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    The Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad (reporting mark CI&S) is a former railroad which operated in the states of Illinois and Indiana during the early...
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  • own it. The Northern Indiana and Chicago Railroad was chartered on November 30, 1850. Its initial tracks, from the Michigan Southern at the state line running...
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    Indiana. 1873: The LNA&C Railroad is reorganized as the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway. 1881: The LNA&C consolidates with the Chicago and...
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    The Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad (reporting mark CWI) was the owner of Dearborn Station in Chicago and the trackage leading to it. It was owned...
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    Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly called the Pan Handle Route (Panhandle Route in later days), was a railroad that was part of...
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    between Chicago, Illinois, and South Bend, Indiana. The railroad serves as a link between Class I railroads and local industries in northeast Illinois and northwest...
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  • Western Railroad (CEIW) Central Railroad of Indiana (CIND) Central Railroad of Indianapolis (CERA) Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad (CKIN) Chicago, Fort...
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  • Railroad Chicago and Erie Railroad Chicago Great Western Railroad Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad Chicago...
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  • Thumbnail for Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad
    Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad (reporting mark CAS), nicknamed the "Dolly Varden Line", was a railroad linking small towns in west central and...
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    The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (reporting mark NKP), abbreviated NYC&St.L, was a railroad that operated in the mid-central United States...
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  • The Chicago and Southern Railroad built a rail line in northeastern Illinois, extending south from Chicago to Thornton. It now mainly forms part of the...
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  • Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, also known as the Big Four Railroad and commonly abbreviated CCC&StL, was a railroad company in the Midwestern...
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    The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad (reporting mark CEI) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago to southern Illinois, St. Louis, and Evansville...
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    The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a Class III, short line railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations...
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  • The Chicago, Ft. Wayne & Eastern Railroad (reporting mark CFE) is a short line railroad offering service from Tolleston, Indiana to Crestline, Ohio, United...
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  • owned stock in the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad and the Lake Erie and Western Railroad, but sold it in July 1917 and April 1922, respectively...
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  • Illinois/Indiana state line, United States. Illinoi was originally a station on the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad, later part of the Chicago, Indiana and...
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  • following railroads are operating in the U.S. state of Illinois. A&R Terminal Railroad (ART) AgRail (AGRL) Ag Valley Railroad (AVRR) Alton and Southern Railway...
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  • Wayne, Indiana, to Chicago, Illinois. It included the current Norfolk Southern-owned Fort Wayne Line east of Crestline, Ohio, to Pittsburgh, and the Fort...
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  • Alexander Railroad (ARC) Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad (AOR) Allegheny Valley Railroad (AVR) Allentown and Auburn Railroad (ALLN) Alton and Southern Railway...
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    Joliet and Eastern Railway (reporting mark EJE) was a Class II railroad, making a roughly circular path between Waukegan, Illinois and Gary, Indiana. The...
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    states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Missouri and the province of Ontario. Its primary connections included Chicago, Illinois; Kansas...
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  • first half of the 20th century, Chicago, Illinois, reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States and was served by six intercity train...
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    The Southern Railway (also known as Southern Railway Company; reporting mark SOU) was a class 1 railroad based in the Southern United States between 1894...
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    2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road". In 1963, No...
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  • The Indiana Railroad (IR) was the last of the typical Midwestern United States interurban lines. It was formed in 1930–31 by combining the operations of...
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    other railroads, including entirely new railroads such as the Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway; Paducah and Louisville Railway; Chicago Central and Pacific...
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    mark CN) operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Since a corporate restructuring in 1971, the railroad has been under CN's subsidiary holding...
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    The original Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway) (reporting marks CRIP, RI...
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  • Central Railroad (GLC) Hamilton Northwestern Railroad (HNW) Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR) Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN) Indiana and Ohio Railway...
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