuscola, Charleston and Vincennes Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1867
|
1881
|
Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Union Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1852
|
1881
|
Michigan Central Railroad
|
| Union Railway and Transit Company
|
|
|
1874
|
1880
|
Terminal Railroad of East St. Louis
|
| Union Station Company
|
|
CB&Q/ MILW/ PRR
|
1913
|
1915
|
Chicago Union Station Company
|
| Union Stock Yard and Transit Company of Chicago
|
|
NYC
|
1865
|
1958
|
Chicago River and Indiana Railroad
|
| Vandalia Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1905
|
1917
|
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Venice and Carondelet Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1880
|
1889
|
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad
|
| Vermilion and State Line Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1881
|
1881
|
Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Wabash Railroad
|
WAB
|
WAB
|
1942
|
1991
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Wabash Railroad
|
|
WAB
|
1889
|
1915
|
Wabash Railway
|
| Wabash Railway
|
|
WAB
|
1915
|
1942
|
Wabash Railroad
|
| Wabash Railway
|
|
WAB
|
1876
|
1879
|
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
| Wabash, Chester and Western Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1878
|
1928
|
Chester and Mount Vernon Railroad
|
| Wabash Eastern Railway of Illinois
|
|
WAB
|
1889
|
1889
|
Wabash Railroad
|
| Wabash – Hannibal Bridge Company
|
|
WAB
|
1937
|
1943
|
Wabash Railroad
|
| Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
|
WAB
|
1879
|
1886
|
Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Railway, Chicago, Havana and Western Railroad, Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway, Wabash Eastern Railway of Illinois
|
| Wabash Southern Railway
|
|
MP
|
1905
|
1909
|
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
| Wabash Valley Railroad
|
WVRC
|
|
1977
|
1981
|
Prairie Central Railway
|
| Wabash Western Railway
|
|
WAB
|
1887
|
1889
|
Wabash Railroad
|
| Warsaw, Rock Island and Galena Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1863
|
1872
|
Western Union Railroad
|
| Warsaw and Rockford Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1849
|
1863
|
Warsaw, Rock Island and Galena Railroad
|
| Watertown Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1874
|
1876
|
Western Union Railroad
|
| Waukegan and Mississippi Valley Railway
|
|
|
1893
|
1919
|
American Steel and Wire Company
|
| Waukegan, Rockford and Elgin Traction Company
|
|
|
1909
|
1918
|
Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad
|
Operated by steam
|
| Waukegan and Southwestern Railway
|
|
EJ&E
|
|
1891
|
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
|
| Western Air Line Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1853
|
1859
|
American Central Railway
|
| Western Union Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1863
|
1900
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Westfield Railroad
|
WSD
|
|
1919
|
1926
|
Casey and Kansas Railroad
|
| Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad
|
WICT
|
|
1985
|
1997
|
Wisconsin and Southern Railroad
|
| Wisconsin Central Company
|
|
CP
|
1887
|
1899
|
Wisconsin Central Railway
|
| Wisconsin Central Railroad
|
|
CP
|
1954
|
1961
|
Soo Line Railroad
|
| Wisconsin Central Railway
|
|
CP
|
1897
|
1954
|
Wisconsin Central Railroad
|
| Wisconsin and Minnesota Railroad
|
|
CP
|
1885
|
1888
|
Wisconsin Central Company
|
| Yale Short Line Railroad
|
|
|
1919
|
1933
|
N/A
|
