Chicago Area Shortline Railroads
Proposed Railroads of Chicagoland
Chicago & Illinois Eastern
Chicago Belt Transfer RR
Chicago & North Judson
Chicago Freeport & St Paul
Chicago Lake Geneva & Pacific
Chicago Lake Shore & South Bend
Chicago Park & Transfer RR
Chicago Terminal Co (do not confuse with former Chicago
Terminal)
A proposal to take over local switching inside the city limits on the C&:NW (now UP) and on the CMSP&:P (now CP rail)
Dead End RR
Name found in a legal description in a Chicago newspaper. The legal description was for a zoning change. The phase 'Dead End RR' was the
short name used by the editor
to indicate the edge of the property was at the railroad. The name of the railroad should have been used.
Freeport & El Paso
Great Lakes Basin
Illinois & Rock River
Illinois Harbor Belt
This name found in a 1992 zoning map book for the City of Chicago. The correct name should have been 'Indiana Harbor Belt'.
Illinois Terminal
This was a proposed line that would have done the local switching on the
lines of UP (ex-C&NW) and CPrail (ex-soo, ex-CMST&P) in Chicago. Not
to be confused with the Illinois Terminal that was absorbed by the N&W
Joliet & Valparaiso
Lake Calumet Harbor RR
Midwest Railroad Company
North Branch Terminal RR
Owners Terminal RR
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Updated 7/20/2017