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This diagram is current as of December 2024.This is a route-map template for a state passenger rail network. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Outside a specific state plane zone accuracy rapidly declines, thus the system is not useful for regional or national mapping. Most state plane zones are based on either a transverse Mercator projection or a Lambert conformal conic projection. The choice between the two map projections is based on the shape of the state and its zones. States ...
The Joliet Subdivision is a railroad subdivision of the Canadian National Railway in the Chicago metropolitan area.The 33-mile route runs from Joliet, Illinois to Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood, largely paralleling the route of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. [1]
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 ...
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]
The Milwaukee District North Line (MD-N) is a Metra commuter rail line in Chicago, Illinois and its northern suburbs, running from Union Station to Fox Lake.Although Metra does not refer to any of its lines by color, the timetable accents for the Milwaukee District North line are pale "Hiawatha Orange" in honor of the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha passenger trains.
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Initially, a single train operated each day, departing from a terminal in Chicago at Water St. and Kinzie St. at 8:30 am and returning from Waukegan at 3:30 pm. [6] [7] The president of the railroad, former Chicago mayor Walter S. Gurnee, speculated on land in Lake County spurring the development of railway suburbs along the line. [8]