Name | Mark | System [nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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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 |