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Chicago Great Western Railroad Depot Museum: Elizabeth: Jo Daviess: Northern Illinois: Railroad: Operated by the Elizabeth Historical Society, includes N-scale, HO-scale, and G-scale model railroad layouts: Chicago History Museum: Chicago: Cook: Chicago area: Local history: City history and culture: Chicago Maritime Museum: Chicago: Cook ...
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway: PRR 1861–1869 1858–1861 St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad: Chicago & Alton 1857–1862 Joliet and Chicago Railroad / Chicago and Mississippi Railroad: St.LA&C 1856–1857 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: BN: 1881–1970 1856–1881 1855–1856 Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana ...
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 ...
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Between 1917 and 1930 approximately 300 km of military and industrial narrow-gauge railways were built at the gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) and 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) or Bosnian gauge (760 mm (2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in)), built by Austria-Hungarians and Italians, [1] intending to create a through route from Skopje and Tetovo to the Adriatic coast of Albania. [2]
The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (reporting mark EJE) was a Class II railroad, making a roughly circular path between Waukegan, Illinois and Gary, Indiana.The railroad served as a link between Class I railroads traveling to and from Chicago, although it operated almost entirely within the city's suburbs, only entering Chicago where it served the U.S. Steel South Works on the shores of ...
By 1914 approximately 1,000 Albanians resided in greater Chicago and northern Illinois. Most worked in factories, restaurants, or the construction industry. [2] According to 2018-2022 Census estimates, there are approximately 6,500 Albanian immigrants residing in Illinois, with the majority living in Cook (3,000) and DuPage (2,500) Counties. [3]