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a Station remained in service on the North Shore Line after the "L" withdrew service. b Station remained in service on the Chicago Aurora and Elgin after the "L" withdrew service. c Station opened on the Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railway prior to the start of "L" service. March 11, 1905, is the day "L" service began at this station.
The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (Aurora Elgin and Chicago before 1922) was an electric passenger railroad from Chicago west through its suburbs. The western portions were high-speed heavy lines, but access to the downtown area was on an elevated railway (“the Met”), part of Chicago’s “L” system.
Numbers Original operator Manufacturer Delivered Notes 100s South Side Elevated Railroad Jackson and Sharp Company; Gilbert Car Company; Jewett Car Company: 1892–1905 The earliest trains were originally pulled by steam locomotives (Baldwin Locomotive Works Vauclain four-cylinder compound locomotives); the South Side Rapid Transit was the first to use multiple unit electric cars.
In 1913, Chicago's four elevated railroad companies came together to form the Chicago Elevated Railways Collateral Trust establishing crosstown services for the first time. In 1924 all four companies were formally united to form the Chicago Rapid Transit Company. [17] The Chicago Transit Authority took over the assets of the CRT in 1947.
The Humboldt Park branch was a 2.09-mile (3.36 km) elevated line which served six stations. The branch separated from the Logan Square branch northwest of the Damen station (originally called Robey), and ended at the Lawndale terminus. [1]
Stations on the Chicago "L" that are no longer in revenue service; they are abandoned or closed, demolished, partially demolished. Pages in category "Defunct Chicago "L" stations" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.
Chicago, St. Charles and Mississippi Air Line Railroad; Chicago and St. Louis Railway; Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad; Chicago, St. Louis and Western Railroad; Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad; Chicago and Southern Railroad; Chicago and State Line Railroad; Chicago and State Line Railway (1878–79) Chicago Surface ...
"The Loop" refers to the rectangular routes of Chicago's elevated trains. However, after the impact motorman Stephan A. Martin continued to apply traction power. This resulted in the rear cars continuing to push forwards, pinning the front of the train against the waiting Ravenswood on the right-angle turn of the track.