List of Illinois railroads

Common freight carriers

A&R Terminal Railroad (ART)

AgRail (AGRL)

Ag Valley Railroad (AVRR)

Alton and Southern Railway (ALS)

Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC)

Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad (BLOL)

BNSF Railway (BNSF)

Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) also operates City of Rochelle Railroad (CIR)

Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (CC), Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (EJE), Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), Illinois Central Railroad (IC), and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiaries Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME) and Soo Line Railroad (SOO)

Chicago–Chemung Railroad (CCUO)

Chicago Heights Switching (CHSC)

Chicago Port Railroad (CPC)

Chicago Rail Link (CRL)

Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad (CSS)

Chicago Terminal Railroad (CTM)

Cicero Central Railroad (CCER)

Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad (COER)

Coffeen and Western Railroad (CAEG)

CSX Transportation (CSXT) including subsidiary Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (BOCT)

Decatur Central Railroad

Decatur Junction Railway (DT)

Eastern Illinois Railroad (EIRC)

Effingham Railroad (EFRR)

Evansville Western Railway (EVWR)

FFG&C Railroad (FFGC)

Illinois Railway (IR)

Illinois and Midland Railroad (IMRR)

Illinois Western Railroad (ILW)

Indiana Rail Road (INRD)

Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB)

Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) operates Lincoln and Southern Railroad

Joppa and Eastern Railroad (JE)

Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad (KBSR)

Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) including subsidiary Gateway Eastern Railway (GWWE)

Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY)

KM Railways (KMR)

Manufacturers' Junction Railway (MJ) (Out of Service)

Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)

Peru Industrial Railroad (PIRR)

Pioneer Industrial Railway (PRY)

Port Harbor Railroad (PHRR)

Riverport Railroad (RVPR)

Shawnee Terminal Railway (STR) (Out of Service)

South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (SCIH)

Tazewell and Peoria Railroad (TZPR) operates Peoria and Pekin Union Railway (PPU)

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA)

Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TPW)

Union Pacific Railroad (UP) including subsidiary Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Company

Vandalia Railroad (VRRC)

Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR) operates FNG Logistics Company (FNG)

Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR)

Private freight carriers

Kaskaskia Regional Port District (KKRX)

Mokena Illinois Railroad

Mars Candy

ADM Milling (ADMX)

Hoffman Transportation (HTCX)

Material Sciences Corporation

Buzzi Unicem

Bulkmatic Railroad

R Bult Rail Lines

Centerpoint Transportation, LLC

Operates the Joliet Terminal Railroad

Aux Sable Midstream

Proposed Railroads

Great Lakes Basin Transportation

Crete Terminal Railroad

505 Railroad

Beecher Industrial Railway

Eastern Joliet Railway

Passenger carriers

Amtrak (AMTK)

Chicago Transit Authority

Fox River Trolley Museum (Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric)

Illinois Railway Museum

Metra

MetroLink

Monticello Railway Museum

Silver Creek and Stephenson Railroad

South Shore Line

Electric railways and predecessors

Aurora, Elgin and Chicago Railroad

Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company

Alton, Jacksonville and Peoria Railway

Bloomington, Pontiac and Joliet Electric Railway

Cairo and St. Louis Railway

Calumet and South Chicago Railway

Central Illinois Public Service Company

Centralia and Central City Traction Company

Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railroad

Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad

Chicago City Railway

Chicago and Desplaines Valley Electric Railway

Chicago General Railway

Chicago, Harvard and Geneva Lake Railway (CH&G)

Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway

Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway

Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad

Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad

Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railway (CO&P)

Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad

Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad

Chicago and Southern Traction Company

Chicago Surface Lines

Chicago Tunnel Company

Chicago, Wheaton and Western Railway

Coal Belt Electric Railway

DeKalb – Sycamore and Interurban Traction Company

East St. Louis and Suburban Railway

Elgin, Aurora and Southern Traction Company

Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company

Fruit Growers Refrigerating and Power Company

Galesburg Railway and Light Company

Galesburg and Kewanee Electric Railway

Illinois Central Electric Railway

Illinois Traction, Inc. (ITS)

Illinois Valley Railway

Illinois Valley Traction Company

Joliet and Southern Traction Company

Kankakee and Western Electric Railway

Keokuk and Western Illinois Electric Company

Lake Street Elevated Railroad

Lee County Central Electric Railway

Macomb and Western Illinois Railway

Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad

Mississippi Valley Interurban Railway

Moline, East Moline and Watertown Railway

North Kankakee Electric Light and Railway Company

Northern Illinois Electric Railway

Northwestern Elevated Railroad

Peoples Traction Company

Peoria Railway

Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway

Peoria and Pekin Traction Company

Peoria Railway Terminal Company

Rock Island Southern Railway (RIS)

Rockford, Beloit and Janesville Railroad

Rockford and Belvidere Electric Railway

Rockford and Interurban Railway

St. Louis and Belleville Electric Railway

South Side Elevated Railroad

Southern Traction Company of Illinois

Sterling, Dixon and Eastern Electric Railway

Suburban Railroad

Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company

Tri-City Railway

Union Consolidated Elevated Railway

Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company