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This listing includes current and discontinued routes operated by Amtrak since May 1, 1971. Some intercity trains were also operated after 1971 by the Alaska Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Georgia Railroad, Reading Company, and Southern Railway.
The Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is a railway system, under construction and partially in operation, serving Tanzania and linking it to the neighbouring countries of Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, and through these to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as part of the East African Railway Master Plan.
Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California [1917] 1913-1928 California Mail: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific: Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1915] 1914-1918 California Special: Santa Fe: Temple, Texas - Clovis, New Mexico (with through trains to Los Angeles and New Orleans) [1937] 1915-1918 ...
Between Chicago and Galesburg, Illinois, the trains share their route with the California Zephyr and Southwest Chief; the remainder of the route (Galesburg–Quincy) is served exclusively by the Illinois Zephyr/Carl Sandburg. The Illinois Zephyr is the longest continuously operated state-sponsored train, having started in November 1971.
Chicago–Quincy: two round trips daily, the Illinois Zephyr and the Carl Sandburg [1] Chicago–St. Louis Lincoln Service: four round trips daily and the only route that serves another state [2] Chicago–Carbondale: two round trips daily, the Illini and the Saluki, and the only route whose trains have checked baggage service [1]
Pacific Great Eastern BC Rail: Vancouver, BC – Prince George, BC (aka 'Cariboo Dayliner') [1965] 1956-2002 The Caribou [4] Canadian National: Port aux Basques, NL – St. John's, NL: 1950-1969 Cascades (group of trains) Amtrak: Portland, OR – Vancouver, BC: 1995–present Cavalier: Canadian National Via Rail from 1978 Toronto, ON ...
The Canadian National Railway's employee timetable dated July 2011 states: "St. Charles Air Line is a connection between Metra 16th St. Interlocking and BNSF Union Ave. BNSF and UP jointly own the line between Union Ave. and a point 70 feet west of the Bascule Bridge over the South Branch of the Chicago River. CN owns the line from that point ...
It also operated passenger trains on the subdivision until the startup of Amtrak on May 1, 1971; Amtrak did not retain the Chicago–Sioux City, Iowa, Hawkeye. [4] Passenger service returned on February 14, 1974, with the introduction of the Black Hawk between Chicago and Dubuque, Iowa. [5] This service ended on September 30, 1981. [6]