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A former Chicago Junction Railway bridge over South Prairie Avenue near East 40th Street, seen in December 2018. The Chicago Junction Railway operated a switching and terminal railroad in Chicago, connecting the Union Stock Yards with most other railroads in the city.
The Chicago Junction Railroad was a switching and terminal railroad that served the stockyard area and was eventually purchased by the New York Central. At its peak the crossing involved a total of 8 tracks of the PRR, B&OCT and CR&I crossing the two tracks of the C&A.
The Alton Junction, more commonly known as the 21st Street Crossing, is a historically significant rail location in Chicago, Illinois. The junction can be found just east of Canal Street and north of Cermak Road near Chicago's Chinatown. It is located just south of a massive vertical lift bridge that spans the South Branch of the Chicago River ...
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 ...
The Belt Railway Company of Chicago (reporting mark BRC), headquartered in Bedford Park, Illinois, is the largest switching terminal railroad in the United States. It is co-owned by the six Class I railroads of the United States — BNSF, Canadian National, CPKC (the BRC's north–south main line's northern terminus is, like the Indiana Harbor Belt, the Milwaukee District West Line in Chicago ...
The Chicago Terminal Railroad (reporting mark CTM) was a switching and terminal railroad that operated over former Milwaukee Road/Canadian Pacific and Chicago and North Western/Union Pacific trackage in northern Illinois. The railroad began its operations on January 2, 2007. The railroad rostered a total of three locomotive units, all of EMD ...
Chicago Junction may refer to: Chicago Junction Railway, a terminal railway in Chicago, Illinois; Chicago Junction, a previous name for Willard, Ohio; Chicago Junction or North Chicago Junction, an active railroad infrastructure location in Kansas City; Chicago Junction, the World's Columbian Exposition's Jackson Park station
The Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad operated an extensive number of interlocking tower system on its system. From the north, towers were as follows: 12th Street tower, 15th Street tower, 16th Street tower, 21st Street tower, 40th Street tower, 47th Street tower, Ford Street tower (59th Street), 74th Street tower, 81st Street tower, Oakdale (later remote controlled by 81st Street), Pullman ...