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Abbotsford and Northeastern RR |
Opened in 1890, became part of the Wisconsin Central Ry. in 1910. |
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Aberdeen and Rockfish RR |
From 1892. |
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Abilene and Southern RR |
From 1909, absorbed by MP in 1978. |
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Addison and North Pennsylvania RR |
From 1882, became the Addison and Pennsylvania RR in 1887(NG) |
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Addison and Pennsylvania RR |
From the Addison and North Pennsylvania RR in 1887, part of the Susq. and NY in May 1898.(NG to 1893) |
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Adirondack and St. Lawrence Ry. |
From Herkimer Newport and Portland Ry. in 1891, became the Mohawk and Malone Ry. on 22 June, 1892. |
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Adirondack Ry. |
Opened in 1865, became part of the Delaware and Hudson Co. in 1902. |
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Ahnapee and Western RR |
Opened in 1893, taken over by the Green Bay and Western RR in 1907.(GBandW 1907-47) |
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Akron Bedford and Cleveland RR |
From 1896, became the Northern Ohio Traction Co. in 1899. |
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Akron Canton and Youngstown Ry. |
A switching line that acquired the Northern Ohio Ry. in 1920, became part of the Norfolk and Western Ry. in 1982.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;20-Jul-51 |
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Alabama and North Western RR |
From Marengo Choctaw and Meridian, a rebuilt private lumber road, opened in June, 1912, abandoned in 1934. |
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Alabama and Vicksburg Ry. |
From Alabama and Vicksburg Ry. in 1889, became part of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley RR in 1926.(dba Queen and Crescent Route to 1916) |
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Alabama Great Southern RR |
Reorg of Alabama and Chattanooga RR in 1877, acquired by the Queen and Crescent (ANOTandPJ) in 1881.(Owned by the ANOTandPJct Rys. DBA Queen and Crescent Route 1881-1917, SOU after 1917) |
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Alabama Midland RR |
Opened in 1889, leased by the Savannah Florida and Western Ry. in 1892. |
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Alabama New Orleans Texas and Pacific Junction Rys. dba Queen and Crescent Route (QV) |
British Company formed to acquire the Alabama Great Southern in 1881; acquired several connecting lines before being leased by the Southern in 1917. |
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Alabama Tennessee and Northern RR |
Opened in 1906, became part of the St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. (see also StLandSF) in 1971. |
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Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Ry. (see El Paso and Northeastern Sys.) |
Opened in 1898, became part of the El Paso and Southwestern RR in 1908.(EPandNE after 1901) |
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Alaska Engineering Commission |
From Alaska Northern and#43; Tanana Valley in 1918, became the Alaska RR in 1923. |
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Alaska RR |
From Alaska Engineering Commission in 1923, operating as of 2007. |
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Albany and Northern RR |
From GSWandF in 1910, to GaNo in 1972. |
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Albany and Northern Ry. |
From Sav. American and Mont. in 1896, to GSWandF in 1910. |
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Albany and Susquehanna RR |
From 1863 to DandH Canal in 1870. |
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Albany (NY) Union Depot |
From 1900; rail service ended 1968. |
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Albany Southern RR |
Opened in 1909, became the Eastern New York Utilities in 1924. |
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Alberta and Great Waterways Ry. |
Opened in 1914, became part of the Northern Alberta Rys. in 1929.(AGL after 1927) |
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Alberta Government Lines |
From a Provincial consolidation of the EDandBCand#43;CCand#43;AandGWand#43;PV in 1928, organized as the Northern Alberta Rys. on July 1, 1929.(EDandBCand#43;CCand#43;AandGWand#43;PV) |
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Alberta Ry. and Coal Co. |
Opened in 1890, converted to standard guage in 1903, became part of the Alberta Ry. and Irrigation Co. in 1904. |
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Alberta Ry. and Irrigation Co. |
Consolidation of the Galt properties, inc. Alberta Ry. and Coal, in 1904, became part of the Canadian Pacific Ry. in 1912. |
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Alcolu RR |
From 1902 to 1936. |
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Alexander RR |
From Southern in 1946, active in 2010. |
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Algiers Ry. and Lighting Co. |
From a mule car line in 1907, became the South New Orleans Light and Traction Co. in 1917. |
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Algiers Winslow and Western RR |
From 1931, acquired by NS in 2007.(SOU after 1974) |
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Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Ry. |
Opened in 1912, became the Algoma Central Railway in 1965. |
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Algoma Central Ry./Corp |
From AC and HB in 1965, acquired by the WC in 1995 which was acq. by CN in 2001.(Wisc. Cent. 1995-2001, CN after 2001) |
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Algoma Eastern RR |
From Manitoulin and North Shore Ry. in May 1911, to CP in 1931. |
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Allegheny Valley RR |
Opened in 1856, became part of the Pennsylvania RR in 1900. |
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Allentown and Reading Traction Co. |
From Allentown and Kutztown RR in 1902, converted to bus operation in 1936. |
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Alma and Jonquieres Ry. |
Opened in 1923, merged into Roberval and Saguenay in 1974. |
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Alton and Southern RR |
From 1911. |
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Alton Granite and St. Louis Traction Co. |
Opened in 1904, became the St. Louis and Alton Ry. in 1926.(EStLandS) |
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Alton RR |
From Chicago and Alton RR in 1931, became part of the Gulf Mobile and Ohio RR in 1947.(BandO to 1943) |
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Altoona Clearfield and Northern RR |
From Altoona and Wopsononock, became the Altoona and Beech Creek in 1897. Operated under many names until 1936.(NG) |
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Amador Central RR |
Took possession of bankrupt Ione and Eastern on 1 Jan 1909, became Amador Foothills Ry. In 1999. |
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American Railroad of Porto Rico |
Opened in 1902, ceased operations in 1953. |
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Amherst and Sunderland Street Ry. |
Opened in 1897, absorbed by Holyoke St. Ry. in 1907. |
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Amtrak (National Railway Passenger Corp.) |
Took over most American intercity passenger service in 1971. |
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Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Street Ry. Dept. |
Opened in 1902, abandoned in 1951. |
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Androscoggin Electric Co. (see Portland-Lewiston Interurban RR) |
From Portland Gray and Lewiston RR in 1914, abandoned in 1933. |
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Angelina and Neches River RR |
From lumber road in 1900, operating in 2010. |
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Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Electric Ry. |
From local merger, absorbed by Detroit Ypsilanti Ann Arbor (and Jackson) RR in 1898 |
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Ann Arbor RR |
Reorg of Toledo Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan RR on 21 Sep 1895, became part of the Conrail in 1976.(DTandI 1905-1910)Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1950 |
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Anthony and Northern Ry. |
Opened in 1913, became the Wichita Northwestern RR in 1919. |
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Apache Ry. |
Opened in 1920, operating in2003 . |
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Apalachicola Northern RR |
Opened in 1907, operating in2003 . |
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Appleyard System (Col.,London and Sou., Columbus Grove City and SW Ry., Dayton Urbana and Spr. El. Ry.) |
Opened in 1902, became the Indiana Columbus and Eastern Traction Co. in 1906. |
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Arcade and Attica RR |
Opened in 1917, operating in2003 . |
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Arcata and Mad River RR |
Opened in 1883, abandoned in 1985. |
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Argentine and Grays Peak Ry. |
Opened in 1914, abandoned in 1917. |
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Argentine Central Ry. |
Opened in 1906, became the Argentine Central and Grays Peak in 1913. |
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Arizona and Colorado RR |
Opened in 1903, became part of the Arizona Eastern RR in 1909.(SP after 1903) |
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Arizona Eastern RR (see SP) |
From consol. of AEand#43;GVGandNand#43;MandPand#43;AandC in 1910, became part of the Southern Pacific RR in 1924. |
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Arkansas City - Winfield Northern Ry. (see Arkansas Valley Interurban) |
Aquired by the AVI From Southwestern Interurban Ry. in 1922, abandoned on 8 Jun 1927. |
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Arkansas Midland RR |
Opened in 1878, became the St. Louis Iron Mountainand Southern Ry. (MP 1880-1917) in 1909.(SLIMandS aft. 1902) |
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Arkansas Valley Interurban Ry. |
Opened in 1910, abandoned in 1942. |
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Arkansas Western RR |
Opened in 1901, became owned and operate by the Kansas City Southern Ry. in 1910. |
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Arlington and Fairfax Auto RR |
From Arlington and Fairfax Ry. in 1937, abandoned in 1939. |
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Arlington and Fairfax Ry. |
From Washington-Virginia RR in 1927, became the Arlington and Fairfax Auto RR 1937. |
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Aroostook Valley RR |
Opened in 1910, became the Aroostook Valley (diesel) after pax service disc. in 1946.(CP after 1931)Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1946 |
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Artemus-Jellico RR |
From Cumberland RR in 1924, abandoned in 1952. |
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Asheville and East Tennessee RR |
From 1909, shut down after a crash in 1922. |
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Ashley Drew and Northern RR |
From 1913, abandoned in 1996.(Ark. La. and Gulf 1914-1920) |
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Ashuelot RR |
Opened in 1851, leased by the Connecticut River RR in 1877 and consolidated in 1890.(Conn. River RR after 1877) |
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Associated Lines of Southern Travel |
Early through route. |
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Astoria and Columbia River RR |
Opened in 1897, became part of the Spokane Portland and Seattle Ry. in 1911.(SPandS after 1907) |
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Atchison and Nebraska RR |
From 1871, to Burlington and Missouri River in 1880. |
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Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. |
Opened in 1870, became the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry. in 1996. |
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Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Ry. |
Opened in 1871, became the Atlanta and Charlotte Air line Ry. (RandD) in 1877. |
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Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Ry. |
Opened in 1906, became the Bay Line, LLC in 1994.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1956 |
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Atlanta and West Point RR and#43; Western Ry. of Alabama |
Opened in 1857, became part of the Seaboard Coast Line RR in 1975. |
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Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic RR |
From Atlantic and Birmingham RR in 1906, became the Atlanta Birmingham and Coast RR in 1927. |
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Atlanta Birmingham and Coast RR |
From Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic RR in 1927, became part of the Atlantic Coast Line RR in 1945.(ACL) |
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Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Ry. |
From Marietta and North Georgia RR on 1 Nov 1896, became part of the Louisville and Nashville RR in 1905. |
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Atlanta Terminal Co. |
Opened in 1905, fate uncertain. |
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Atlantic and Birmingham RR |
Opened in 1901, became the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic RR in 1906. |
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Atlantic and Danville Ry. |
Opened in 1882, leased and operated by SOU 1899-1949, became the Norfolk Franklin and Danville Ry. in 1962.(SOU 1899-1949) |
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Atlantic and East Carolina Ry. |
From Atlantic and North Carolina RR in 1939, control bought by the Southern in 1957.(SOU after 1957)31 Mar 1950 |
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Atlantic and Great Western RR |
Opened in 1860, became the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio RR in 1880. |
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Atlantic and Gulf RR |
Opened in 1859, became the Savannah Florida and Western Ry. in 1879. |
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Atlantic and North Carolina RR |
Opened in 1883, leased by the Norfolk Southern between 1906 and 1935, became the Atlantic and East Carolina RR in 1939.(NS 1906-35) |
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Atlantic and Pacific RR |
Took over the Southwest Br. of the Pacific RR in 1866, became the SLSF in 1876.(Missouri) |
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Atlantic and Pacific RR |
This shell of the old AandP began in 1880, became the Santa Fe Pacific RR (ATSF) in 1897. |
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Atlantic and Suburban Ry. |
Opened in 1904, abandoned in 1929. |
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Atlantic and Western Ry. |
Opened in 1904, still operating. |
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Atlantic and Yadkin RR |
From Southern (former Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley) in 1916, became part of the Southern Ry. in 1950. |
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Atlantic City and Shore RR |
Opened in 1905, became the Atlantic City Transportation Co. in 1945. |
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Atlantic City RR |
From Philadelphia and Atlantic City RR in 1889, merged into the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in 1933.(PandR/RDG) |
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Atlantic City Transportation Co. |
From Atlantic City and Shore RR in 1945, converted to bus in 1955. |
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Atlantic Coast Line of Rys. |
From Wilm. and Weld. and#43; WCandA in 1887, merged into the Atlantic Coast Line RR in 1898. |
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Atlantic Coast Line Passenger Route |
From pax line of Wilm. and Weld. and#43; WCandA in 1872, replaced by the consolidation of controlled lines in 1887.(WandWand#43;WCandA) |
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Atlantic Coast Line RR |
From Atlantic Coast Line of Rys. in 1900, merged into the Seaboard Coast Line RR in 1967. |
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Atlantic Gulf and West India Transit RR |
From Florida RR (1856) in 1872, became Florida Transit in 1881. |
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Atlantic Northern RR |
Part of Atlantic Northern and Southern, abandoned in 1936. |
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Atlantic Quebec and Western RR |
Opened in 1908, became part of the Canadian National Rys. in 1927. |
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Atlantic Shore Line Ry. |
The Western Div. was the Portsmouth Dover and York until 1906, reorg. as the Atlantic Shore Ry. in 1910. |
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Atlantic Shore Ry. |
From Atlantic Shore Line Ry. in 1910, became the York Utilities RR in 1922. |
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Atlantic Valdosta and Western Ry. |
Opened in 1898, became part of the Georgia Southern and Florida Ry. in 1902. |
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Auburn and Northern Electric RR |
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Auburn and Syracuse Electric RR Co. |
Opened in 1901, abandoned in 1930.(Empire United Rys., 1913-1916) |
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Auburn and Turner RR |
Opened in 1905, absorbed by the Lewiston Augusta and Waterville St. Ry. in 1913. |
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Augusta and Columbia Railway Co. |
From 1906, became the Augusta-Aiken Ry. and Electric Corp. in 1911. |
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Augusta Northern RR |
From 1912, abandoned 1941. |
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Aurora Elgin and Chicago RR |
Opened in 1902, split up, mainline becoming the Chicago Aurora and Elgin RR in 1923. |
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Aurora Elgin and Fox River Electric Co. |
From Aurora Elgin and Chicago RR in 1919, abandoned (except for a freight spur) in 1935. |
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Aurora Plainfield and Joliet RR |
From part of Joliet and Southern in 1914, abandoned in 1924. |
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Auto-Train Corporation |
Opened in December, 1971, discontinued in 1981. |
