List of Illinois railroads
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[edit] Current common carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK) [1]
- Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC) [2]
- BNSF Railway (BNSF) [3]
- Canadian National Railway (CN) [4]
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) [5]
- Central Illinois Railroad (CIRY)
- Chicago Rail Link (CRL) [6]
- Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Decatur Junction Railway (DT) [7]
- Eastern Illinois Railroad (EIRC)
- Effingham Railroad (EFRR) [8]
- Elgin, Joliet and Eastern (EJE)
- Evansville Western Railway (EVWR)
- Illinois and Midland Railroad (IMRR) [9]
- Illinois Railway (IR)
- Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad (ICE) [10]
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) [11]
- Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad (KBSR)
- Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY) [12]
- Norfolk Southern (NS)
- Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway (TP&W) [13]
- Shawnee Terminal Railway (STR) [14] (formerly Cairo Terminal Railroad) - connects to Canadian National Railway at Cairo, Illinois
- South Shore Line
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP) [15]
- U.S. Railways (USRX) [16]
- Vandalia Railroad (VRRC) [17] - connects with CSX at Vandalia, Illinois
- Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR) [18]
[edit] Commuter railroads
- Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) [19]
- Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (Metra) [20]
- Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (South Shore Line) [21]
[edit] Defunct railroads
- Alton and Southern Railway (AS)
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT)
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (BO)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Cairo and St. Louis Railroad
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (CO)
- Chessie System
- Chicago and Alton Railroad
- Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad (CEI)
- Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway (CIM)
- Chicago and North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago and Paducah Railroad
- Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad (CWI)
- Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (CC)
- Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW)
- Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad (CNSM, the North Shore Line)
- Chicago River and Indiana
- Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CAE)
- Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Chicago, Madison and Northern (CMN)
- Chicago, Millington and Western Railway
- Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway (CMG)
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRIP, Rock Island)
- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (Omaha Road, or CMO)
- Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Big Four Railroad)
- Cotton Belt Railroad (SSW)
- Danville, Olney and Ohio River Railroad
- Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad
- Fulton County Narrow Gauge Railway
- Galena and Chicago Union Railroad
- Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad
- Gilman, Clinton and Springfield Railroad
- Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
- Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad (GMO)
- Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railroad
- I&M Rail Link (IMRL)
- Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (ICG)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
- Illinois Terminal Railroad (ITC)
- Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation
- Lafayette and Bloomington Railroad
- Lake Erie and Western Railroad
- Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (LSMS)
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad (LN)
- Macomb and Western Illinois Railroad
- Marion and Johnston City Railway
- Michigan Central Railroad
- Milwaukee Road (MILW)
- Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
- Moline and Southeastern Railroad
- Monon Railroad (CIL, MON)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road, NKP)
- Norfolk and Western Railway (NW)
- Northern Cross Railroad
- Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad (PLZ&W)
- Penn Central (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Peoria and Pekin Union Railway (P&PU)
- Pere Marquette Railroad (PM)
- Pioneer Industrial Railway (PRY)
- Sangamon and Morgan Railroad
- Soo Line (SOO)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Springfield, Effingham and Southeastern Railway
- Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad (WAB)
- Wisconsin Central (WC)
[edit] References
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
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