User:NE2/Chicago railroads

(bounded by the EJ&E and Fox River Valley)


 * Alton Railroad
 * Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad, Joliet to St. Louis, opened 1855
 * Joliet and Chicago Railroad, Chicago to Joliet, opened July 4, 1856 (Poor's 1880 p. 776)
 * Chicago and Illinois River Railroad, Joliet to Mazon River, opened 1875
 * Chicago and Alton Railroad, Coal City to Mazonia, opened 1881


 * Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
 * Chicago and Southern Railroad, 26th Street to Elsdon, opened 1876 (partially leased to Illinois Northern Railway)
 * Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad, Mazon River to Streator, opened May 21, 1876 (Poor's 1880 p. 755)
 * Chicago, St. Louis and Western Railroad, Corwith to Mazon River, opened 1884
 * Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in Chicago, Chicago to Corwith, opened 1888


 * Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
 * Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway, Willard (Ohio) to 71st Street, opened 1874
 * Baltimore and Ohio Connecting Railroad, Beverly to 79th Street, opened 1892


 * Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
 * Chicago and Great Western Railroad, Grand Central Station to Forest Park
 * Chicago Central Railway, Ogden Junction to Blue Island
 * Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway, McCook to Blue Island
 * Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway, Blue Island to Clarke Junction
 * Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad, Clarke Junction to Pine Junction?
 * Chicago and Southwestern Railroad, loop southeast of Forest Park
 * Chicago and Western Dummy Railway, Cicero to Waldheim
 * Chicago, Harlem and Batavia Railway, connection at Cicero
 * Chicago Central Railway, Harvey Junction to Harvey
 * Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad, Harvey to Chicago Heights
 * Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway, Whiting Junction to Whiting
 * Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad, Franklin Park to Mayfair
 * Chicago South Branch Dock Company, sidings
 * Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad, Harlem race track branch
 * Lyons and Chicago Railroad, sidings at McCook


 * Belt Railway of Chicago
 * Chicago and Western Indiana Belt Railway, Auburn Park to Cragin, opened 1883
 * South Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad, Evergreen Park?? to South Chicago, opened 1883
 * Chicago Union Transfer Railway, Elsdon to Clearing Yard, opened 1901
 * Chicago, Peoria and Western Railway, sidings at Argo


 * Chicago and Calumet River Railroad
 * Hegewisch to Burnham


 * Calumet, Hammond and Southeastern Railroad


 * Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad
 * Various lines


 * Chicago, Millington and Western Railway


 * Calumet Western Railway
 * Irondale to Hegewisch, opened 1901


 * Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
 * Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad, Griffith to Beatrice, opened 1904
 * Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad, Hammond? to Griffith, opened 1907
 * ?, Riverdale to Dolton
 * Hammond Belt Railway, Louisville Juncton to Hammond


 * Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
 * Aurora Branch Railroad, West Chicago to Aurora, opened 1850
 * Chicago and Aurora Railroad, Aurora to Mendota, opened 1853
 * Chicago to Aurora, opened 1864
 * Ottawa, Oswego and Fox River Valley Railroad, Montgomery to Streator, opened 1871
 * Ottawa, Oswego and Fox River Valley Railroad, Geneva to Aurora, opened 1871
 * Chicago and Iowa Railroad, Aurora to Rochelle, opened January 1, 1872 (Poor's 1880 p. 744)
 * Lumber District


 * Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
 * Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad, Dolton to Danville, opened November 1872 (Poor's 1880 p. 741)


 * Chicago Great Western Railway
 * Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad, Forest Park to Aiken, opened 1887


 * Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad
 * Cicero to Willow Springs, opened 1907
 * Western Avenue to Crawford, opened 1914


 * Chicago Junction Railway
 * Union Stock Yards and Transit Company of Chicago, 43rd Street to I&M Canal, opened 1865
 * Union Stock Yards and Transit Company of Chicago, I&M Canal to Ogden Junction (authorized 1877)
 * Chicago and Indiana State Line Railway, various branches north and south of the stockyards, opened about 1880


 * Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway
 * Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota Railway, Rockford to Aurora, opened 1905
 * Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota Railway, Joliet to Delmar, opened 1905


 * Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
 * Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Western Avenue to Wisconsin state line, opened 1872
 * Chicago and Pacific Railroad, Halsted Street to Elgin, opened 1873
 * Chicago and Pacific Railroad, Elgin to Byron, opened 1875
 * Libertyville Railway, Rondout to Libertyville, opened 1881
 * Chicago Suburban Railway, Galewood to Dunning, opened 1882
 * Chicago and Evanston Railroad, Chicago to Halsted Street, opened 1885
 * Chicago and Evanston Railroad, C&E Junction to Calvary, opened 1885
 * Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway, Calvary to Evanston, opened 1886
 * Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway, Evanston to Wilmette, opened 1888
 * Cook, Lake and McHenry Counties Railway, Libertyville to Wisconsin state line, opened 1900
 * ?, Elk Grove branch


 * Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
 * Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, Chicago River to Freeport, opened 1853
 * Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, West Chicago to Dixon, opened 1854
 * Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad, Chicago River to Cary, opened 1854
 * Fox River Valley Railroad, Elgin to Genoa, opened 1854
 * Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad, Cary to Janesville, opened 1855
 * Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad, Clybourn Street to Wisconsin state line, opened 1855
 * Chicago, St. Charles and Mississippi Air Line Railroad, Canal Street to Ogden Junction, opened 1855
 * Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, Wells Street to Chicago River
 * Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, Navy Pier to Wells Street
 * Ogden Junction to Kedzie Avenue, opened 1864
 * St. Charles Railroad, Geneva to St. Charles, opened 1871
 * Keeler Avenue to Mayfair, opened 1872
 * Geneva to Batavia, opened 1872
 * Batavia to Aurora, opened 1883
 * Junction Railway, Mayfair to Canal, opened 1889
 * Chicago Northern Railway, Sauganash to Lake Bluff, opened 1903
 * Chicago and State Line Railway, Skokie Junction to Wisconsin state line, opened 1905
 * Des Plaines Valley Railway, Proviso to Cumberland, opened 1911
 * Des Plaines Valley Railway, Norma to Valley, opened 1912
 * ?, Batavia branch (east of Fox River)


 * Chicago River and Indiana Railroad
 * Union Stock Yards to Oakley, opened 1906
 * Ashland to north of Oakley, opened 1911
 * Oakley to Elsdon, opened 1911
 * ?, branch to Chicago River docks


 * Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
 * Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, Chicago to Joliet, opened 1852
 * Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, Joliet to Geneseo, opened 1853
 * Gresham to South Chicago, opened 1874
 * Irondale branch, opened 1874
 * ?, Washington Heights loop


 * Chicago Short Line Railway
 * ?, South Chicago
 * ?, South Deering
 * ?, Pullman Junction


 * Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway
 * Chicago Southern Railway, Chicago Heights to Delmar, opened 1907


 * Chicago Union Station Company


 * Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad
 * Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railway, West Pullman
 * Calumet and Southeastern Railroad, Irondale


 * Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
 * Chicago to Dolton, opened May 1880 (Poor's 1881 p. 644)
 * Auburn Park to State Line, opened 1880


 * Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
 * Aurora to Joliet
 * Spaulding to Normantown
 * Waukegan to Spaulding
 * Joliet to Porter
 * Walker to South Wilmington
 * Griffith to Clarke Junction
 * Cavanaugh to Shearson
 * State Line to Whiting
 * Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, South Chicago to Gary
 * Joliet and Blue Island Railway, Joliet


 * Erie Railroad
 * Chicago and Atlantic Railway, State Line to Marion (Ohio), opened 1882


 * Grand Trunk Western Railroad
 * Peninsular Railroad, Valparaiso to Kingsbury, opened October 1873 (Poor's 1880 p. 683)
 * Chicago and Southern Railroad, Elsdon to Dolton, opened 1876
 * Chicago and State Line Railway, Dolton to Indiana state line, opened April 1880 (Poor's 1880 p. 683)
 * Chicago and State Line Extension Railway, Indiana state line to Valparaiso, opened April 1880 (Poor's 1880 p. 683)
 * Grand Trunk Junction Railway, 47th Street to Elsdon


 * Illinois Central Railroad
 * Chicago to Centralia
 * Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad, Chicago to Freeport
 * Addison Railroad, South Addison to Addison
 * South Chicago Railroad, 71st Street to South Chicago, opened 1883
 * Chicago and Illinois Southern Railroad, siding, opened 1887
 * Blue Island Railroad, Kensington to Blue Island, opened 1892
 * Riverside and Harlem Railroad, Forest Park branch, opened 1901
 * Kensington and Eastern Railroad, Kensington to State Line, opened 1909


 * Illinois Northern Railway


 * Joliet Union Depot Company
 * Union station, opened 1912


 * Manufacturers' Junction Railway
 * Cicero, opened 1906


 * Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
 * Chicago and Wisconsin Railroad, Forest Park to Wisconsin state line, opened 1886
 * Central Terminal Railway, sidings, opened 1914


 * Monon Railroad
 * Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway, Dyer to Rensselaer, opened 1881
 * Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway, State Line to Dyer, opened 1882
 * Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway, Hammond, opened 1884


 * New York Central Railroad
 * Northern Indiana and Chicago Railroad, Chicago to Indiana state line, opened 1852
 * Northern Indiana Railroad, Indiana state line to South Bend, opened 1852
 * Union Railroad, Kensington to Indiana state line, opened 1852
 * New Albany and Salem Railroad, Indiana state line to Michigan City, opened 1852
 * Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad, Joliet to East Gary, opened 1855
 * Hammond and Blue Island Railroad, Blue Island to Whiting, opened 1896
 * Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad, Franklin Park to McCook, opened 1897
 * Indiana Harbor Railroad, Union Stock Yards to Argo, opened 1897
 * Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, State Line to Grasselli, opened 1897
 * Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad, Mannheim to Franklin Park, opened 1898
 * Indiana Harbor Railroad, Indiana Harbor to Osborn, opened 1903
 * Indiana Harbor Railroad, Osborn to Illinois state line, opened 1906
 * Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad, Indiana Harbor to Dune Park
 * Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad, Gibson to Ivanhoe
 * Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, Wolf Lake to Colehour, opened 1908
 * Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, Grasselli to Cudahy, opened 1909
 * Gary and Western Railway, Ivanhoe to G&W Junction, opened 1910


 * New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
 * New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Grand Crossing to Ohio state line, opened 1882


 * Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad
 * Waukegan, Rockford and Elgin Traction Company, Palatine to Wauconda, opened 1913


 * Pennsylvania Railroad
 * Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, Chicago to Fort Wayne, opened 1860
 * Chicago and Great Eastern Railway, Chicago to La Crosse, opened 1865
 * Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, South Chicago to Irondale, opened 1875
 * Englewood Connecting Railway, Englewood to 59th Street, opened 1885
 * South Chicago and Southern Railroad, Colehour Junction to Bernice Junction, opened 1887
 * South Chicago and Southern Railroad, Wolf Lake Junction to Indiana state line, opened 1887
 * State Line and Indiana City Railroad, Indiana state line to Hammond Junction, opened 1888
 * State Line and Indiana City Railroad, State Line to East Chicago, opened 1888
 * State Line and Indiana City Railroad, East Chicago to Clarke Junction, opened 1893
 * Calumet River Railway, River Junction to Hegewisch, opened 1895
 * South Chicago and Southern Railroad, Clarke Junction to Pine Junction, opened 1903


 * Pere Marquette Railway
 * Pere Marquette Railroad of Indiana, Porter to New Buffalo, opened 1903


 * Pullman Railroad
 * Pullman Junction to Kensington


 * Wabash Railroad
 * Chicago and Strawn Railway, Auburn Park to Strawn, opened 1880
 * Montpelier and Chicago Railroad, Clarke Junction to Montpelier (Ohio)


 * Waukegan and Mississippi Valley Railway
 * North Chicago to Waukegan


 * Aurora, Elgin and Chicago Railroad
 * Chicago Elevated Railways
 * Chicago and Interurban Traction Company
 * Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway
 * Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad
 * Chicago Surface Lines
 * Suburban Railroad