List of Illinois Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Addison Railroad 1867 1951
Albany Railroad Bridge Company 1857 1909
Alton Terminal Railway 1889 1937
Alton and Sangamon Railroad 1847 1852
Alton and Southern Railroad 1910 1968
Alton and Southern Railway 1911 1913
Alton and St. Louis Railroad 1859 1899
American Bottom Lime, Marble and Coal Company 1857 1873
American Central Railway 1859 1899
Ashdale and Thomson Railway 1902 1903
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 1863 1895
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in Chicago 1887 1902
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1890 1996
Atlanta and Lawndale Railroad 1905 1915
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad 1865 1897
Aurora Branch Railroad 1849 1852
Baltimore and Ohio Connecting Railroad 1892 1990
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1827 1987
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad 1889 1949
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway 1893 1899
Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad 1876 1949
Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway 1872 1876
Belleville City Railway 1867 1895
Belleville and Carondelet Railroad 1881 1897
Belleville and Eldorado Railroad 1861 1897
Belleville and Illinoistown Railroad 1849 1856
Belleville and O'Fallon Railroad 1869 1871
Belleville and Southern Illinois Railroad 1857 1897
Belleville, Centralia and Eastern Railroad 1889 1889
Benton Southern Railroad 1915 1946
Bloomington and Ohio River Railroad 1869 1872
Bloomington and Pekin Railroad 1853 1867
Blue Island Railroad 1891 1987
Bridgeport and South Chicago Railroad 1887 1890
Bureau County Mineral Railway 1904 1909
Burlington, Monmouth and Illinois River Railway 1875 1881
Cairo and St. Louis Railroad 1865 1881
Cairo and Thebes Railroad 1905 1956
Cairo and Vincennes Railroad 1867 1880
Cairo and Vincennes Railway 1880 1881
Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Railway 1889 1913
Calumet River Railway 1883 1901
Calumet Western Railway 1897 Unknown
Calumet and Blue Island Railway 1889 1897
Calumet and Southeastern Railroad 1902 1909
Calumet, Hammond and Southeastern Railroad 1906 1919
Camanche, Albany and Mendota Railroad 1856 1859
Carbondale and Shawneetown Railroad 1869 1897
Carthage and Burlington Railroad 1867 1899
Central Illinois Railway 1905 1906
Central Illinois and Wisconsin Railway 1880 1900
Central Iowa Railway 1878 1888
Central Military Tract Railroad 1851 1856
Central Terminal Railway 1911 1987
Centralia and Altamont Railroad 1889 1894
Centralia and Chester Railroad 1883 1900
Centralia and Sandoval Railroad 1909 1917
Champaign and Southeastern Railway 1880 1903
Champaign, Havana and Western Railway 1879 1880
Charleston, Neoga and St. Louis Railroad 1880 1881
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Indiana 1910 1934
Chester and Iron Mountain Railroad Unknown 1873
Chester and Kaskaskia Railroad 1877 1878
Chester and Tamaroa Coal and Railroad Company 1869 1873
Chicago Central Railway 1889 1891
Chicago Great Western Railroad 1909 1941
Chicago Great Western Railway 1892 1909
Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad 1898 Unknown
Chicago Heights and Northern Railway 1897 1897
Chicago Junction Railway 1898 1958
Chicago Lake County Railway 1900 1900
Chicago Northern Railway 1902 1903
Chicago River and Indiana Railroad 1904 1976
Chicago Short Line Railway 1900 2002
Chicago South Branch Dock Company 1859 1888
Chicago Southern Railway 1904 1910
Chicago Suburban Railway 1882 1898
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad 1897 1910
Chicago Union Station Company 1915 Unknown
Chicago Union Transfer Railway 1888 1912
Chicago and Alton Railroad 1861 1931
Chicago and Alton Railway 1900 1906
Chicago and Atlantic Extension Railway 1873 1873
Chicago and Atlantic Railway 1873 1890
Chicago and Aurora Railroad 1852 1855
Chicago and Calumet River Railroad 1901 1956
Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway 1886 1898
Chicago and Canada Southern Railway 1871 1888
Chicago and Carbondale Railroad 1895 1895
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad 1877 1922
Chicago and Erie Railroad 1890 1941
Chicago and Evanston Railroad 1861 1885
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway 1880 1900
Chicago and Great Eastern Railway 1863 1868
Chicago and Great Western Railroad 1873 1890
Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway 1906 1996
Chicago and Illinois River Railroad 1867 1879
Chicago and Illinois Southern Railroad 1871 1872
Chicago and Illinois Southern Railway 1872 1876
Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad 1903 Unknown
Chicago and Indiana State Line Railway 1880 1898
Chicago and Iowa Railroad 1869 1899
Chicago and Kenosha Railway 1889 1913
Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad 1873 1879
Chicago and Lake Superior Railroad 1883 1885
Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad 1853 1863
Chicago and Milwaukee Railway 1863 1881
Chicago and Mississippi Railroad 1852 1855
Chicago and Nashville Railroad 1877 1877
Chicago and North Western Railway 1859 1972
Chicago and North Wisconsin Railway 1883 1887
Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad 1889 1896
Chicago and Ohio River Railroad 1873 1893
Chicago and Pacific Railroad 1872 1900
Chicago and Paducah Railroad 1872 1880
Chicago and Plainfield Railroad 1859 1869
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad 1851 1866
Chicago and Rock River Railroad 1869 1899
Chicago and Santa Fe Railroad Unknown 1889
Chicago and Southeastern Railway 1889 1913
Chicago and Southern Railroad 1874 1878
Chicago and Southwestern Railroad 1890 1891
Chicago and Springfield Railroad 1877 1902
Chicago and St. Louis Railway 1885 1886
Chicago and State Line Railroad 1887 1923
Chicago and State Line Railway 1878 1905
Chicago and Strawn Railway 1879 1880
Chicago and Superior Railroad 1873 1880
Chicago and Texas Railroad 1893 1902
Chicago and Tomah Railroad 1872 1880
Chicago and West Ridge Railroad Unknown 1893
Chicago and Western Dummy Railway 1879 1885
Chicago and Western Indiana Belt Railway 1881 1882
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad 1879 Unknown
Chicago and Wisconsin Railroad 1884 1899
Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad 1855 1856
Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad 1885 1899
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1855 1970
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway 1901 1907
Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad 1866 1910
Chicago, Danville and St. Louis Railroad 1887 1887
Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad 1865 1877
Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway 1885 1900
Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad 1896 1898
Chicago, Harlem and Batavia Railway 1885 1890
Chicago, Havana and Western Railroad 1886 1902
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad 1906 1914
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway 1897 1956
Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis Short Line Railway 1903 1913
Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway 1895 1938
Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad 1886 1903
Chicago, Millington and Western Railway 1872 Unknown
Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway 1908 1930
Chicago, Milwaukee and North Western Railway 1881 1883
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway 1872 1928
Chicago, Paducah and Memphis Railroad 1893 1897
Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad 1869 1881
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad 1909 1924
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad of Illinois 1896 1900
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway 1888 1896
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway of Illinois 1900 1912
Chicago, Peoria and Western Railway 1898 Unknown
Chicago, Plainfield and Pekin Railroad 1869 1869
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1866 1916
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway 1880 1948
Chicago, Rockford and Northern Railroad 1874 1892
Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway 1886 1900
Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis Railroad 1883 1886
Chicago, St. Charles and Mississippi Air Line Railroad 1853 1855
Chicago, St. Louis and Ohio River Railroad 1900 1901
Chicago, St. Louis and Paducah Railway 1887 1897
Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad 1883 1890
Chicago, St. Louis and Western Railroad 1882 1885
Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad 1855 1859
Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway 1910 1948
Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway of Illinois 1910 1910
Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad 1909 1996
Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railway 1900 1909
Chicago, Zeigler and Gulf Railway 1902 Unknown
Christopher and Herrin Railroad 1903 1903
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway 1895 1917
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad 1915 1990
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway 1902 1915
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway 1880 1889
Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad 1870 1938
Cincinnati, Louisville and Vincennes Railway 1899 1899
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway 1889 1976
Clinton, Bloomington and North Eastern Railway 1878 1880
Coal Belt Railway 1903 1909
Collinsville and Troy Railroad 1899 1902
Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway 1868 1883
Cook, Lake and McHenry Counties Railway 1899 1901
Danville and Grape Creek Railroad 1880 1881
Danville and Indiana Harbor Railroad 1905 1906
Danville and Pekin Railway 1878 1879
Danville and Rosedale Railway 1870 1872
Danville and Southwestern Railroad 1879 1881
Danville, Olney and Ohio River Railroad 1869 1886
Danville, Tuscola and Western Railroad 1887 1887
Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad 1867 1869
Davenport and Rock Island Bridge, Railway and Terminal Company 1895 1898
Davenport and Rock Island Railway Bridge Company 1884 1895
Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway 1898 1995
Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern Railway 1900 1901
De Kalb and Great Western Railway 1895 1911
De Pue, Ladd and Eastern Railroad 1888 1920
Decatur and East St. Louis Railroad 1867 1870
Decatur and Eastern Railway 1894 1895
Decatur and Indianapolis Railroad 1853 1855
Decatur, Mattoon and Southern Railroad 1878 1879
Decatur, Sullivan and Mattoon Railroad 1869 1877
Denverside Connecting Railway 1910 1913
Depue and Northern Railroad 1904 Unknown
Des Plaines Valley Railway 1909 1913
Dixon and Quincy Railroad 1869 1899
Dixon, Peoria and Hannibal Railroad 1867 1899
Dixon, Rock Falls and Southwestern Electric Railway 1903 1913
Dixon, Rockford and Kenosha Railway 1864 1864
Dixon, Rockford and State Line Railroad 1864 1864
Dunleith and Dubuque Bridge Company 1857 1946
East St. Louis Belt Railroad 1898 Unknown
East St. Louis Connecting Railway 1878 Unknown
East St. Louis Junction Railroad 1918 Unknown
East St. Louis and Carondelet Railway 1873 Unknown
East St. Louis, Madison and Granite City Railroad 1900 1904
East and West Illinois Railway 1902 1902
Eastern Illinois and Missouri Railroad 1899 1899
Eastern Illinois and St. Louis Railroad 1903 1905
Eldorado, Marion and Southwestern Railroad 1906 1913
Electric City and Illinois Railway 1889 1891
Elgin and State Line Railroad 1859 1883
Englewood Connecting Railway 1885 1954
Evansville and Southern Illinois Railway 1869 1871
Evansville, Mount Carmel and Northern Railway 1906 1938
Evansville, Terre Haute and Chicago Railway 1869 1899
Fairbury, Pontiac and Northwestern Railway 1867 1872
Fenton and Thomson Railroad 1903 1906
Fond du Lac, Amboy and Peoria Railway 1874 1883
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad 1852 1856
Fox River Valley Railroad 1852 1858
Franklin and Waverly Railway 1908 1917
Fredonia and Reeds Railroad 1914 1946
Freeport, Dodgeville and Northern Railroad 1887 1888
Fulton County Extension Railway 1881 1908
Fulton County Narrow Gauge Railway 1878 1908
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad 1836 1864
Galena and Illinois River Railroad 1857 1863
Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad 1853 1879
Galena and Wisconsin Railroad 1879 1880
Galesburg and Great Eastern Railroad 1898 1960
Galesburg and Rio Railroad 1886 1899
Galesburg, Etherly and Eastern Railroad 1894 1898
Galesburg, Rockford and Northern Railroad 1917 1922
Gardner, Coal City and Northern Railway Unknown 1891
Gilman, Clinton and Springfield Railroad 1867 1877
Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company 1869 1882
Grand Tower and Cape Girardeau Railroad 1889 1893
Grand Tower and Carbondale Railroad 1882 1893
Grand Trunk Junction Railway 1880 1901
Grand Trunk Western Railway 1900 1928
Granite City and East St. Louis Terminal Railroad 1906 Unknown
Granite City and Madison Belt Line Railroad 1892 Unknown
Grayville and Mattoon Railroad 1857 1880
Great Western Railroad 1853 1865
Groves and Sand Ridge Railroad 1902 1904
Hamilton, Lacon and Eastern Railroad 1867 1870
Hammond Belt Railway 1906 Unknown
Hammond and Blue Island Railroad 1893 1896
Hancock County Bridge Company 1865 1868
Hannibal Bridge Company 1869 1937
Hannibal and Naples Railroad 1863 1877
Hanover Railway 1906 1934
Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railroad 1873 1887
Herrin Northern Railroad 1915 1946
Herrin Railway 1903 1909
Herrin and Johnson City Railway 1905 1909
Herrin and Southern Railroad 1909 1914
Hooppole, Yorktown and Tampico Railroad 1913 1917
Illinois Central Railroad 1851 1972
Illinois Farmers' Railroad 1867 1872
Illinois Grand Trunk Railway 1859 1899
Illinois Midland Railway 1874 1886
Illinois Northern Railway 1901 1975
Illinois Parallel Railroad 1851 1853
Illinois River Railroad 1853 1864
Illinois South Eastern Railway 1867 1870
Illinois Southern Railway 1900 1920
Illinois Terminal Railroad 1895 1922
Illinois Transfer Railroad 1899 Unknown
Illinois Valley Belt Railroad 1902 Unknown
Illinois Valley and Northern Railroad 1887 1899
Illinois and Eastern Railroad 1899 1899
Illinois and Indiana Railroad 1899 1906
Illinois and Mississippi Valley Terminal Railroad 1899 1899
Illinois and Southern Iowa Railroad 1857 1865
Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company 1867 1878
Illinois and St. Louis Railroad and Coal Company 1865 1889
Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad 1851 1855
Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota Railway 1902 1908
Indiana Harbor Railroad 1901 1907
Indiana and Illinois Central Railway 1853 1875
Indiana and Illinois Southern Railroad 1882 1890
Indiana and Western Railway 1887 1887
Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway 1879 1887
Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway 1894 1902
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad 1881 1906
Indianapolis Southern Railroad 1906 1911
Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad 1867 1882
Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway 1882 1889
Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway 1869 1879
Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Danville Railroad 1868 1869
Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railway 1875 1887
Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway 1888 1894
Indianapolis, Quincy and Missouri River Railway 1887 1888
Iowa Central Railway 1888 1912
Iron Mountain, Chester and Eastern Railroad 1873 1878
Jacksonville Southeastern Railway 1879 1890
Jacksonville and Carrollton Railroad 1851 1857
Jacksonville and Concord Railway 1903 1904
Jacksonville and Savanna Railroad 1855 1861
Jacksonville and St. Louis Railway 1896 1905
Jacksonville, Alton and St. Louis Railroad 1857 1862
Jacksonville, Louisville and St. Louis Railway 1890 1896
Jacksonville, North Western and South Eastern Railway 1867 1879
Johnston City Connecting Railway 1911 1913
Johnston City Southern Railroad 1914 Unknown
Joliet Union Depot Company 1911 Unknown
Joliet and Blue Island Railway 1889 1938
Joliet and Chicago Railroad 1855 1950
Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad 1854 1976
Joliet and Terre Haute Railroad 1852 1859
Joliet, Aurora and Northern Railway 1884 1888
Joliet, Rockford and Northern Railroad 1881 1899
Junction Railway 1872 1891
Kankakee and Illinois River Railroad 1869 1870
Kankakee and Indiana Railroad 1869 1873
Kankakee and Seneca Railroad 1881 1933
Kankakee and South Western Railroad 1880 1902
Kankakee and South-Western Coal Branch Railroad 1882 1883
Kankakee and Southwestern Railroad 1878 1880
Kankakee and Western Railroad 1879 1880
Kansas and Sidell Railroad 1919 1938
Keithsburg Bridge Company 1881 1901
Keithsburg and Eastern Railroad 1873 1880
Kenosha and Rockford Railroad 1856 1857
Kenosha and State Line Railroad 1857 1864
Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island Railroad 1857 1864
Kensington and Eastern Railroad 1904 1996
Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company 1868 Unknown
La Salle and Bureau County Railroad 1890 1985
La Salle and Chicago Railroad 1867 1873
LaFayette, Bloomington and Mississippi Railroad 1876 1879
LaFayette, Bloomington and Mississippi Railway 1867 1876
LaFayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railway 1879 1879
LaFayette, Muncie and Bloomington Railroad 1869 1879
Lake Erie and Mississippi Railway 1884 1885
Lake Erie and Western Railroad 1887 1923
Lake Erie and Western Railway 1879 1886
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway 1869 1914
Le Roy Narrow Gauge Railroad 1876 1878
LeRoy and Eastern Railroad 1886 1887
Lee County Railway 1906 1910
Libertyville Railway 1878 1881
Litchfield and Madison Railway 1900 1958
Litchfield and St. Louis Railway 1886 1887
Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Railroad 1882 1892
Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Railway 1889 1899
Logansport, Peoria and Burlington Railroad 1861 1864
Louisiana and Pike County Railroad 1867 1984
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 1850 1983
Louisville and St. Louis Railway 1886 1897
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad 1889 1900
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railroad 1886 1889
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railway 1882 1886
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway 1873 1897
Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Air Line Railway 1870 1877
Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Railway 1877 1882
Lyons and Chicago Railroad 1897 Unknown
Macomb and Western Illinois Railway 1901 1911
Macomb, Industry and Littleton Railway 1913 1930
Macomb, Vermont and Bath Railroad 1853 1854
Macoupin County Extension Railway 1913 1920
Macoupin County Railway 1903 1912
Madison County Railroad 1865 1871
Madison, Illinois and St. Louis Railway 1891 1953
Marion and Eastern Railroad 1913 1956
Marion and Harrisburg Railway 1905 1913
Marion and Johnston City Railway 1905 1913
Marquette, Spring Valley and Northwestern Railroad 1901 1907
Mattoon and Evansville Railroad 1900 1902
Mercer County Bridge Company 1881 1885
Michigan Air Line Railroad 1868 1916
Michigan Central Railroad 1846 1976
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad 1855 1869
Milwaukee and Madison Railway 1880 1881
Milwaukee and State Line Railway 1905 1909
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad 1894 1944
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway 1888 1944
Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad 1854 1894
Mississippi Railroad 1865 1865
Mississippi River Bridge Company 1873 1895
Mississippi River Railroad and Toll Bridge Company 1886 1900
Mississippi and Rock River Junction Railroad 1851 1855
Mississippi and Wabash Railroad 1853 1865
Missouri Pacific Railroad 1917 1997
Missouri Pacific Railroad in Illinois 1917 1918
Missouri Pacific Railway 1876 1917
Missouri and Illinois Bridge and Belt Railroad Company 1904 1966
Mobile and Ohio Railroad 1848 1940
Moline and Peoria Railway 1900 1901
Moline and Southeastern Narrow Gauge Railway 1878 1885
Momence and State Line Railroad 1887 1888
Morris Terminal Railway 1905 1948
Mound City Railroad 1855 1885
Mound City Railway 1882 1902
Mounds and Olive Branch Railroad 1902 1903
Mount Carbon Coal Railroad 1861 1869
Mount Carmel and Alton Railroad 1836 1865
Mount Olive Coal Railroad 1888 1888
Mount Vernon Railroad 1855 1869
Muncie and State Line Railroad 1879 1879
Murphysboro and Shawneetown Railroad 1867 1869
Nauvoo and Warsaw Railroad 1847 1849
New Castle and Danville Railroad 1854 1869
New York Central Railroad 1853 1968
New York and Chicago Railway 1881 1881
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad 1887 1964
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway 1881 1887
North Western Grand Trunk Railway 1879 1880
North and South Railroad of Illinois 1890 1896
Northern Cross Railroad 1849 1857
Northern Cross Railroad and Transportation Company 1843 1847
Northern Illinois Railroad 1859 1866
Northern Illinois Railway 1884 1888
Northern Indiana Railroad 1837 1855
Northern Indiana and Chicago Railroad 1850 1855
Northern Pacific Railroad 1864 1896
Northern and Southern Illinois Railroad 1904 1908
Ogle and Carroll County Railroad 1857 1871
Oglesby and Granville Railway 1905 1913
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad 1848 1867
Ohio and Mississippi Railway 1861 1893
Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway 1887 1890
Orion and Minersville Railroad 1872 1875
Ottawa, Oswego and Fox River Valley Railroad 1852 1899
Paducah and Illinois Railroad 1910 Unknown
Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad 1918 1921
Pana, Springfield and North Western Railroad 1865 1870
Paris and Danville Railroad 1869 1881
Paris and Decatur Railroad 1861 1874
Paris and Terre Haute Railroad 1873 1874
Pawnee Railroad 1888 1905
Pekin and Danville Railway 1887 1887
Pekin, Lincoln and Decatur Railroad 1861 1876
Pekin, Lincoln and Decatur Railway 1876 1879
Peninsular Railway 1865 1873
Pennsylvania Company 1871 1918
Pennsylvania Railroad 1846 1968
Peoria Railway Terminal Company 1906 1926
Peoria Terminal Railway 1885 1903
Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad 1853 1980
Peoria and Burlington Railroad 1863 1864
Peoria and Eastern Railway 1890 1976
Peoria and Farmington Railway 1869 1882
Peoria and Hannibal Railroad 1854 1868
Peoria and North-Western Railway 1900 1901
Peoria and Oquawka Railroad 1849 1861
Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway 1899 1907
Peoria and Pekin Traction Company 1897 1899
Peoria and Rock Island Railway 1867 1877
Peoria and Springfield Railroad 1859 1882
Peoria, Atlanta and Decatur Railroad 1869 1874
Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway 1879 1900
Peoria, Decatur and Mattoon Railroad 1900 1905
Peoria, Hanna City and Western Railway 1918 1951
Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad 1863 1881
Pere Marquette Railroad 1899 1917
Pere Marquette Railway 1917 1947
Peru, La Salle and Deer Park Railroad 1905 1934
Petersburg and Springfield Railroad 1853 1854
Pike County Bridge Company 1867 1869
Pike County Railroad 1857 1865
Pittsburgh Railroad and Coal Company 1859 1865
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad 1917 1956
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway 1890 1917
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad 1856 1861
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway 1860 1976
Plymouth, Kankakee and Pacific Railroad 1870 1881
Polk and Forty-ninth Streets Junction Railway 1889 1889
Preemption Eastern Railroad 1893 1903
Pullman Railroad 1906 1980
Quincy Railroad Bridge Company 1866 1903
Quincy and Chicago Railroad 1857 1864
Quincy and Toledo Railroad 1857 1865
Quincy and Warsaw Railroad 1865 1899
Quincy, Alton and St. Louis Railway 1867 1899
Quincy, Carrollton and St. Louis Railway 1899 1904
Quincy, Missouri and Pacific Railroad 1869 1888
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad 1897 1939
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railway 1887 1897
Racine and Mississippi Railroad 1855 1868
Railroad Bridge Company 1853 1867
Randolph County Railroad 1894 1895
Rantoul Railroad 1887 1903
Riverside and Harlem Railroad 1901 1902
Rochelle and Southern Railway 1902 1913
Rock Island and Alton Railroad 1855 1859
Rock Island and Eastern Illinois Railway 1896 1900
Rock Island and La Salle Railroad 1847 1851
Rock Island and Mercer County Railroad 1876 1903
Rock Island and Peoria Railroad 1855 1869
Rock Island and Peoria Railway 1877 1908
Rockdale, Joliet and Lockport Terminal Railway Unknown 1905
Rockford Belt Railway 1905 1908
Rockford Central Railroad 1855 1873
Rockford Railroad 1906 1906
Rockford and Mississippi Railroad 1857 1857
Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad 1876 1899
Rockton and Freeport Railroad 1853 1855
Rossville and Eastern Railroad 1902 1903
Rossville and Indiana Railroad 1872 1872
Rutland, Toluca and Northern Railroad 1909 1938
Saline Valley Railway 1907 1917
Sangamon and Morgan Railroad 1845 1853
Sangamon and North West Railroad 1854 1859
Savanna Branch Railroad 1851 1856
Shawneetown and Eldorado Railroad 1861 1869
Sidell and Olney Railroad 1915 1919
South Chicago Railroad 1881 1987
South Chicago and Southern Railroad 1881 1954
South Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad 1880 1882
South East and St. Louis Railway 1880 1936
South Wilmington and Southern Railroad 1907 1918
Southern Indiana Railway 1897 1910
Southern Railway 1894 1990
Southern Railway of Illinois 1900 1900
Sparta and Ste. Genevieve Railroad 1889 1894
Springfield Terminal Railway 1908 1952
Springfield and Decatur Railway 1901 1901
Springfield and Illinois South Eastern Railway 1870 1874
Springfield and Northwestern Railroad 1869 1878
Springfield and Northwestern Railway 1878 1881
Springfield and Pekin Railroad 1853 1859
Springfield, Decatur and Indianapolis Railway 1875 1875
Springfield, Effingham and South Eastern Railroad 1869 1883
St. Charles Branch Railroad 1849 1853
St. Charles Railroad 1859 1881
St. Clair Coal Railway 1904 1908
St. Clair Railroad 1841 1853
St. Clair Railroad and Coal Company 1853 1857
St. Clair, Madison and St. Louis Belt Railroad 1890 1904
St. Francisville and Lawrenceville Railroad 1879 1881
St. Louis Bridge Company 1878 Unknown
St. Louis Central Railway 1881 1886
St. Louis Coal Railroad 1881 1886
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Company 1886 1920
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway 1887 Unknown
St. Louis Southern Railroad 1886 1897
St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1891 1997
St. Louis Valley Railway 1901 1903
St. Louis Valley Transfer Railway 1902 1903
St. Louis and Belleville Electric Railway 1897 1958
St. Louis and Cairo Railroad 1881 1913
St. Louis and Central Illinois Railroad 1886 1888
St. Louis and Chicago Railroad 1888 1889
St. Louis and Chicago Railway 1885 1889
St. Louis and Eastern Railway 1889 1896
St. Louis and Illinois Belt Railway 1905 1937
St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company 1864 1868
St. Louis and Mount Carmel Railway 1878 1878
St. Louis and O'Fallon Railway 1896 1954
St. Louis and Ohio River Railroad 1901 1948
St. Louis and Peoria Railroad 1889 1896
St. Louis and South Eastern Railway 1872 1879
St. Louis and Southeastern Railroad 1871 1871
St. Louis and Southeastern Railway 1869 1872
St. Louis and Southern Illinois Railroad 1901 1902
St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad 1857 1862
St. Louis, Alton and Rock Island Railroad 1859 1868
St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad 1887 1892
St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad 1862 1904
St. Louis, Belleville and Southern Railway 1895 1946
St. Louis, Chicago and Peoria Railway 1886 1886
St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad 1892 1897
St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railway of Illinois 1897 1900
St. Louis, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad 1889 1899
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway 1874 1917
St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad 1862 1899
St. Louis, Jerseyville and Springfield Railroad 1880 1888
St. Louis, Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad 1869 1872
St. Louis, Peoria and North Western Railway 1911 1913
St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway 1898 1900
St. Louis, Rock Island and Chicago Railroad 1876 1899
St. Louis, Springfield and Vincennes Railway 1899 1899
St. Louis, Troy and Eastern Railroad 1899 1937
St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad 1865 1905
Strawn and Indiana State Line Railroad 1880 1887
Streator and Clinton Railroad 1899 1900
Sycamore and Cortland Railroad 1859 1888
Tamaroa and Mount Vernon Railway 1891 1892
Terminal Railroad 1896 1907
Terminal Railroad of East St. Louis 1880 Unknown
Terre Haute and Alton Railroad 1851 1856
Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad 1865 1905
Terre Haute and Peoria Railroad 1887 1957
Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad 1856 1862
Thayer Junction Railway 1909 1918
Toledo and East St. Louis Railroad 1900 1900
Toledo, Charleston and St. Louis Railroad 1886 1886
Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad 1881 1885
Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway 1864 1880
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad 1879 1886
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway 1887 1927
Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad 1886 1900
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad 1900 1923
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway 1865 1876
Toluca and Eastern Railroad 1897 1902
Toluca, Marquette and Northern Railroad 1900 1909
Tonica and Petersburg Railroad 1857 1862
Tuscola, Charleston and Vincennes Railroad 1867 1881
Union Railroad 1848 1946
Union Railway and Transit Company 1874 1880
Union Station Company 1913 1915
Union Stock Yard and Transit Company of Chicago 1865 1958
Vandalia Railroad 1905 1917
Venice and Carondelet Railway 1880 1889
Vermilion and State Line Railroad 1881 1881
Wabash Eastern Railway of Illinois 1889 1889
Wabash Railroad 1851 1915
Wabash Railway 1876 1942
Wabash Southern Railway 1905 1909
Wabash Western Railway 1887 1889
Wabash, Chester and Western Railroad 1878 1928
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway 1879 1886
Warsaw and Rockford Railroad 1849 1863
Warsaw, Rock Island and Galena Railroad 1863 1872
Watertown Railroad 1874 1876
Waukegan and Mississippi Valley Railway 1893 1919
Waukegan and Southwestern Railway Unknown 1891
Waukegan, Rockford and Elgin Traction Company 1909 1918
Western Air Line Railroad 1853 1859
Western Union Railroad 1863 1900
Westfield Railroad 1919 1926
Wisconsin Central Company 1887 1899
Wisconsin Central Railway 1897 1954
Wisconsin and Minnesota Railroad 1879 1888
Yale Short Line Railroad 1919 1933