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Aurora Branch Railroad, West Chicago to Aurora, opened 1850
Chicago and Aurora Railroad, Aurora to Mendota, opened 1853
Chicago to Aurora, opened 1864
Ottawa, Oswego and Fox River Valley Railroad, Montgomery to Streator, opened 1871
Ottawa, Oswego and Fox River Valley Railroad, Geneva to Aurora, opened 1871
Chicago and Iowa Railroad, Aurora to Rochelle, opened January 1, 1872 (Poor's 1880 p. 744)
Lumber District

Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad

Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad, Dolton to Danville, opened November 1872 (Poor's 1880 p. 741)

Chicago Great Western Railway

Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad, Forest Park to Aiken, opened 1887

Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad

Cicero to Willow Springs, opened 1907
Western Avenue to Crawford, opened 1914

Chicago Junction Railway

Union Stock Yards and Transit Company of Chicago, 43rd Street to I&M Canal, opened 1865
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company of Chicago, I&M Canal to Ogden Junction (authorized 1877)
Chicago and Indiana State Line Railway, various branches north and south of the stockyards, opened about 1880

Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway

Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota Railway, Rockford to Aurora, opened 1905
Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota Railway, Joliet to Delmar, opened 1905

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Western Avenue to Wisconsin state line, opened 1872
Chicago and Pacific Railroad, Halsted Street to Elgin, opened 1873
Chicago and Pacific Railroad, Elgin to Byron, opened 1875
Libertyville Railway, Rondout to Libertyville, opened 1881
Chicago Suburban Railway, Galewood to Dunning, opened 1882
Chicago and Evanston Railroad, Chicago to Halsted Street, opened 1885
Chicago and Evanston Railroad, C&E Junction to Calvary, opened 1885
Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway, Calvary to Evanston, opened 1886
Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway, Evanston to Wilmette, opened 1888
Cook, Lake and McHenry Counties Railway, Libertyville to Wisconsin state line, opened 1900
?, Elk Grove branch

Chicago and North Western Transportation Company

Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, Chicago River to Freeport, opened 1853
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, West Chicago to Dixon, opened 1854
Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad, Chicago River to Cary, opened 1854
Fox River Valley Railroad, Elgin to Genoa, opened 1854
Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad, Cary to Janesville, opened 1855
Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad, Clybourn Street to Wisconsin state line, opened 1855
Chicago, St. Charles and Mississippi Air Line Railroad, Canal Street to Ogden Junction, opened 1855
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, Wells Street to Chicago River
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, Navy Pier to Wells Street
Ogden Junction to Kedzie Avenue, opened 1864
St. Charles Railroad, Geneva to St. Charles, opened 1871
Keeler Avenue to Mayfair, opened 1872
Geneva to Batavia, opened 1872
Batavia to Aurora, opened 1883
Junction Railway, Mayfair to Canal, opened 1889
Chicago Northern Railway, Sauganash to Lake Bluff, opened 1903
Chicago and State Line Railway, Skokie Junction to Wisconsin state line, opened 1905
Des Plaines Valley Railway, Proviso to Cumberland, opened 1911
Des Plaines Valley Railway, Norma to Valley, opened 1912
?, Batavia branch (east of Fox River)

Chicago River and Indiana Railroad

Union Stock Yards to Oakley, opened 1906
Ashland to north of Oakley, opened 1911
Oakley to Elsdon, opened 1911
?, branch to Chicago River docks

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad

Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, Chicago to Joliet, opened 1852
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, Joliet to Geneseo, opened 1853
Gresham to South Chicago, opened 1874
Irondale branch, opened 1874
?, Washington Heights loop

Chicago Short Line Railway

?, South Chicago
?, South Deering
?, Pullman Junction

Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway

Chicago Southern Railway, Chicago Heights to Delmar, opened 1907

Chicago Union Station Company

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Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad

Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railway, West Pullman
Calumet and Southeastern Railroad, Irondale

Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad

Chicago to Dolton, opened May 1880 (Poor's 1881 p. 644)
Auburn Park to State Line, opened 1880

Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway

Aurora to Joliet
Spaulding to Normantown
Waukegan to Spaulding
Joliet to Porter
Walker to South Wilmington
Griffith to Clarke Junction
Cavanaugh to Shearson
State Line to Whiting
Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, South Chicago to Gary
Joliet and Blue Island Railway, Joliet

Erie Railroad

Chicago and Atlantic Railway, State Line to Marion (Ohio), opened 1882

Grand Trunk Western Railroad

Peninsular Railroad, Valparaiso to Kingsbury, opened October 1873 (Poor's 1880 p. 683)
Chicago and Southern Railroad, Elsdon to Dolton, opened 1876
Chicago and State Line Railway, Dolton to Indiana state line, opened April 1880 (Poor's 1880 p. 683)
Chicago and State Line Extension Railway, Indiana state line to Valparaiso, opened April 1880 (Poor's 1880 p. 683)
Grand Trunk Junction Railway, 47th Street to Elsdon

Illinois Central Railroad

Chicago to Centralia
Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad, Chicago to Freeport
Addison Railroad, South Addison to Addison
South Chicago Railroad, 71st Street to South Chicago, opened 1883
Chicago and Illinois Southern Railroad, siding, opened 1887
Blue Island Railroad, Kensington to Blue Island, opened 1892
Riverside and Harlem Railroad, Forest Park branch, opened 1901
Kensington and Eastern Railroad, Kensington to State Line, opened 1909

Illinois Northern Railway

?

Joliet Union Depot Company

Union station, opened 1912

Manufacturers' Junction Railway

Cicero, opened 1906

Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Chicago and Wisconsin Railroad, Forest Park to Wisconsin state line, opened 1886
Central Terminal Railway, sidings, opened 1914

Monon Railroad

Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway, Dyer to Rensselaer, opened 1881
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway, State Line to Dyer, opened 1882
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway, Hammond, opened 1884

New York Central Railroad

Northern Indiana and Chicago Railroad, Chicago to Indiana state line, opened 1852
Northern Indiana Railroad, Indiana state line to South Bend, opened 1852
Union Railroad, Kensington to Indiana state line, opened 1852
New Albany and Salem Railroad, Indiana state line to Michigan City, opened 1852
Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad, Joliet to East Gary, opened 1855
Hammond and Blue Island Railroad, Blue Island to Whiting, opened 1896
Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad, Franklin Park to McCook, opened 1897
Indiana Harbor Railroad, Union Stock Yards to Argo, opened 1897
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, State Line to Grasselli, opened 1897
Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad, Mannheim to Franklin Park, opened 1898
Indiana Harbor Railroad, Indiana Harbor to Osborn, opened 1903
Indiana Harbor Railroad, Osborn to Illinois state line, opened 1906
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad, Indiana Harbor to Dune Park
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad, Gibson to Ivanhoe
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, Wolf Lake to Colehour, opened 1908
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, Grasselli to Cudahy, opened 1909
Gary and Western Railway, Ivanhoe to G&W Junction, opened 1910

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Grand Crossing to Ohio state line, opened 1882

Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad

Waukegan, Rockford and Elgin Traction Company, Palatine to Wauconda, opened 1913

Pennsylvania Railroad

Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, Chicago to Fort Wayne, opened 1860
Chicago and Great Eastern Railway, Chicago to La Crosse, opened 1865
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, South Chicago to Irondale, opened 1875
Englewood Connecting Railway, Englewood to 59th Street, opened 1885
South Chicago and Southern Railroad, Colehour Junction to Bernice Junction, opened 1887
South Chicago and Southern Railroad, Wolf Lake Junction to Indiana state line, opened 1887
State Line and Indiana City Railroad, Indiana state line to Hammond Junction, opened 1888
State Line and Indiana City Railroad, State Line to East Chicago, opened 1888
State Line and Indiana City Railroad, East Chicago to Clarke Junction, opened 1893
Calumet River Railway, River Junction to Hegewisch, opened 1895
South Chicago and Southern Railroad, Clarke Junction to Pine Junction, opened 1903

Pere Marquette Railway

Pere Marquette Railroad of Indiana, Porter to New Buffalo, opened 1903

Pullman Railroad

Pullman Junction to Kensington

Wabash Railroad

Chicago and Strawn Railway, Auburn Park to Strawn, opened 1880
Montpelier and Chicago Railroad, Clarke Junction to Montpelier (Ohio)

Waukegan and Mississippi Valley Railway

North Chicago to Waukegan