In the meantime, visit our blog at www.abandonedraillines.com. Between Vinton, IA and Trayer, IA, the Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway completed part of the right of way of the route, which fared much better, and passed down to the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific, and later the Iowa Northern Railway short line before being abandoned … While Illinois did not have a statewide map of rail abandonment, Iowa did. Map shows mid-nineteenth century Illinois railroads connecting to the featured Central Illinois Railroad; township grid, cities and towns, counties, and rivers. advertisements. Replica of the World's Fair Building, 322 East Broadway, Alton. 1894, road span removed Incorporated in 1904, and over the next several years acquired various interurban and local street railway companies. May 18, 2020 - Explore georgeshindel's board "Illinois" on Pinterest. Also note Illinois' neighbor to the west presented the largest challenge to the map a short time later.

Includes statistics, text describing land offered by the Illinois Central Railroad Company, and Illinois Central R.R. interurban railroads, will be shown on these maps as well. Abandoned Edwardsville Railroad Maps :) Jim_Dodds says: I spent about 20 minutes creating this map of abandoned & existing railroad lines in Madison County using Google Earth, and I posted four images of this map onto Flickr. The web version of the images is JPEG2000. Scale not given. These maps will show what companies existed when and where their track went. See more ideas about Illinois, Railroad, Train. This branch, chartered as the Peoria & Eastern Illinois Railroad was graded in portions, but no rails were ever laid. Street View] Pony plate-girder bridge over the Cache River Diversion Channel next to IL 3 on Abandoned Missouri Pacific Railroad Still standing, but rails removed Built ca. Subjects: Illinois Central Railroad World War, 1939-1945 Railroad stations Office buildings United States--Illinois--Chicago Format: Transparencies--Color Rights Info: No known restrictions on… Travel Route Twin Cities Abandoned Houses Virginia Beach Route 66 Vernon Garden Bridge Bridges Lincoln ILLINOIS TRACTION CO.

Browse maps, pictures and histories of abandoned railroad lines in the state of Illinois. One can still find traces of their tracks, but the maps will show the entirety of these long gone modes of public transportation. Also electric rail passenger lines, i.e. This 1916 Annual Report map shows the planned construction of a branch from St. Elmo, IL, to Peoria. Upon which are delineated its vast works of internal communication, routes across the continent &c. showing also Canada and the Island of Cuba, Detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, state and county capitals, cities and towns, common roads, the "Oregon Route," canals, and railroads. Street View] Abandoned Deck girder bridge over Little Vermilion River on former Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad northeast of Sidell Abandoned Built ca. Many were deserted and left to weather the elements, while others have been transformed into … RailROWMap, the successor to this map, is coming to iOS/Android/Web in June 2020! Created by transit enthusiast Andrew Grigg, the map pieces together all the fragmented railroad lines and old train routes that have been lost to history over the years. A new map of the United States. 1950 to In 1913, acquired Western Railways & Light Co. and its subsidiary companies.