List of Illinois railroads

Name Mark System^{[nb 1]} From To Successor Notes Addison Railroad IC 1890 1892 Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad Albany Railroad Bridge Company CNW 1857 1909 Chicago and North Western Railway Alton Railroad A GM&O 1931 1947 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Alton and Eastern Railroad ITC 1925 1937 Illinois Terminal Railroad Alton and St. Louis Railroad GM&O 1859 1899 Chicago and Alton Railroad Alton and Sangamon Railroad GM&O 1847 1852 Chicago and Mississippi Railroad Alton and Southern Railroad MP/ SSW 1910 1968 Alton and Southern Railway Alton and Southern Railway MP/ SSW 1911 1913 Alton and Southern Railroad Alton Terminal Railway ITC 1889 1937 Illinois Terminal Railroad American Bottom Lime, Marble and Coal Company 1857 1873 East St. Louis and Carondelet Railway American Central Railway CB&Q 1859 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Ashdale and Thomson Railway MILW 1902 1903 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad ATSF 1889 1895 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in Chicago ATSF 1887 1902 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ATSF ATSF 1895 1996 BNSF Railway Atlanta and Lawndale Railroad GM&O 1905 1915 Chicago and Alton Railroad Atlantic and Pacific Railroad MILW 1865 1872 Chicago and Pacific Railroad Aurora Branch Railroad CB&Q 1849 1852 Chicago and Aurora Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Railroad B&O, BO B&O 1874 1987 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad B&O 1876 1949 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Connecting Railroad B&O 1892 1990 CSX Transportation Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad B&O 1899 1949 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway B&O 1893 1899 St. Louis, Springfield and Vincennes Railway Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway B&O 1873 1876 Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad Belleville and Carondelet Railroad IC 1881 1897 St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Belleville, Centralia and Eastern Railroad SOU 1889 1889 Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad Belleville City Railway IC 1867 1895 St. Louis, Belleville and Southern Railway Belleville and Eldorado Railroad IC 1861 1897 St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Belleville and Illinoistown Railroad NYC 1849 1856 Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Belleville and O'Fallon Railroad L&N 1869 1871 St. Louis and Southeastern Railway Belleville and Southern Illinois Railroad IC 1857 1897 St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Benton Southern Railroad IC 1915 1946 Illinois Central Railroad Bloomington and Ohio River Railroad WAB 1869 1872 Chicago and Paducah Railroad Bloomington and Pekin Railroad NYC 1853 1867 Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad Blue Island Railroad IC 1891 1987 Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation Bridgeport and South Chicago Railroad B&O 1887 1890 Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad Bureau County Mineral Railway MILW 1904 1909 Rochelle and Southern Railway Burlington, Monmouth and Illinois River Railway MSTL 1875 1881 Peoria and Farmington Railway Burlington Northern Inc. BN 1970 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad Burlington Northern Railroad BN 1981 1996 BNSF Railway Cairo and St. Louis Railroad GM&O 1865 1881 St. Louis and Cairo Railroad Cairo Terminal Railroad CTML 1982 1996 Shawnee Terminal Railway Cairo and Thebes Railroad MP 1905 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad Cairo and Vincennes Railroad NYC 1867 1880 Cairo and Vincennes Railway Cairo and Vincennes Railway NYC 1880 1881 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Railway NYC 1889 1913 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Calumet and Blue Island Railway EJ&E 1889 1897 Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Calumet, Hammond and Southeastern Railroad 1906 1919 Chicago Short Line Railway Calumet River Railway PRR 1883 1901 South Chicago and Southern Railroad Calumet and Southeastern Railroad 1902 1909 Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad Calumet Western Railway NYC/ PRR/ RI 1897 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of Chicago Rail Link Camanche, Albany and Mendota Railroad CB&Q 1856 1859 Illinois Grand Trunk Railway Carbondale and Shawneetown Railroad IC 1869 1897 St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Carthage and Burlington Railroad CB&Q 1867 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Casey and Kansas Railroad 1926 1937 N/A Central Illinois Railway 1905 1906 Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway Central Illinois and Wisconsin Railway MILW 1880 1900 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Central Iowa Railway MSTL 1882 1886 Iowa Central Railway Central Military Tract Railroad CB&Q 1851 1856 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Central Terminal Railway CP 1911 1987 Soo Line Railroad Central Wisconsin Railroad CWRC 1982 1985 Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad Centralia and Altamont Railroad MP 1889 1894 Centralia and Chester Railroad Centralia and Chester Railroad MP 1883 1900 Illinois Southern Railway Centralia and Sandoval Railroad CB&Q 1909 1917 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Champaign, Havana and Western Railway IC 1879 1880 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Champaign and Southeastern Railway WAB 1880 1903 Wabash Railroad Charleston, Neoga and St. Louis Railroad NKP 1880 1881 Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Railway C&O, CO C&O 1921 1987 CSX Transportation Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Indiana C&O 1910 1934 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Chester and Iron Mountain Railroad MP 1873 Iron Mountain, Chester and Eastern Railroad Chester and Kaskaskia Railroad MP 1877 1878 Wabash, Chester and Western Railroad Chester and Mount Vernon Railroad MP 1927 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad Chester and Tamaroa Coal and Railroad Company MP 1869 1873 Iron Mountain, Chester and Eastern Railroad Chicago and Alton Railroad C&A GM&O 1861 1931 Alton Railroad Chicago and Alton Railway GM&O 1900 1906 Chicago and Alton Railroad Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad GM&O 1855 1856 St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad Chicago and Atlantic Railway ERIE 1873 1890 Chicago and Erie Railroad Chicago and Atlantic Extension Railway ERIE 1873 1873 Chicago and Atlantic Railway Chicago and Aurora Railroad CB&Q 1852 1855 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad CB&Q 1885 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad CB&Q, CBQ CB&Q 1855 1970 Burlington Northern Inc. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway CB&Q 1901 1907 N/A Operated the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad under lease, but did not own any railroad Chicago and Calumet River Railroad 1901 1956 N/A Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway B&O 1886 1898 Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Chicago and Canada Southern Railway 1871 1888 N/A Sold at foreclosure; no property in Illinois Chicago and Carbondale Railroad IC 1895 1895 Chicago and Texas Railroad Chicago Central Railway B&O 1889 1891 Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad C&O 1907 1910 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Indiana Chicago, Danville and St. Louis Railroad C&EI 1887 1887 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad C&EI 1865 1877 Chicago and Nashville Railroad Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad C&EI, CEI C&EI 1940 1976 Missouri Pacific Railroad Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad C&EI 1877 1922 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway C&EI C&EI 1922 1940 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago and Erie Railroad ERIE 1890 1941 Erie Railroad Chicago and Evanston Railroad MILW 1861 1885 Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway MILW 1885 1900 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway CN 1880 1900 Chicago Lake County Railway Chicago and Great Eastern Railway PRR 1863 1868 Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway Chicago Great Western Railroad CGW CGW 1909 1941 Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago and Great Western Railroad B&O 1873 1890 Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad Chicago Great Western Railway CGW CGW 1941 1968 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago Great Western Railway CGW 1892 1909 Chicago Great Western Railroad Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad NYC 1896 1898 Chicago Junction Railway Chicago, Harlem and Batavia Railway B&O 1885 1890 Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad Chicago, Havana and Western Railroad IC 1886 1902 Illinois Central Railroad Chicago Heights and Northern Railway EJ&E 1897 Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad CHTT C&EI 1898 Still exists as a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway C&IM, CIM 1906 1996 Illinois and Midland Railroad Chicago and Illinois River Railroad GM&O 1867 1879 Chicago and Alton Railroad Chicago and Illinois Southern Railroad IC 1877 Chicago and Illinois Southern Railroad IC 1871 1872 Chicago and Illinois Southern Railway Chicago and Illinois Southern Railway IC 1872 1876 Decatur, Sullivan and Mattoon Railroad, Grayville and Mattoon Railroad Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad C&IW, CIW IC 1903 Illinois Central Railroad Chicago and Indiana Railroad CINR 1979 1979 N/A Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad NYC 1906 1914 New York Central Railroad Chicago and Indiana State Line Railway NYC 1880 1898 Chicago Junction Railway Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway CI&L, CIL MON 1897 1956 Monon Railroad Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis Short Line Railway NYC 1903 1913 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Chicago and Iowa Railroad CB&Q 1869 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago Junction Railway NYC 1898 1958 Chicago River and Indiana Railroad Chicago and Kenosha Railway EJ&E 1889 1913 Illinois Steel Company Chicago Lake County Railway CN 1900 1900 Grand Trunk Western Railway Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad CN 1873 1879 North Western Grand Trunk Railway Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway EJ&E 1897 1938 Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Chicago and Lake Superior Railroad MILW 1883 1885 Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad 1980 1982 Central Wisconsin Railroad Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad IC 1886 1903 Illinois Central Railroad Chicago, Millington and Western Railway 1872 N/A Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad CNW 1853 1863 Chicago and Milwaukee Railway Chicago and Milwaukee Railway CNW 1863 1881 Chicago, Milwaukee and North Western Railway Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway CM&G MILW 1908 1930 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Chicago, Milwaukee and North Western Railway CNW 1881 1883 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway MILW 1872 1928 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad MILW MILW 1928 1985 The Milwaukee Road, Inc. Chicago and Mississippi Railroad GM&O 1852 1855 Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway CMNW 1987 1990 Gateway Western Railway, SPCSL Corporation Chicago and Nashville Railroad C&EI 1877 1877 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago and North Western Railway CNW CNW 1859 1972 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company Chicago and North Western Transportation Company CNW CNW 1972 1995 Union Pacific Railroad Chicago and North Wisconsin Railway CB&Q 1883 1887 Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad Chicago Northern Railway CNW 1902 1903 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad B&O 1889 1896 Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Chicago and Ohio River Railroad B&O 1873 1893 Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway Chicago and Pacific Railroad MILW 1872 1900 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Chicago and Paducah Railroad WAB 1872 1880 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Chicago, Paducah and Memphis Railroad C&EI 1893 1897 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Palatine and Wauconda Railroad 1921 1924 N/A Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad ATSF 1869 1881 Chicago, St. Louis and Western Railroad Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad 1909 1924 Alton and Eastern Railroad, Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis Railway, Jacksonville and Havana Railroad, Springfield, Havana and Peoria Railroad Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway 1888 1896 Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad of Illinois Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad of Illinois 1896 1900 Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway of Illinois Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway of Illinois 1900 1912 Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad Chicago, Peoria and Western Railway 1898 Still exists as a lessor of the Belt Railway of Chicago Chicago and Plainfield Railroad ATSF 1859 1869 Chicago, Plainfield and Pekin Railroad Chicago, Plainfield and Pekin Railroad ATSF 1869 1869 Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad Chicago Produce Terminal Company CPTC 1929 1977 N/A Chicago River and Indiana Railroad CRI NYC 1904 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Chicago and Rock Island Railroad RI 1851 1866 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI, ROCK RI 1948 1980 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Iowa Railroad, La Salle and Bureau County Railroad, Norfolk and Western Railway, Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI 1866 1880 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway RI RI 1880 1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Chicago and Rock River Railroad CB&Q 1869 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Rockford and Northern Railroad CB&Q 1874 1892 Chicago and Iowa Railroad Chicago and St. Louis Railway ATSF 1885 1886 Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway Chicago, St. Charles and Mississippi Air Line Railroad CNW 1853 1855 Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Chicago, St. Louis and Ohio River Railroad IC 1900 1901 St. Louis and Ohio River Railroad Chicago, St. Louis and Paducah Railway IC 1887 1897 St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad PRR 1883 1890 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Chicago, St. Louis and Western Railroad ATSF 1882 1885 Chicago and St. Louis Railway Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad CNW 1855 1859 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago and Santa Fe Railroad 1889 Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway ATSF 1886 1900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Chicago Short Line Railway CSL 1900 2002 South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway Chicago South Branch Dock Company B&O 1859 1888 Bridgeport and South Chicago Railroad Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad CSS 1925 Chicago and Southern Railroad CN 1874 1878 Chicago and State Line Railway Chicago and Southeastern Railway EJ&E 1889 1913 Illinois Steel Company Chicago Southern Railway MILW 1904 1910 Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway of Illinois Chicago and Southwestern Railroad 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 NKP 1887 1923 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Chicago and State Line Railway CNW 1905 1905 Milwaukee and State Line Railway Chicago and State Line Railway CN 1878 1879 North Western Grand Trunk Railway Chicago and Strawn Railway WAB 1879 1880 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Chicago Suburban Railway MILW 1882 1898 Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway Chicago and Superior Railroad MILW 1873 1880 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Chicago Terminal Railroad CTM 2007 2019 City of Chicago Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad B&O 1897 1910 Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway CTSE MILW 1910 1921 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway of Illinois MILW 1910 1910 Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway Chicago and Texas Railroad IC 1893 1902 Illinois Central Railroad Chicago and Tomah Railroad CNW 1880 1880 Milwaukee and Madison Railway Chicago Union Station Company CUST CB&Q/ MILW/ PRR 1915 Still exists as a subsidiary of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Chicago Union Transfer Railway C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB 1888 1912 Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad CWP 1909 1996 Chicago Rail Link Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railway 1900 1909 Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad Chicago and West Ridge Railroad 1893 Chicago and Western Dummy Railway B&O 1879 1885 Chicago, Harlem and Batavia Railway Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad C&WI, CWI C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB 1879 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad Chicago and Western Indiana Belt Railway C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB 1881 1882 Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Chicago and Wisconsin Railroad CP 1884 1899 Wisconsin Central Railway Chicago, Zeigler and Gulf Railway 1902 Christopher and Herrin Railroad IC 1903 1903 Illinois Central Railroad Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway B&O 1905 1915 N/A Leased the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway NYC 1880 1889 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad CIWN B&O 1915 1990 CSX Transportation Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway B&O 1902 1915 Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad, Sidell and Olney Railroad Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad NYC 1871 1938 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Cincinnati, Louisville and Vincennes Railway B&O 1899 1899 Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway NYC 1889 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Clinton, Bloomington and North Eastern Railway IC 1878 1880 Kankakee and South Western Railroad Coal Belt Railway MP 1903 1909 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Collinsville and Troy Railroad ITC 1899 1902 St. Louis, Troy and Eastern Railroad Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway PRR 1868 1883 Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Consolidated Rail Corporation CR 1976 1999 CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway Cook, Lake and McHenry Counties Railway MILW 1899 1901 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Danville and Grape Creek Railroad C&EI 1880 1881 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Danville and Indiana Harbor Railroad NYC 1905 1906 Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad Danville, Olney and Ohio River Railroad B&O, IC 1869 1886 Chicago and Ohio River Railroad Danville and Pekin Railway NYC 1878 1879 Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway Danville and Rosedale Railway C&EI 1870 1872 Evansville, Terre Haute and Chicago Railway Danville and Southwestern Railroad NYC 1879 1881 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Danville, Tuscola and Western Railroad C&EI 1887 1887 Chicago, Danville and St. Louis Railroad Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad NYC 1867 1869 Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway Davenport and Rock Island Railway Bridge Company CB&Q/ MILW 1884 1895 Davenport and Rock Island Bridge, Railway and Terminal Company Davenport and Rock Island Bridge, Railway and Terminal Company CB&Q/ MILW 1895 1898 Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway DRI CB&Q/ MILW 1898 1995 Burlington Northern Railroad, Soo Line Railroad Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern Railway CB&Q/ MILW 1900 1901 Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway Decatur and East St. Louis Railroad WAB 1867 1870 Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway Decatur and Eastern Railway B&O 1894 1895 Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway Decatur and Indianapolis Railroad B&O 1853 1855 Indiana and Illinois Central Railway Decatur, Mattoon and Southern Railroad IC 1878 1879 Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway Decatur, Sullivan and Mattoon Railroad IC 1876 1877 Decatur, Mattoon and Southern Railroad Decatur, Sullivan and Mattoon Railroad IC 1869 1872 Chicago and Illinois Southern Railway De Kalb and Great Western Railway CGW 1895 1911 Chicago Great Western Railroad Denverside Connecting Railway MP/ SSW 1910 1913 Alton and Southern Railroad De Pue, Ladd and Eastern Railroad CNW 1888 1920 Chicago and North Western Railway Depue and Northern Railroad 1904 Des Plaines Valley Railway CNW 1909 1913 Chicago and North Western Railway Dixon, Peoria and Hannibal Railroad CB&Q 1867 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Dixon and Quincy Railroad CB&Q 1869 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Dixon, Rock Falls and Southwestern Electric Railway 1903 1913 Hooppole, Yorktown and Tampico Railroad Operated by steam Dixon, Rockford and Kenosha Railway CNW 1864 1864 Chicago and North Western Railway Dixon, Rockford and State Line Railroad CNW 1864 1864 Dixon, Rockford and Kenosha Railway Dunleith and Dubuque Bridge Company IC 1857 1946 Illinois Central Railroad East St. Louis Belt Railroad 1898 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis East St. Louis and Carondelet Railway 1873 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis East St. Louis Connecting Railway 1878 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis East St. Louis Junction Railroad ESLJ CNW 1918 Still exists as a lessor of the Union Pacific Railroad East St. Louis, Madison and Granite City Railroad SOU 1900 1904 Southern Railway East and West Illinois Railway MP 1902 1902 St. Louis Valley Railway Eastern Illinois and Missouri Railroad C&EI 1899 1899 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Eastern Illinois and St. Louis Railroad C&EI 1903 1905 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Eldorado, Marion and Southwestern Railroad MP 1906 1913 Marion and Eastern Railroad Electric City and Illinois Railway 1889 1891 Madison, Illinois and St. Louis Railway Elgin and State Line Railroad CNW 1859 1883 Chicago and North Western Railway Englewood Connecting Railway PRR 1885 1954 Penndel Company Erie Railroad ERIE ERIE 1941 1960 Erie–Lackawanna Railroad Erie–Lackawanna Railroad EL 1960 1968 Erie Lackawanna Railway Erie Lackawanna Railway EL 1968 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Erie Western Railway ERES 1977 1979 Chicago and Indiana Railroad Evansville, Mount Carmel and Northern Railway NYC 1906 1938 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Evansville and Southern Illinois Railway L&N 1869 1871 St. Louis and Southeastern Railroad Evansville, Terre Haute and Chicago Railway C&EI 1872 1899 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Fairbury, Pontiac and Northwestern Railway WAB 1867 1872 Chicago and Paducah Railroad Fenton and Thomson Railroad CB&Q 1903 1906 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Fond du Lac, Amboy and Peoria Railway MILW 1874 1883 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad PRR 1853 1856 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Fox River Valley Railroad CNW 1852 1858 Elgin and State Line Railroad Franklin and Waverly Railway CB&Q 1908 1917 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Fredonia and Reeds Railroad IC 1914 1946 Illinois Central Railroad Freeport, Dodgeville and Northern Railroad IC 1887 1888 Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad Fulton County Extension Railway CB&Q 1881 1908 Fulton County Narrow Gauge Railway Fulton County Narrow Gauge Railway CB&Q 1878 1908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Galena and Chicago Union Railroad CNW 1836 1864 Chicago and North Western Railway Galena and Illinois River Railroad PRR 1857 1863 Chicago and Great Eastern Railway Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad CNW 1853 1879 Galena and Wisconsin Railroad Galena and Wisconsin Railroad CNW 1879 1880 Chicago and Tomah Railroad Galesburg, Etherly and Eastern Railroad 1894 1898 Galesburg and Great Eastern Railroad Galesburg and Great Eastern Railroad 1898 1960 N/A Galesburg and Rio Railroad CB&Q 1886 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Galesburg, Rockford and Northern Railroad 1917 1922 Hooppole, Yorktown and Tampico Railroad Gardner, Coal City and Northern Railway EJ&E 1891 Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Gateway Western Railway GWWR 1990 2001 Kansas City Southern Railway Gilman, Clinton and Springfield Railroad IC 1867 1877 Chicago and Springfield Railroad Grand Tower and Cape Girardeau Railroad IC 1889 1893 Chicago and Texas Railroad Grand Tower and Carbondale Railroad IC 1882 1893 Chicago and Texas Railroad Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company IC 1869 1882 Grand Tower and Carbondale Railroad Grand Trunk Junction Railway CN 1880 1901 Grand Trunk Western Railway Grand Trunk Western Railway CN 1900 1928 Grand Trunk Western Railroad Granite City and East St. Louis Terminal Railroad 1906 Granite City and Madison Belt Line Railroad 1892 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Grayville and Mattoon Railroad IC 1876 1880 Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway Grayville and Mattoon Railroad IC 1857 1871 Chicago and Illinois Southern Railroad Great Western Railroad WAB 1853 1865 Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway Groves and Sand Ridge Railroad IC 1902 1904 Illinois Central Railroad Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad GM&O, GMO GM&O 1940 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Hamilton, Lacon and Eastern Railroad GM&O 1867 1870 Chicago and Alton Railroad Hammond Belt Railway C&O 1906 N/A Hammond and Blue Island Railroad NYC 1893 1896 Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad Hancock County Bridge Company 1865 1868 Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company Hannibal Bridge Company WAB 1869 1937 Wabash – Hannibal Bridge Company Hannibal and Naples Railroad WAB 1863 1877 Wabash Railway Hanover Railway 1906 1934 N/A Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railroad IC 1873 1887 LeRoy and Eastern Railroad Herrin Railway MP 1903 1909 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Herrin and Johnson City Railway MP 1905 1909 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Herrin Northern Railroad IC 1915 1946 Illinois Central Railroad Herrin and Southern Railroad CB&Q 1909 1914 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Hooppole, Yorktown and Tampico Railroad HY&T 1922 1953 N/A Hooppole, Yorktown and Tampico Railroad HY&T 1913 1917 Galesburg, Rockford and Northern Railroad I&M Rail Link IMRL 1997 2002 Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad Illinois Central Railroad IC IC 1851 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ICG 1972 1988 Illinois Central Railroad Illinois and Eastern Railroad IC 1899 1899 Illinois and Indiana Railroad Illinois Farmers' Railroad CB&Q 1867 1872 Jacksonville, North Western and South Eastern Railway Illinois Grand Trunk Railway CB&Q 1859 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Illinois and Indiana Railroad IC 1899 1906 Indianapolis Southern Railroad Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota Railway MILW 1902 1908 Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway Illinois Midland Railway 1913 1967 N/A Illinois Midland Railway PRR 1874 1886 Terre Haute and Peoria Railroad Illinois and Mississippi Valley Terminal Railroad ITC 1899 1899 Illinois Terminal Railroad Illinois–Missouri Terminal Railway ITC ITC 1954 1956 Illinois Terminal Railroad Illinois Northern Railroad IN ATSF 1901 1975 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Illinois Parallel Railroad CNW 1851 1853 Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad Illinois RailNet IR 1997 2005 Illinois Railway Illinois River Railroad 1853 1864 Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company 1867 1878 St. Louis Bridge Company Illinois and St. Louis Railroad and Coal Company SOU 1865 1889 Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad Illinois South Eastern Railway B&O 1867 1870 Springfield and Illinois South Eastern Railway Illinois Southern Railway MP 1900 1920 Missouri–Illinois Railroad Illinois and Southern Iowa Railroad WAB 1857 1865 Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway Illinois Terminal Company ITC 1922 1937 Illinois Terminal Railroad Illinois Terminal Railroad ITC ITC 1956 1981 Norfolk and Western Railway Illinois Terminal Railroad ITC ITC 1937 1954 Illinois–Missouri Terminal Railway Illinois Terminal Railroad ITC 1895 1922 Illinois Terminal Company Illinois Transfer Railroad 1899 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Illinois Valley Belt Railroad 1902 Illinois Valley and Northern Railroad CB&Q 1887 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad CNW 1851 1855 Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway NYC 1879 1887 Pekin and Danville Railway Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway B&O 1895 1902 Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway Indiana Harbor Railroad NYC 1907 1907 Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation IHRC 1986 1997 N/A Indiana and Illinois Central Railway B&O 1855 1875 Springfield, Decatur and Indianapolis Railway Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad NYC 1881 1906 Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad Indiana and Illinois Southern Railroad IC 1882 1890 St. Louis, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad Indiana and Western Railway NYC 1887 1887 Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway IC, NYC 1869 1879 Champaign, Havana and Western Railway, Danville and Pekin Railway Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Danville Railroad NYC 1868 1869 Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railway B&O 1875 1887 Indianapolis, Quincy and Missouri River Railway Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway B&O 1888 1894 Decatur and Eastern Railway Indianapolis, Quincy and Missouri River Railway B&O 1887 1888 Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad NYC 1869 1882 Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway NYC 1882 1889 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Indianapolis Southern Railroad IC 1906 1911 Illinois Central Railroad Iowa Railroad IRRC 1981 1984 Iowa Interstate Railroad Iowa Central Railway MSTL 1888 1912 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad ICE 2002 2008 Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Iron Mountain, Chester and Eastern Railroad MP 1873 1878 Wabash, Chester and Western Railroad Jacksonville, Alton and St. Louis Railroad GM&O 1857 1862 St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad Jacksonville and Carrollton Railroad GM&O 1851 1857 Jacksonville, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Jacksonville and Concord Railway CB&Q 1903 1904 Jacksonville and St. Louis Railway Jacksonville and Havana Railroad 1925 1938 N/A Jacksonville, Louisville and St. Louis Railway CB&Q 1890 1896 Jacksonville and St. Louis Railway Jacksonville, North Western and South Eastern Railway CB&Q 1867 1879 Jacksonville Southeastern Railway Jacksonville and St. Louis Railway CB&Q 1896 1905 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Jacksonville and Savanna Railroad CB&Q 1855 1861 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Jacksonville Southeastern Railway CB&Q 1879 1890 Jacksonville, Louisville and St. Louis Railway Johnston City Connecting Railway MP 1911 1913 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Johnston City Southern Railroad IC 1914 Joliet, Aurora and Northern Railway EJ&E 1884 1888 Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Joliet and Blue Island Railway EJ&E 1889 1938 Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Joliet and Chicago Railroad GM&O 1855 1950 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Joliet Junction Railroad 1994 1999 Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad NYC 1854 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Joliet, Rockford and Northern Railroad CB&Q 1881 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Joliet and Terre Haute Railroad CB&Q 1852 1859 Illinois Grand Trunk Railway Joliet Union Depot Company ATSF/ GM&O/ RI 1911 Junction Railway CNW 1889 1891 Chicago and North Western Railway Kankakee and Illinois River Railroad NYC 1869 1870 Plymouth, Kankakee and Pacific Railroad Kankakee and Indiana Railroad NYC 1869 1873 Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad Kankakee and Seneca Railroad NYC/ RI 1881 1933 N/A Kankakee and South Western Railroad IC 1880 1902 Illinois Central Railroad Kankakee and South-Western Coal Branch Railroad IC 1882 1883 Kankakee and South Western Railroad Kankakee and Southwestern Railroad IC 1878 1880 Kankakee and South Western Railroad Kankakee and Western Railroad IC 1879 1880 Kankakee and South Western Railroad Kansas and Sidell Railroad 1919 1938 N/A Keithsburg Bridge Company MSTL 1885 1901 Iowa Central Railway Keithsburg and Eastern Railroad MSTL 1873 1880 Peoria and Farmington Railway Kenosha and Rockford Railroad CNW 1856 1857 Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island Railroad Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island Railroad CNW 1864 1864 Dixon, Rockford and Kenosha Railway Kenosha and State Line Railroad CNW 1857 1864 Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island Railroad Kensington and Eastern Railroad IC 1904 1996 Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company 1868 LaFayette, Bloomington and Mississippi Railroad NKP 1876 1879 LaFayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railway LaFayette, Bloomington and Mississippi Railway NKP 1867 1876 LaFayette, Bloomington and Mississippi Railroad LaFayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railway NKP 1879 1879 Lake Erie and Western Railway LaFayette, Muncie and Bloomington Railroad NKP 1876 1879 Muncie and State Line Railroad LaGrange Connecting Railroad NYC La Salle and Bureau County Railroad LSBC 1890 1985 Chicago Rail Link La Salle and Chicago Railroad B&O 1867 1873 Chicago and Great Western Railroad Lake Erie and Mississippi Railway NKP 1884 1885 Lake Erie and Western Railway Lake Erie and Western Railroad NKP 1887 1923 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Lake Erie and Western Railway NKP 1879 1886 Lake Erie and Western Railroad Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway NYC 1869 1914 New York Central Railroad Lee County Railway CNW 1906 1910 Chicago and North Western Railway LeRoy and Eastern Railroad IC 1886 1887 Rantoul Railroad Le Roy Narrow Gauge Railroad IC 1876 1878 Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railroad Libertyville Railway MILW 1878 1881 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Railroad GM&O 1882 1892 Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Railway Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Railway GM&O 1889 1899 Quincy, Carrollton and St. Louis Railway Litchfield and Madison Railway LM CNW 1900 1958 Chicago and North Western Railway Litchfield and St. Louis Railway IC 1886 1887 St. Louis and Chicago Railway Logansport, Peoria and Burlington Railroad TP&W 1861 1864 Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway Louisiana and Pike County Railroad WAB 1867 1984 N/A Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railroad SOU 1886 1889 Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railway SOU 1882 1886 Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railroad Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad SOU 1889 1900 Southern Railway of Illinois Louisville and Nashville Railroad L&N, LN L&N 1880 1983 Seaboard System Railroad Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway MON 1884 1897 Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Railway SOU 1878 1882 Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railway Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Air Line Railway SOU 1872 1877 St. Louis and Mount Carmel Railway Louisville and St. Louis Railway SOU 1886 1897 Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad Lowell and Southern Railroad CB&Q 1925 N/A Lyons and Chicago Railroad B&O 1897 Macomb, Industry and Littleton Railway 1913 1930 N/A Macomb, Vermont and Bath Railroad CB&Q 1853 1854 Peoria and Hannibal Railroad Macomb and Western Illinois Railway 1901 1911 Macomb, Industry and Littleton Railway Macoupin County Railway CNW 1903 1912 St. Louis, Peoria and North Western Railway Macoupin County Extension Railway CNW 1913 1920 Chicago and North Western Railway Madison County Railroad WAB 1865 1871 Wabash Railway Madison, Illinois and St. Louis Railway 1891 1941 Madison, Illinois and St. Louis Railroad Madison, Illinois and St. Louis Railroad 1941 1953 St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway Marion and Eastern Railroad MP 1913 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad Marion and Harrisburg Railway MP 1905 1913 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Marion and Johnston City Railway MP 1905 1913 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Marquette, Spring Valley and Northwestern Railroad 1901 1907 Illinois Valley Railway (electric) Mattoon and Evansville Railroad IC 1900 1902 Illinois Central Railroad Mercer County Bridge Company MSTL 1881 1885 Keithsburg Bridge Company Michigan Air Line Railroad 1869 1871 Chicago and Canada Southern Railway Michigan Central Railroad MC NYC 1852 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation The Milwaukee Road, Inc. MILW MILW 1985 1986 Soo Line Railroad Milwaukee and Madison Railway CNW 1880 1881 Chicago, Milwaukee and North Western Railway Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad NYC 1855 1869 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Milwaukee and State Line Railway CNW 1905 1909 Chicago and North Western Railway Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad MSTL 1912 1943 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway MSTL MSTL 1939 1960 Chicago and North Western Railway Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad SOO CP 1944 1961 Soo Line Railroad Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway SOO CP 1909 1944 Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad CGW 1886 1894 Chicago Great Western Railway Mississippi Railroad MILW 1865 1865 Northern Illinois Railroad Mississippi River Bridge Company GM&O 1873 1895 Chicago and Alton Railroad Mississippi River Railroad and Toll Bridge Company ATSF 1886 1900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Mississippi and Rock River Junction Railroad CNW 1851 1855 Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Mississippi and Wabash Railroad TP&W 1853 1865 Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway Missouri–Illinois Railroad MI MP 1921 1978 Missouri Pacific Railroad Missouri and Illinois Bridge and Belt Railroad Company CB&Q 1904 1966 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Missouri Pacific Railroad MP MP 1918 1997 Union Pacific Railroad Missouri Pacific Railroad in Illinois MP 1917 1918 Missouri Pacific Railroad Missouri Pacific Railway 1881 1890 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Mobile and Ohio Railroad GM&O 1886 1940 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Moline and Peoria Railway CB&Q/ MILW 1900 1901 Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway Moline and Southeastern Narrow Gauge Railway 1878 1885 N/A Momence and State Line Railroad C&EI 1887 1888 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Monon Railroad MON MON 1956 1971 Louisville and Nashville Railroad Morris Terminal Railway RI 1905 1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Mound City Railroad IC 1855 1885 Mound City Railway Mound City Railway IC 1882 1902 Illinois Central Railroad Mounds and Olive Branch Railroad IC 1902 1903 Illinois Central Railroad Mount Carbon Coal Railroad IC 1861 1869 Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company Mount Carmel and Alton Railroad WAB 1836 1865 Madison County Railroad Mount Olive Coal Railroad IC 1888 1888 St. Louis and Chicago Railroad Mount Vernon Railroad L&N 1855 1869 St. Louis and Southeastern Railway Muncie and State Line Railroad NKP 1879 1879 LaFayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railway Murphysboro and Shawneetown Railroad IC 1867 1869 Carbondale and Shawneetown Railroad Nauvoo and Warsaw Railroad MILW 1847 1849 Warsaw and Rockford Railroad New Castle and Danville Railroad NYC 1854 1869 Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Danville Railroad New York Central Railroad NYC NYC 1914 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company New York and Chicago Railway NKP 1881 1881 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad NKP NKP 1887 1964 Norfolk and Western Railway New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway NKP 1881 1887 Chicago and State Line Railroad Norfolk and Western Railway N&W, NW 1964 1998 Norfolk Southern Railway North and South Railroad of Illinois IC 1890 1896 St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway North Western Grand Trunk Railway CN 1879 1880 Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway Northern Cross Railroad CB&Q 1849 1857 Quincy and Chicago Railroad Northern Cross Railroad and Transportation Company WAB 1843 1847 Sangamon and Morgan Railroad Northern Illinois Railroad MILW 1859 1866 Western Union Railroad Northern Illinois Railway CNW 1884 1888 Chicago and North Western Railway Northern Indiana Railroad NYC 1855 1855 Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Northern Indiana and Chicago Railroad NYC 1850 1855 Northern Indiana Railroad Northern Pacific Railroad NP 1890 1893 N/A Leased the Wisconsin Central Company Northern and Southern Illinois Railroad CB&Q 1904 1908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Ogle and Carroll County Railroad CB&Q 1857 1871 Chicago and Iowa Railroad Oglesby and Granville Railway MILW 1905 1913 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway NYC 1887 1890 Peoria and Eastern Railway Ohio and Mississippi Railroad B&O 1851 1862 Ohio and Mississippi Railway Ohio and Mississippi Railway B&O 1861 1893 Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Orion and Minersville Railroad CB&Q 1872 1875 St. Louis, Rock Island and Chicago Railroad Ottawa, Oswego and Fox River Valley Railroad CB&Q 1852 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Paducah and Illinois Railroad PI CB&Q/ IC/ L&N 1910 Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, and CSX Transportation Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad 1918 1921 Chicago, Palatine and Wauconda Railroad Pana, Springfield and North Western Railroad B&O 1865 1870 Springfield and Illinois South Eastern Railway Paris and Danville Railroad NYC 1869 1881 Danville and Southwestern Railroad Paris and Decatur Railroad PRR 1861 1874 Peoria, Atlanta and Decatur Railroad Paris and Terre Haute Railroad PRR 1873 1874 Peoria, Atlanta and Decatur Railroad Pawnee Railroad 1888 1905 Central Illinois Railway Peabody Short Line Railroad IC 1958 1961 Illinois Central Railroad Pekin and Danville Railway NYC 1887 1887 Indiana and Western Railway Pekin, Lincoln and Decatur Railroad IC 1861 1876 Pekin, Lincoln and Decatur Railway Pekin, Lincoln and Decatur Railway IC 1876 1879 Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway Peninsular Railway CN 1869 1873 Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad Penn Central Transportation Company PC 1968 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Penndel Company PRR 1954 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Pennsylvania Company PRR 1871 1918 Pennsylvania Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad PRR PRR 1918 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company Peoria, Atlanta and Decatur Railroad PRR 1869 1874 Illinois Midland Railway Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad RI 1853 1980 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Peoria and Burlington Railroad CB&Q 1863 1864 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway B&O, IC 1879 1900 Illinois Central Railroad, Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway, Mattoon and Evansville Railroad, Peoria, Decatur and Mattoon Railroad Peoria, Decatur and Mattoon Railroad IC 1900 1905 Illinois Central Railroad Peoria and Eastern Railway PAE, PE NYC 1890 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Peoria and Farmington Railway MSTL 1869 1882 Central Iowa Railway Peoria, Hanna City and Western Railway RI 1918 1951 N/A Peoria and Hannibal Railroad CB&Q 1854 1868 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad Peoria and North-Western Railway CNW 1900 1901 Chicago and North Western Railway Peoria and Oquawka Railroad TP&W 1849 1861 Logansport, Peoria and Burlington Railroad Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad 1863 1881 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway RI 1899 1907 Peoria Railway Terminal Company Peoria and Pekin Traction Company RI 1897 1899 Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway Peoria Railway Terminal Company RI 1906 1926 Peoria Terminal Company Peoria and Rock Island Railway RI 1867 1877 Rock Island and Peoria Railway Peoria and Springfield Railroad CNW/ IC/ NKP/ NYC/ PRR 1859 1882 Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Peoria Terminal Company PT, PTC RI 1926 1980 Peoria Terminal Railway RI 1885 1903 Rock Island and Peoria Railway Pere Marquette Railroad PM 1903 1917 Pere Marquette Railway Pere Marquette Railway PM PM 1917 1947 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Peru, La Salle and Deer Park Railroad 1905 1934 N/A Petersburg and Springfield Railroad GM&O 1853 1854 Sangamon and North West Railroad Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad PRR 1956 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Pike County Bridge Company WAB 1867 1869 Hannibal Bridge Company Pike County Railroad WAB 1857 1865 Hannibal and Naples Railroad Pittsburgh Railroad and Coal Company SOU 1859 1865 Illinois and St. Louis Railroad and Coal Company Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad PRR 1917 1956 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway PRR 1890 1917 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad PRR 1856 1861 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway PRR 1861 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Plymouth, Kankakee and Pacific Railroad NYC 1870 1881 Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad Polk and Forty-ninth Streets Junction Railway CN 1889 1889 Grand Trunk Junction Railway Prairie Central Railway PACY 1981 N/A Prairie Trunk Railway PARY 1977 1984 N/A Preemption Eastern Railroad RI 1893 1903 Rock Island and Peoria Railway Pullman Railroad PLM RI 1906 1980 Norfolk and Western Railway Quincy, Alton and St. Louis Railway CB&Q 1867 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Quincy, Carrollton and St. Louis Railway GM&O 1899 1904 Chicago and Alton Railroad Quincy and Chicago Railroad CB&Q 1857 1864 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Quincy, Missouri and Pacific Railroad CB&Q 1869 1886 Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railway Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad CB&Q 1897 1939 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railway CB&Q 1887 1897 Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad Quincy Railroad Bridge Company CB&Q 1867 1903 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Quincy and Toledo Railroad WAB 1857 1865 Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway Quincy and Warsaw Railroad CB&Q 1865 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Racine and Mississippi Railroad MILW 1855 1868 Western Union Railroad Railroad Bridge Company CB&Q 1853 1867 Quincy Railroad Bridge Company Randolph County Railroad MP 1894 1895 Centralia and Chester Railroad Rantoul Railroad IC 1887 1903 Illinois Central Railroad Riverside and Harlem Railroad IC 1901 1902 Illinois Central Railroad Rochelle and Southern Railway MILW 1902 1913 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Rock Island and Alton Railroad CB&Q 1855 1859 St. Louis, Alton and Rock Island Railroad Rock Island and Eastern Illinois Railway CB&Q/ MILW 1896 1900 Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern Railway Rock Island and La Salle Railroad RI 1847 1851 Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Rock Island and Mercer County Railroad RI 1876 1903 Rock Island and Peoria Railway Rock Island and Peoria Railroad RI 1855 1869 Peoria and Rock Island Railway Rock Island and Peoria Railway RI 1877 1908 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Rockdale, Joliet and Lockport Terminal Railway EJ&E 1905 Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Rockford Railroad IC 1906 1906 Illinois Central Railroad Rockford Belt Railway MILW 1905 1908 Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway Rockford Central Railroad MILW 1869 1873 Chicago and Superior Railroad Rockford Central Railroad CNW 1855 1856 Kenosha and Rockford Railroad Rockford and Mississippi Railroad CNW 1857 1857 Kenosha and State Line Railroad Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad CB&Q 1876 1899 St. Louis, Rock Island and Chicago Railroad Rockton and Freeport Railroad MILW 1853 1855 Racine and Mississippi Railroad Rossville and Eastern Railroad C&EI 1902 1903 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Rossville and Indiana Railroad C&EI 1872 1872 Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad Rutland, Toluca and Northern Railroad GM&O 1909 1938 N/A St. Charles Railroad CNW 1859 1881 Elgin and State Line Railroad St. Charles Branch Railroad CNW 1849 1853 Chicago, St. Charles and Mississippi Air Line Railroad St. Clair Railroad SOU 1841 1853 St. Clair Railroad and Coal Company St. Clair Railroad and Coal Company SOU 1853 1857 Pittsburgh Railroad and Coal Company St. Clair Coal Railway PRR 1904 1908 Vandalia Railroad St. Clair, Madison and St. Louis Belt Railroad CB&Q 1890 1904 Missouri and Illinois Bridge and Belt Railroad Company St. Francisville and Lawrenceville Railroad NYC 1879 1881 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad GM&O 1857 1862 Chicago and Alton Railroad St. Louis, Alton and Rock Island Railroad CB&Q 1859 1868 Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad 1887 1892 St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad IC, NYC 1862 1904 Illinois Central Railroad St. Louis and Belleville Electric Railway IC 1897 1958 Peabody Short Line Railroad Electric until 1949 St. Louis, Belleville and Southern Railway IC 1895 1946 Illinois Central Railroad St. Louis Bridge Company 1878 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis St. Louis and Cairo Railroad GM&O 1881 1913 Mobile and Ohio Railroad St. Louis Central Railway IC 1881 1886 St. Louis Southern Railroad St. Louis and Central Illinois Railroad 1886 1888 St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad St. Louis and Chicago Railroad IC 1888 1889 St. Louis and Chicago Railway St. Louis and Chicago Railway IC 1885 1889 North and South Railroad of Illinois St. Louis, Chicago and Peoria Railway IC 1886 1886 St. Louis and Chicago Railway St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad 1892 1897 St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railway of Illinois St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railway of Illinois 1897 1900 Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway of Illinois St. Louis Coal Railroad IC 1881 1886 St. Louis Southern Railroad St. Louis Connecting Railroad PRR 1925 1931 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad St. Louis and Eastern Railway IC 1889 1896 St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway St. Louis and Illinois Belt Railway ITC 1905 1937 Illinois Terminal Railroad St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company 1865 1868 Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company St. Louis, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad IC 1889 1899 Illinois and Eastern Railroad St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway MP 1901 1917 Missouri Pacific Railroad in Illinois St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad GM&O 1862 1899 Chicago and Alton Railroad St. Louis, Jerseyville and Springfield Railroad 1880 1888 St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad St. Louis Merchants Bridge Company 1886 1920 St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway SLMB 1887 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis St. Louis and Mount Carmel Railway SOU 1878 1878 Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Railway St. Louis, Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad SOU 1869 1872 Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Air Line Railway St. Louis and O'Fallon Railway SLOF C&EI 1896 1954 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad St. Louis and Ohio River Railroad MP/ SSW 1920 1948 Alton and Southern Railroad St. Louis and Ohio River Railroad IC 1901 1903 Illinois Central Railroad St. Louis and Peoria Railroad IC 1889 1896 St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway St. Louis, Peoria and North Western Railway CNW 1911 1913 Chicago and North Western Railway St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway GM&O, IC 1898 1900 Chicago and Alton Railway, Illinois Central Railroad St. Louis, Rock Island and Chicago Railroad CB&Q 1876 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad St. Louis and South Eastern Railway L&N 1872 1879 South East and St. Louis Railway St. Louis and Southeastern Railroad L&N 1871 1871 St. Louis and Southeastern Railway St. Louis and Southeastern Railway L&N 1871 1872 St. Louis and South Eastern Railway St. Louis and Southeastern Railway L&N 1869 1871 St. Louis and Southeastern Railroad St. Louis Southern Railroad IC 1886 1897 St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad St. Louis and Southern Illinois Railroad MP 1901 1902 Illinois Southern Railway St. Louis Southwestern Railway SSW SSW 1905 1997 Union Pacific Railroad St. Louis, Springfield and Vincennes Railway B&O 1899 1899 Cincinnati, Louisville and Vincennes Railway St. Louis, Troy and Eastern Railroad ITC 1899 1937 Illinois Terminal Railroad St. Louis Valley Railway MP 1901 1903 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway St. Louis Valley Transfer Railway MP 1902 1903 St. Louis Valley Railway St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad PRR 1865 1905 Vandalia Railroad Saline Valley Railway NYC 1907 1917 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Sangamon and Morgan Railroad WAB 1845 1853 Great Western Railroad Sangamon and North West Railroad GM&O 1854 1859 Alton and St. Louis Railroad Savanna Branch Railroad MILW 1851 1856 Racine and Mississippi Railroad Seaboard System Railroad SBD 1983 1986 CSX Transportation SF&L Railway SFAL 2001 2002 Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway Shawneetown and Eldorado Railroad L&N 1861 1869 St. Louis and Southeastern Railway Sidell and Olney Railroad 1915 1919 Kansas and Sidell Railroad, Westfield Railroad, Yale Short Line Railroad South Chicago Railroad IC 1881 1987 Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation South Chicago and Southern Railroad PRR 1881 1954 Penndel Company South Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB 1880 1882 Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad South East and St. Louis Railway L&N 1880 1936 Louisville and Nashville Railroad South Wilmington and Southern Railroad 1907 1918 Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company Southern Railway SOU SOU 1900 1990 Norfolk Southern Railway Southern Railway of Illinois SOU 1900 1900 Southern Railway Southern Illinois and Kentucky Railroad IC 1925 1954 Illinois Central Railroad Southern Indiana Railway MILW 1908 1910 Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway Sparta and Ste. Genevieve Railroad MP 1889 1894 Centralia and Chester Railroad SPCSL Corporation SSWN SSW 1989 1997 Union Pacific Railroad Springfield and Decatur Railway B&O 1901 1901 Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway Springfield, Decatur and Indianapolis Railway B&O 1875 1875 Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railway Springfield, Effingham and South Eastern Railroad IC 1869 1883 Indiana and Illinois Southern Railroad Springfield, Havana and Peoria Railroad 1926 1936 Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway Springfield and Illinois South Eastern Railway B&O 1870 1874 Ohio and Mississippi Railway Springfield and Northwestern Railroad 1869 1878 Springfield and Northwestern Railway Springfield and Northwestern Railway 1878 1881 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Springfield and Pekin Railroad CNW/ IC/ NKP/ NYC/ PRR 1853 1859 Peoria and Springfield Railroad Springfield and Southwestern Railroad 1942 1945 N/A Springfield Terminal Railway SFT 1908 1952 N/A Strawn and Indiana State Line Railroad C&EI 1880 1887 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Streator and Clinton Railroad NYC 1899 1900 Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad Sycamore and Cortland Railroad CNW 1859 1888 Chicago and North Western Railway Tamaroa and Mount Vernon Railway MP 1891 1892 Wabash, Chester and Western Railroad Terminal Railroad NYC 1896 1907 Indiana Harbor Railroad Terminal Railroad of East St. Louis 1880 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Terre Haute and Alton Railroad NYC 1851 1856 Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad NYC 1856 1862 St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad PRR 1892 1905 Vandalia Railroad Terre Haute and Peoria Railroad PRR 1887 1957 Penndel Company Thayer Junction Railway 1909 1918 Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company Toledo, Charleston and St. Louis Railroad NKP 1886 1886 Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad NKP 1881 1884 Toledo, Charleston and St. Louis Railroad Toledo and East St. Louis Railroad NKP 1900 1900 Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway TP&W 1864 1880 Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad TP&W, TPW TP&W 1927 1983 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad TP&W 1879 1886 Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway TP&W TP&W 1887 1927 Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad NKP 1886 1900 Toledo and East St. Louis Railroad Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad NKP 1900 1923 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway WAB 1865 1876 Wabash Railway Toluca and Eastern Railroad GM&O 1897 1902 Toluca, Marquette and Northern Railroad Toluca, Marquette and Northern Railroad GM&O 1900 1909 Rutland, Toluca and Northern Railroad Tonica and Petersburg Railroad GM&O 1857 1862 St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad Tuscola, Charleston and Vincennes Railroad NKP 1867 1881 Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Union Railroad NYC 1852 1881 Michigan Central Railroad Union Railway and Transit Company 1874 1880 Terminal Railroad of East St. Louis Union Station Company CB&Q/ MILW/ PRR 1913 1915 Chicago Union Station Company Union Stock Yard and Transit Company of Chicago NYC 1865 1958 Chicago River and Indiana Railroad Vandalia Railroad PRR 1905 1917 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Venice and Carondelet Railway SOU 1880 1889 Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad Vermilion and State Line Railroad NKP 1881 1881 Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Wabash Railroad WAB WAB 1942 1991 Norfolk and Western Railway Wabash Railroad WAB 1889 1915 Wabash Railway Wabash Railway WAB 1915 1942 Wabash Railroad Wabash Railway WAB 1876 1879 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Wabash, Chester and Western Railroad MP 1878 1928 Chester and Mount Vernon Railroad Wabash Eastern Railway of Illinois WAB 1889 1889 Wabash Railroad Wabash – Hannibal Bridge Company WAB 1937 1943 Wabash Railroad Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway WAB 1879 1886 Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Railway, Chicago, Havana and Western Railroad, Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway, Wabash Eastern Railway of Illinois Wabash Southern Railway MP 1905 1909 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Wabash Valley Railroad WVRC 1977 1981 Prairie Central Railway Wabash Western Railway WAB 1887 1889 Wabash Railroad Warsaw, Rock Island and Galena Railroad MILW 1863 1872 Western Union Railroad Warsaw and Rockford Railroad MILW 1849 1863 Warsaw, Rock Island and Galena Railroad Watertown Railroad MILW 1874 1876 Western Union Railroad Waukegan and Mississippi Valley Railway 1893 1919 American Steel and Wire Company Waukegan, Rockford and Elgin Traction Company 1909 1918 Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad Operated by steam Waukegan and Southwestern Railway EJ&E 1891 Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Western Air Line Railroad CB&Q 1853 1859 American Central Railway Western Union Railroad MILW 1863 1900 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Westfield Railroad WSD 1919 1926 Casey and Kansas Railroad Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad WICT 1985 1997 Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Wisconsin Central Company CP 1887 1899 Wisconsin Central Railway Wisconsin Central Railroad CP 1954 1961 Soo Line Railroad Wisconsin Central Railway CP 1897 1954 Wisconsin Central Railroad Wisconsin and Minnesota Railroad CP 1885 1888 Wisconsin Central Company Yale Short Line Railroad 1919 1933 N/A