Illinois Railway

The Illinois Railway (formerly Illinois Railnet) (reporting mark IR) is a shortline railroad operating in northern Illinois, United States. It operates 113 miles (182 km) of former Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway trackage. This railroad was created in 1997 and operates 4 lines in Northern Illinois.^[1] It is owned by OmniTRAX.

Lines

ID	From	To	Trackage Rights	Acquired	Operations	Route Map[2]
Ottawa Branch	Streator, IL	Montgomery, IL	From Montgomery to BNSF's Eola Yard in Aurora, IL	December 1997	Switching in Ottawa (Job 105) Transfers between Ottawa and Wedron (Job 105) Daily freight from Ottawa to Eola (Job 105 to Wedron and Job 107 to Eola) Daily freight from Eola to Wedron (Job 107) Occasional freight from Ottawa to Streator and back	Legend Distance      Station BNSF Mendota Subdivision 40.2 mi  64.7 km  Montgomery 43.3 mi  69.7 km  Oswego 49.4 mi  79.5 km  Yorkville 56.0 mi  90.1 km  Millbrook 59.6 mi  95.9 km  Millington 64.4 mi  103.6 km  Sheridan 68.9 mi  110.9 km  Serena 72.8 mi  117.2 km  Wedron 80.9 mi  130.2 km  Ottawa CSX/IAIS Crossing (Former RI) 89.6 mi  144.2 km  Grand Ridge BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision NS Kankakee Belt Route 96.2 mi  154.8 km  Streator
La Salle Branch	La Salle, IL	Zearing, IL		2004	Daily from Ladd to LaSalle to Zearing, back to Ladd (Job 104)	Legend Distance      Station BNSF Mendota Subdivision 44.1 mi  71 km  Zearing 36.6 mi  58.9 km  Ladd 30.9 mi  49.7 km  Spring Valley 25.7 mi  41.4 km  LaSalle Junction CSX/IAIS (Former RI)
Oregon Branch	Mt. Morris, IL	Oregon, IL	Oregon to Flagg Center	2004	Daily Unit Sand to West Oregon Occasional Freight From Oregon to Mt. Morris	Legend Distance      Station 6.5 mi  10.5 km  Mt. Morris 0 mi  0 km  Oregon BNSF Aurora Subdivision
Rockford Branch	Flagg Center, IL	Rockford, IL	Flagg Center to Oregon	January 1999	Nightly	Legend Dist. Station 23.5 mi  37.8 km  Rockford Old Alignment 23.5 mi  37.8 km  Joseph Behr & Sons Recycling Canadian National (Ex IC) 18.5 mi  29.8 km  Camp Grant 11.7 mi  18.8 km  Davis Junction Canadian Pacific (Ex MILW) 4.8 mi  7.7 km  Kings 0.2 mi  0.3 km  Flagg Center BNSF Aurora Subdivision

Trackage Rights

• Montgomery to Eola
• Power only Oregon to Aurora
• Power only Zearing to Montgomery ^[3]

Locomotive Power

References

1. ↑ "Illinois Railway, Inc.". Illinois Railway, Inc. Omnitrax. Retrieved 2008-12-18. 
2. ↑ "System Timetable". Retrieved 2013-12-15. 
3. ↑ "Illinois Railway Unofficial Homepage". Illinois Railway. Retrieved 2008-12-18. 

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