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The Illinois Terminal Railroad Company (reporting mark ITC), known as the Illinois Traction System until 1937, was a heavy duty interurban electric railroad with extensive passenger and freight business in central and southern Illinois from 1896 to 1956.
The Illinois Traction System Mackinaw Depot is a former in use 1909 to 1953 Illinois Terminal Railroad interurban passenger depot in Mackinaw, Illinois that still stands. The Illinois Terminal Railroad (from 1896 to 1937 known as the Illinois Traction System) ran an over head trolley wire powered railroad from Peoria on the north to St. Louis on the south with branches to Champaign and Urbana.
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 ...
If you were paying attention in history class, you’ll recall the Underground Railroad wasn’t a railroad at all. Rather, it was a fluid network of locations where freedom seekers sought refuge ...
The IC was one of the oldest Class I railroads in the United States. The company was incorporated by the Illinois General Assembly on January 16, 1836. [4] Within a few months Rep. Zadok Casey (D-Illinois) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives authorizing a land grant to the company to construct a line from the mouth of the Ohio River to Chicago and on to Galena. [5]
NOTE: From 1883 to 1892, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad had a depot between Madison and Monroe Streets, trackage rights via the Illinois Central Railroad. The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") used the Illinois Central Railroad local station at 22nd Street in 1882, and the B&O depot in 1883.
Earlier Northern Illinois Electric Railway; passenger service abandoned 1915 Murphysboro and Southern Illinois Railway [2] Peoples' Traction Company [1] Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway [1] [2] Later Peoria Railway Terminal Company: Rock Island Southern Railroad [1] Rock Island Southern Railway [2] 1906: 1926: Rockford and Interurban Railway [2]
Grand Central Station was a passenger railroad terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, from 1890 to 1969.It was located at 201 West Harrison Street on a block bounded by Harrison, Wells and Polk Streets and the Chicago River in the southwestern portion of the Chicago Loop.