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This category contains railroad companies that operate or operated in Chicagoland, roughly bounded by the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (now CN) "Outer Belt". See also: Category:Railway lines in Chicago
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]
Ohio River Railway: N&W: 1877 1890 Scioto Valley Railway: Ohio River and Columbus Railway: Ohio River and Lake Erie Railroad: NYC: 1897 1901 Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling Railroad: Ohio River and Western Railway: PRR: 1902 1931 Pittsburgh, Ohio Valley and Cincinnati Railroad: Ohio Southern Railroad: DT&I: 1881 1898 Detroit Southern Railroad ...
Chicago and Texas Railroad: Chicago Central Railway: B&O: 1889 1891 Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad: Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad: C&O: 1907 1910 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Indiana: Chicago, Danville and St. Louis Railroad: C&EI: 1887 1887 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad: Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad ...
The Ohio River & Western Railroad was a 112-mile long (180 km) narrow gauge railway that was incorporated in 1875 and operated from 1877 or 1878 till 1931. The railroad was located in southeastern Ohio. The line ran from Bellaire (east point) to Zanesville (west end). The Ohio River and Western Railroad began construction as the Bellaire and ...
Henderson Bridge (Ohio River) CSX Transportation: Union Township and Henderson: 1932 Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges: US 41: Evansville and Henderson (crosses the river entirely within the state of Kentucky at this point) 1932, 1965
The Chicago and North Western (reporting mark CNW) was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States.It was also known as the "North Western".The railroad operated more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s.
Chicago Hub Network high-speed rail corridors, as designated by the Federal Railroad Administration. The Chicago Hub Network is a collection of proposed fast conventional and high-speed rail lines in the Midwestern United States including 3,000 miles (5,000 km) of track.