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Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Co., H. Roger Grant.(
Business Dictionary
) ...Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co...
...Northern, which became the second-largest railroad system in the United States. In 1995, the...
...In 1855, the name of the Chicago & Aurora Railroad, which included several of the area's early rail...
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Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad Co...
...trains, ridership declined. But the South Shore, unlike many other regional railroads, survived. In...
...it was purchased by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad; in the 1970s, the state of Indiana prevented the...
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Illinois Central Railroad (Corporate History), (
Business Dictionary
) ...Illinois Central Railroad...
...service to Amtrak; the following year, it merged with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad to become the...
...Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, which had nearly 10,000 miles of track. During the 1980s, it sold...
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Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co...
...leading to unsuccessful attempts to sell the railroad. Following a strike by its clerks in 1979, the...
...bankruptcy court ordered the liqui dation of the railroad. The few remaining assets when the company...
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Brochure, Creator: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad(
Historical Source
) ...Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Brochure...
...Creator: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad...
Date Created: ,
Date Depicted:
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Brochure, n.d., Creator: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad(
Historical Source
) ...Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Brochure, n.d....
...Creator: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad...
...Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad advertisement as the "trans-continental route of America,"...
Date Created: ,
Date Depicted:
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Chicago & Alton Railroad Brochure, 1882, Creator: Chicago and Alton Railroad(
Historical Source
) ...Chicago & Alton Railroad Brochure, 1882...
...Creator: Chicago and Alton Railroad...
...Brochure and timetable for Chicago & Alton Railroad, promoting tourist travel west from Chicago to...
Date Created: 1882,
Date Depicted: 1882
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Illinois Central Railroad Station, 1964, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...Illinois Central Railroad Station, 1964...
...Illinois Central Railroad station, 1964....
Date Created: 1964,
Date Depicted: 1964
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Illinois Central Railroad Slip, 1895, Creator: Western Insurance Survey Co.(
Historical Source
) ...Illinois Central Railroad Slip, 1895...
...The connection between railroads and the Chicago harbor was a close one....
...The Galena and Chicago Railroad, the first into the city, laid tracks right to the west bank of the...
Date Created: 1895,
Date Depicted: 1895
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Illinois Central Railroad Depot, 1858, Photographer: Alexander Hesler(
Historical Source
) ...Illinois Central Railroad Depot, 1858...
Date Created: 1858,
Date Depicted: 1858
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Chicago & North Western Railroad Pamphlet, c.1911, (
Historical Source
) ...Chicago & North Western Railroad Pamphlet, c.1911...
...Chicago & Northwestern Railroad pamphlet cover, c. 1911....
Date Created: c.1911,
Date Depicted: c.1911
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Petition to Illinois Central Railroad, 1891, Creators: Various(
Historical Source
) ...Petition to Illinois Central Railroad, 1891...
...efforts to impose restrictions on the Illinois Central Railroad. As the petition reveals, several...
...with the environmental effects of the heavy railroad traffic on the city and its residents. Equally...
Date Created: 1891,
Date Depicted: 1891
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Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad Advertisement, 1886, Printer: J. M. W. Jones Stationery and Printing Co.(
Historical Source
) ...Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad Advertisement, 1886...
...Rock Island, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad became the first to bridge the Mississippi,...
Date Created: 1886,
Date Depicted: 1886
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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Station, 1872, Artist: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Station, 1872...
Date Created: 1872,
Date Depicted: 1872
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Striking Illinois Central Railroad Workers in Burnside, 1911, Photographer: Chicago Daily News(
Historical Source
) ...Striking Illinois Central Railroad Workers in Burnside, 1911...
...Chicago's smallest community area, Burnside, is bounded on all sides by railroad tracks. During...
...the first half of the twentieth century, railroads not only dominated Burnside's landscape, but also...
Date Created: 1911,
Date Depicted: 1911
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Chicago and North Western Railroad Advertisement, 1887, Creator: Poole Bros., Printers and Engravers.(
Historical Source
) ...Chicago and North Western Railroad Advertisement, 1887...
...Chicago's railroads expanded leisure space for Chicagoans and for Americans more generally. In this...
Date Created: 1887,
Date Depicted: 1887
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Chicago & North Western Railroad Commuter Time Card, 1886, Creator: Chicago Tribune(
Historical Source
) ...Chicago & North Western Railroad Commuter Time Card, 1886...
Date Created: 1886,
Date Depicted: 1886
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North Chicago Street Railroad Cable Car, late 1880s, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...North Chicago Street Railroad Cable Car, late 1880s...
Date Created: c.1880s,
Date Depicted: c.1880s
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Country Clubs on Suburban Line of the Illinois Central Railroad, Creator: Illinois Central Railroad Co.(
Historical Source
) ...Country Clubs on Suburban Line of the Illinois Central Railroad...
...Creator: Illinois Central Railroad Co....
...however, sites served by the Illinois Central Railroad were much more convenient. In 1898, a group...
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: n.d.
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Illinois Central Railroad north from Harrison Street toward Van Buren Street Station and Viaduct, 1896, Photographer: Illinois Central Railroad Company(
Historical Source
) ...Illinois Central Railroad north from Harrison Street toward Van Buren Street Station and Viaduct,...
...Photographer: Illinois Central Railroad Company...
...public land by granting the Illinois Central Railroad Company (ICRC) a right of way to lay tracks...
Date Created: 1896,
Date Depicted: 1896
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