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Passenger Trains > Questions about trains into ChicagoDate: 05/01/26 08:40 Questions about trains into Chicago Author: Woodman I got to thinking about Chicago. In its hay day, how many different railroads had passenger trains into and out of Chicago? Can anyone name them? What was the total number of passenger trains into and out of Chicagp.
Date: 05/01/26 08:55 Re: Questions about trains into Chicago Author: jp1822 I believe it was Passenger Train Journal - 2025 Annual Special Edition - that had a listing of trains coming in/out of the Chicago Dearborn station in like 1965 - at the twilight of the great passenger train era - but it was REALLY interesting to see......If I find the article again, I'll provide exact reference.
Date: 05/01/26 08:58 Re: Questions about trains into Chicago Author: caprr This might be a fun challenge, although OP doesn't specify when "hay days" happened.
Baltimore and Ohio Chesapeake and Ohio Erie New York Central Chicago, Milwaukee and Pacific Chicago and Northwestern Illinois Central Chicago Burlington and Quincy Santa Fe Rock Island Chicago Great Western Chicago and Eastern Illinois Chicago and Alton Grand Trunk Pennsylvania Wabash Rock Island... Date: 05/01/26 09:23 Re: Questions about trains into Chicago Author: timz Here's a June 1926 list
https://timetableworld.com/ttw-viewer.php?token=253deb97-f202-4b7a-a2b2-44d56f98495e I didn't check to see if it left anyone out. Date: 05/01/26 09:35 Re: Questions about trains into Chicago Author: joemvcnj Chicago & Western Indiana, or did it not cross the Illinois border ?
Date: 05/01/26 15:19 Re: Questions about trains into Chicago Author: swaool Adding to caprr's list - Nickel Plate, Soo Line, CSS&SB, CNS&M....
mike woodruff north platte ne Date: 05/01/26 15:56 Re: Questions about trains into Chicago Author: cabsignaldrop Monon
Posted from Android Date: 05/01/26 19:17 Re: Questions about trains into Chicago Author: RuleG A good reference on this topic is the book, Hub City by Myron M. Bilas and published in 1993 by the Chicago Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.
Organized by each of Chicago's six major train stations, there are tables listing arrivals and departures of every railroads' intercity passenger trains along with descriptions of the stations and discussions of passenger train service during the mid-1940s. An e-bay listing has a copy selling for $17.95: https://www.ebay.com/itm/326712189171?msockid=340aaf1992ce65600e22bbe99357644c Date: 05/02/26 05:44 Re: Questions about trains into Chicago Author: Englewood joemvcnj Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Chicago & Western Indiana, or did it not cross > the Illinois border ? Ended at the border at State Line tower Date: 05/10/26 14:44 Re: Questions about trains into Chicago Author: rhburn3 The C&WI went to the border, but not accross it.
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