List of Illinois railroads

The following railroads are operating in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Current railroads

Common freight carriers

• A&R Terminal Railroad (ART)
• AgRail (AGRL)
• Ag Valley Railroad (AVRR)
• Alton and Southern Railway (ALS)
• Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC)
• Bloomer Line (BLOL)
• BNSF Railway (BNSF)
• Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) also operates City of Rochelle Railroad (CIR)
• Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (CC), Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (EJE), Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), Illinois Central Railroad (IC), and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
• Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) through subsidiaries Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME) and Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
• Chicago–Chemung Railroad (CCUO)
• Chicago Port Railroad (CPC)
• Chicago Rail Link (CRL)
• Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (CSS)
• Cicero Central Railroad (CCER)
• Coffeen and Western Railroad (CAEG)
• Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad (COER)
• CSX Transportation (CSXT) including subsidiary Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (BOCT)
• Decatur Central Railroad
• Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad (DREI)
• Decatur Junction Railway (DT)
• Eastern Illinois Railroad (EIRC)
• Effingham Railroad (EFRR)
• Evansville Western Railway (EVWR)
• FFG&C Railroad (FFGC)
• Great Lakes Terminal Railway (GLTR)
• Hussey Terminal Railroad (HTRC) (Out of Service)
• Illinois Railway (IR)
• Illinois and Midland Railroad (IMRR)
• Illinois Western Railroad (ILW)
• Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB)
• Indiana Rail Road (INRD)
• Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) operates Lincoln and Southern Railroad
• Joppa and Eastern Railroad (JE)
• Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad (KBSR)
• Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) including subsidiary Gateway Eastern Railway (GWWE)
• Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY)
• KM Railways (KMR)
• Manufacturers' Junction Railway (MJ) (Out of Service)
• Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
• Peru Industrial Railroad (PIRR)
• Pioneer Industrial Railway (PRY)
• Port Harbor Railroad (PHRR)
• Riverport Railroad (RVPR)
• Shawnee Terminal Railway (STR) (Out of Service)
• South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (SCIH)
• Tazewell and Peoria Railroad (TZPR) operates Peoria and Pekin Union Railway (PPU)
• Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA)
• Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TPW)
• Union Pacific Railroad (UP) including subsidiary Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Company
• Vandalia Railroad (VRRC)
• Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR) operates FNG Logistics Company (FNG)
• Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR)

Private freight carriers

• ADM Milling (ADMX)
• Aux Sable Midstream
• Bulkmatic Railroad
• Buzzi Unicem
• Centerpoint Transportation, LLC
  • Operates the Joliet Terminal Railroad
• Hoffman Transportation (HTCX)
• Ingredion
• Kaskaskia Regional Port District (KKRX)
• Mars Candy
• Material Sciences Corporation
• Mokena Illinois Railroad
• R Bult Rail Lines

Proposed railroads

• 505 Railroad
• Beecher Industrial Railway
• Crete Terminal Railroad
• Eastern Joliet Railway
• Great Lakes Basin Transportation

Passenger carriers

Illinois passenger rail
‡ = temporarily closed for reconstruction ◇ = under construction   Amtrak to West Coast Metra Union Pacific North Line to Kenosha (planned) Rockford 2027 Winthrop Harbor (planned) Belvidere 2027 Zion (planned) Huntley 2027 Waukegan  Harvard  North Chicago Woodstock Great Lakes Crystal Lake Lake Bluff  McHenry  Lake Forest ● Pingree Road Fort Sheridan Cary Highwood Fox River Grove Highland Park Barrington  Antioch  Palatine Lake Villa  Big Timber Road  Round Lake Beach Elgin Washington Street National Street  Fox Lake  Bartlett Ingleside Hanover Park Long Lake Schaumburg Round Lake Roselle Grayslake  Elburn  Prairie Crossing La Fox Libertyville Geneva West Chicago Lake Forest ● Winfield Mundelein Wheaton Vernon Hills College Avenue Prairie View Glen Ellyn Buffalo Grove Wheeling Deerfield Prospect Heights Lake Cook Road Arlington Park Northbrook Arlington Heights North Glenview Mount Prospect Glenview Cumberland Golf Des Plaines Ravinia Medinah Ravinia Park (Seasonal) Itasca Braeside Wood Dale Glencoe Bensenville Hubbard Woods Lombard Winnetka Villa Park Indian Hill Elmhurst Kenilworth O'Hare Transfer Dee Road Rosemont Park Ridge Schiller Park Edison Park Belmont Avenue Norwood Park Mannheim Gladstone Park Franklin Park Jefferson Park River Grove Morton Grove Elmwood Park Edgebrook Mont Clare Forest Glen Mars Mayfair Galewood Grayland Hanson Park Healy Grand/Cicero Irving Park Berkeley Wilmette Bellwood Evanston Central Street Melrose Park Evanston Davis Street Maywood Evanston Main Street River Forest Rogers Park Oak Park Peterson/Ridge Kedzie Ravenswood ●●● Western Avenue Clybourn  Ogilvie   Millennium Station   Chicago Union Station  Van Buren Street  LaSalle Street  Museum Campus/11th Street Amtrak to Chicago via switchback 18th Street Halsted Street 35th Street ● Western Avenue McCormick Place Cicero 27th Street La Vergne 47th Street (Kenwood) Berwyn 51st–53rd Street (Hyde Park) Harlem Avenue 55th–56th–57th Street Riverside 59th Street/University of Chicago Hollywood 63rd Street Brookfield Stony Island 75th Street (Grand Crossing) Bryn Mawr Summit South Shore ‡ 79th Street (Chatham) Windsor Park 83rd Street (Avalon Park) Cheltenham 87th Street (Woodruff) 83rd Street 91st Street (Chesterfield) 87th Street 95th Street/CSU  South Chicago  ‡ 103rd Street (Rosemoor) Amtrak to Michigan, East Coast RI Connection (planned) 107th Street Wrightwood 111th Street (Pullman) Ashburn Kensington/115th Street Hegewisch 2025 ◇ Auburn Park South Shore Line to South Bend Airport Gresham Brainerd Cardinal to New York City 91st Street–Beverly Hills Riverdale 95th Street–Beverly Hills 95th Street–Longwood 99th Street–Beverly Hills Ivanhoe 103rd Street–Beverly Hills 103rd Street–Washington Heights 107th Street–Beverly Hills State Street 111th Street–Morgan Park Stewart Ridge 115th Street–Morgan Park West Pullman 119th Street Racine Avenue 123rd Street Ashland/Calumet Park Prairie Street Burr Oak Blue Island–Vermont Street 147th Street (Sibley Boulevard)  Blue Island  Harvey Robbins Hazel Crest Midlothian Calumet Congress Park Homewood La Grange Road Flossmoor Stone Avenue Olympia Fields Western Springs 211th Street (Lincoln Highway) Highlands Matteson Hinsdale Richton Park West Hinsdale  University Park  Clarendon Hills Oak Lawn Westmont Chicago Ridge Fairview Avenue Worth Willow Springs Palos Heights Lemont Oak Forest Palos Park Tinley Park Orland Park 143rd Street Tinley Park–80th Avenue Orland Park 153rd Street Hickory Creek Orland Park 179th Street Mokena Downers Grove Main Street Laraway Road Belmont  Manhattan  Lisle New Lenox Naperville Romeoville Route 59 Lockport  Aurora   Joliet  Plano Kankakee Mendota Dwight Princeton Gilman (proposed) Geneseo Pontiac (proposed) Moline Quad Cities Rantoul Kewanee Normal Champaign–Urbana Galesburg Lincoln California Zephyr to Emeryville Mattoon Southwest Chief to Los Angeles Springfield Macomb Carlinville Quincy IL Zephyr & Carl Sandburg Effingham Alton Centralia Du Quoin Lincoln Service to St. Louis Texas Eagle to San Antonio, L.A. Carbondale Illini and Saluki City of New Orleans to New Orleans
Key ADA-Accessible station Amtrak services Amtrak state-supported services Planned/proposed     Metra regional rail     BNSF Line Heritage Corridor Metra Electric District Milwaukee District North Line Milwaukee District West Line North Central Service Rock Island District SouthWest Service Union Pacific North Line Union Pacific Northwest Line Union Pacific West Line Two lines Multiple lines Metra intercity service (planned) Rockford Intercity Passenger Rail South Shore Line Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District

See also

• Amtrak Illinois Service

• Metra

• Rockford Intercity Passenger Rail

• South Shore Line
• Amtrak (AMTK)
• Chicago Transit Authority
• Fox River Trolley Museum (Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric)
• Illinois Railway Museum
• Metra
• MetroLink
• Monticello Railway Museum
• Silver Creek and Stephenson Railroad
• South Shore Line

Defunct railroads

Name	Mark	System	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

Electric railways and predecessors

• Aurora, Elgin and Chicago Railroad
• Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company
• Alton, Jacksonville and Peoria Railway
• Bloomington, Pontiac and Joliet Electric Railway
• Cairo and St. Louis Railway
• Calumet and South Chicago Railway
• Central Illinois Public Service Company
• Centralia and Central City Traction Company
• Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railroad
• Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
• Chicago City Railway
• Chicago and Desplaines Valley Electric Railway
• Chicago General Railway
• Chicago, Harvard and Geneva Lake Railway (CH&G)
• Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway
• Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway
• Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad
• Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
• Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railway (CO&P)
• Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
• Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad
• Chicago and Southern Traction Company
• Chicago Surface Lines
• Chicago Tunnel Company
• Chicago, Wheaton and Western Railway
• Coal Belt Electric Railway
• DeKalb – Sycamore and Interurban Traction Company
• East St. Louis and Suburban Railway
• Elgin, Aurora and Southern Traction Company
• Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company
• Fruit Growers Refrigerating and Power Company
• Galesburg Railway and Light Company
• Galesburg and Kewanee Electric Railway
• Illinois Central Electric Railway
• Illinois Traction, Inc. (ITS)
• Illinois Valley Railway
• Illinois Valley Traction Company
• Joliet and Southern Traction Company
• Kankakee and Western Electric Railway
• Keokuk and Western Illinois Electric Company
• Lake Street Elevated Railroad
• Lee County Central Electric Railway
• Macomb and Western Illinois Railway
• Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad
• Mississippi Valley Interurban Railway
• Moline, East Moline and Watertown Railway
• North Kankakee Electric Light and Railway Company
• Northern Illinois Electric Railway
• Northwestern Elevated Railroad
• Peoples Traction Company
• Peoria Railway
• Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway
• Peoria and Pekin Traction Company
• Peoria Railway Terminal Company
• Rock Island Southern Railway (RIS)
• Rockford, Beloit and Janesville Railroad
• Rockford and Belvidere Electric Railway
• Rockford and Interurban Railway
• St. Louis and Belleville Electric Railway
• South Side Elevated Railroad
• Southern Traction Company of Illinois
• Springfield, Clear Lake and Rochester Railway
• Sterling, Dixon and Eastern Electric Railway
• Suburban Railroad
• Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
• Tri-City Railway
• Union Consolidated Elevated Railway
• Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company

References

• Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.

External links

• Chicago & Alton Railroad Miscellaneous, McLean County Museum of History