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Train Service in Illinois

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Train Service in Illinois
Posted by History Seeker on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 10:00 AM

I'm hoping that someone can help me find the answer to this question. What passenger train serviced the community of Bensenville, Illinois around 1900. I am particularly interested in finding out the name of the company that ran passenger trains from Bensenville to Chicago in 1896. Thanks for any help you can offer.

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 5:44 PM

Bensenville - the same Bensenville North of Chicago that was the home of the Milwaukee Road's (Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific) primary Chicago yard?

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Posted by Toddavia on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 7:10 PM

History Seeker

I'm hoping that someone can help me find the answer to this question. What passenger train serviced the community of Bensenville, Illinois around 1900. I am particularly interested in finding out the name of the company that ran passenger trains from Bensenville to Chicago in 1896. Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

Chicago (Halsted Street) to Byron, IL constructed by Chicago and Pacific Railroad Company circa 1874 and complete by 1876.  Leased by Chicago Milwaukee & St.Paul Railway April 1, 1880 and purchased by that railroad April 2, 1900.  For train service, please refer to Official Guides obtainable on HathiTrust, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.096493136&seq=574 .

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Posted by CMStPnP on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 11:59 PM

It was the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad until 1928 when it was reorganized and they added the Pacific........I think is what it says on wikipedia.

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