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The Alton Railroad (reporting mark A) was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Missouri.Its predecessor, the Chicago and Alton Railroad (reporting mark C&A), [1] was purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1931 and was controlled until 1942 when the Alton was released to the courts.
B&O: 1890 1891 Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad: Chicago and Springfield Railroad: IC: 1877 1902 Illinois Central Railroad: Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis Railroad: IC: 1883 1886 Litchfield and St. Louis Railway: Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis Railway: 1925 1942 Springfield and Southwestern Railroad: Chicago and State Line Railroad ...
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Chicago–New York [1930] 1929–1931 Advance Water Level Limited: New York Central: Chicago–New York [1944] 1943–1945 Advance Wolverine: New York Central: Chicago–New York–Boston [1947] 1947–1948 Adventureland: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy: Kansas City, Missouri–Billings, Montana [1952] 1937–1952 Afternoon Congressional: Pennsylvania
January 1901 Illinois Central advertisement promoting their new Chicago–Springfield–St. Louis through route. Springfield Union Station was designed in the Richardson Romanesque style in 1896 as a combined passenger terminal for several railroads serving Springfield, including the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad, Illinois Central Railroad, and the St ...
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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]
Two-letter series progressed as follows: ZX, ZZ, ZY, ZV and ZU. This was to avoid conflicting with serials of the same format on the upcoming 2017 base (below). 2017 Reflective gradient blue-to-white with white Chicago and Springfield skyline and gray Abraham Lincoln graphic at far left; state name screened in black at top Land of Lincoln AB1 2345