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Alton Railroad
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System map
1885 system map
Reporting marks CA
Locale Chicago, IL to St. Louis, MO and Kansas City, MO
Dates of operation 1847 (Alton & Sangamon Railroad)–1947
Successor line Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
Track gauge 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters Chicago, Illinois

The Alton Railroad was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri. A reporting mark is an identification assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR to rail carriers and other companies operating in North America. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages The Alton Railroad was the final name of a Railroad linking Chicago to Alton Illinois, St The Gulf Mobile and Ohio was a railroad carrier in the central United States, with its primary routes from Chicago to Mobile Alabama and Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to The standard gauge (also named the Stephenson gauge after George Stephenson, or Normal gauge) is a widely-used Rail gauge. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Alton is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 15 miles north of St Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Its predecessor, The Chicago & Alton Railroad, was purchased by the Baltimore & Ohio in 1931 and was controlled until 1942 when the Alton was released to the courts. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ( B&O) was one of the Oldest railroads in the United States and the first Common carrier railroad On May 31, 1947, the Alton Railroad was merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Gulf Mobile and Ohio was a railroad carrier in the central United States, with its primary routes from Chicago to Mobile Alabama and

The line to Alton and St. Louis is now mostly part of the Union Pacific Railroad system; the line to Kansas City is part of the Kansas City Southern Railway system. Kansas City Southern (, is the Parent company of many Railroads and railroad related companies Metra's Heritage Corridor provides commuter rail service on the old main line, now owned by the Canadian National Railway through its Illinois Central Railroad, between Chicago and Joliet, Illinois. Metra (officially known as the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation) is a Regional rail system that serves the city of Chicago Illinois You may be looking for National Heritage Corridor. The Heritage Corridor ( HC) is a Commuter rail line provided and operated Commuter rail, regional rail or suburban rail is a Passenger rail transport service between a city center and outer suburbs and Commuter towns The Illinois Central, sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad carrier in the central United States, with its primary routes Joliet is a city in Will county in the US state of Illinois, located 40 miles southwest of Chicago.

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History

The earliest ancestor to the Alton Railroad is the Alton and Sangamon Railroad, chartered February 27, 1847, in Illinois to connect the Mississippi River town of Alton to the state capital at Springfield in Sangamon County. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Alton is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 15 miles north of St Springfield is the capital of the US state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 116482 (U Sangamon County is a County located in the US state of Illinois. The line was finished in 1852, and as the Chicago & Mississippi Railroad extended to Bloomington in 1854 and Joliet in 1855. Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States and the County seat. Joliet is a city in Will county in the US state of Illinois, located 40 miles southwest of Chicago. Initially, trains ran over the completed Chicago and Rock Island Railroad to Chicago.

The Joliet and Chicago Railroad was chartered February 15, 1855, and opened in 1856, continuing north and northeast from Joliet to downtown Chicago. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year It was leased by the Chicago & Mississippi providing a continuous railroad from Alton to Chicago. In 1857 the C&M was reorganized as the St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad, and another reorganization on October 10, 1862, produced the Chicago and Alton Railroad. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday The C&A chartered the Alton and St. Louis Railroad to extend the line to East St. Louis, opened in 1864 giving it a line from Chicago to East St. East St Louis is a city located in St Clair County Illinois, USA directly across the Mississippi River from St Louis.

Railroad family tree

Kansas City line

Springfield-Kansas City and Godfrey-Roodhouse

Chicago-St. The Gateway Western Railway was a Class II railroad that operated 408 miles of former Chicago and Alton Railroad track between Kansas City and St Kansas City Southern (, is the Parent company of many Railroads and railroad related companies The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The Chicago Missouri and Western Railway ( CM&W) was a Class II railroad that operated in the midwest of the United States between 1987 and Louis line

Early years of Alton

Passenger service notables

The first sleeping car designed by George Pullman was built in the C&A's Bloomington shops and introduced on September 1, 1859, over the Chicago-East St. The sleeping car or sleeper is a railroad passenger car that can accommodate all its passengers in beds of one kind or another primarily for the purpose of making George Mortimer Pullman ( March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American inventor and industrialist Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Louis mainline. Sleeping cars were operated over most routes between Chicago, Peoria, Bloomington, St. Louis and Kansas City in principal train consists. Successor Gulf, Mobile & Ohio operated Chicago-St. Louis sleeping car service until December 31, 1969, the last railroad to do so between the two cities. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

The first dining car, the Delmonico, named for the famous New York restaurant, built by Pullman in the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Aurora, Illinois, shops, first appeared in regular service over the C&A's Chicago-East St. A dining car (American English or restaurant car (British English also diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a The City of New York The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Aurora is the second-largest City in the US state of Illinois, with a population of 175952 (2007 est Louis mainline. Two other Pullman diners built at the same time, the Tremont, and the Southern, were leased, providing dining car service on all three principal C&A Chicago-East St. Louis trains. Dining cars were a part of Chicago-St. Louis train consists until May 1, 1971, with the takeover of passenger service by Amtrak. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971

Notable passenger trains

Stations in Chicago

First entry of C&A passenger trains from Joliet into Chicago was over the Chicago & Rock Island to that railroad's depot (later La Salle Street Station). The Abraham Lincoln was a named passenger train operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1935 into the 1960s History The Ann Rutledge was inaugurated in 1937 by the Alton Railroad. The Midnight Special was the name of a Passenger train formerly operated by the Chicago and Alton Railroad and its successor the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad LaSalle Street Station is a Commuter rail terminal located at 414 S Briefly, passenger trains were moved over to the Illinois Central depot. On December 28, 1863, the leased J&C and Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway came to an agreement where the J&C would use the PFW&C's terminal at Madison Street, later becoming a tenant of Union Station, which opened in 1881. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway was a major part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system extending the PRR west from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania via Madison Street is a major east-west thoroughfare in Chicago, Illinois. In 1924, with the completion of a new Union Station between Adams and Jackson streets, C&A became a tenant and its successors used Union Station up until the takeover by Amtrak. Union Station is a Chicago Train station that opened in 1925 replacing an earlier 1881 station and is now the only Intercity rail terminal in Chicago

Company officers

Presidents of the Alton Railroad have included:

References

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