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Union Pacific North Line. The Union Pacific North Line ( UP-N) is a Metra line in the Chicago metropolitan area. It runs between Ogilvie Transportation Center and Kenosha, Wisconsin; however, most trains terminate in Waukegan, Illinois. Although Metra owns the rolling stock, the trains are operated and dispatched by the Union Pacific Railroad.
4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad ( reporting mark BOCT) is a terminal railroad in the Chicago area, formerly giving various other companies access to (Chicago's) Grand Central Station. It also served to connect those railroads for freight transfers, and is now controlled by CSX ...
Chicago Central Station. / 41.86806°N 87.62194°W / 41.86806; -87.62194. Central Station was an intercity passenger terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, at the southern end of Grant Park near Roosevelt Road and Michigan Avenue. Owned by the Illinois Central Railroad, it also served other companies via trackage rights.
Length. 11,248 miles (18,102 km) (1929) 3,023 miles (4,865 km) (1984) The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ( CMStP&P ), better known as the Milwaukee Road ( reporting mark MILW ), was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until 1986.
4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Alton Railroad ( reporting mark A) was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Missouri. Its predecessor, the Chicago and Alton Railroad ( reporting mark C&A ), [1] was purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1931 and was ...
Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west street in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs. It is 1200 South in the city's street numbering system, but [a] only 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Madison Street. It runs under this name from Columbus Drive to the western city limits, [1] then continues through the ...
Nomad Micro Homes pride themselves on being eco friendly. Created by a Canadian company, these compact cubes are shipped and assembled for less than $30k. The 10 x 10 feet homes all come with a ...
Twin Cities 400. The 400 [1] (later named the Twin Cities 400 [2]) was a named passenger train operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway between Chicago and Saint Paul, with a final stop in Minneapolis. The train took its name from the schedule of 400 miles between the cities in 400 minutes, and was also a nod to "The Four Hundred Club ...