Talk:Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad

Miscellaneous information and sources

Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis Railway, Jacksonville and Havana Railroad, Litchfield and Madison Railway, Wabash Railway

http://books.google.com/books?id=ER0VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA499

• Granite City to Alton: built ca. 1900
• Alton to Elsah: St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad (built ca. 1890) → St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad (sold 1892)
• Lockhaven to Dow (6.5 mi): St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad (built ca. 1890) → St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad (sold 1892)
• Grafton to Bates (71 mi; 59.2 mi remained as part of the Lockhaven-Springfield line): St. Louis, Jerseyville and Springfield Railroad (built 1882) → St. Louis and Central Illinois Railroad (leased 1886) → St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad (sold 1888) → St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad (sold 1892)
• Loami to Springfield (13.6 mi): St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad (built ca. 1895)
• Springfield to Havana: Springfield and Northwestern Railway
• Jacksonville to Pekin (73 mi): Illinois River Railroad (built 1853, Virginia to Pekin) → Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad (sold 1864; extended 1869 to Jacksonville)
• Pekin to Peoria (7 mi): Peoria and Hannibal Railroad → Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad (sold 1868)
• Madison to Litchfield (44 mi): ?? → Litchfield and Madison Railway (sold 1900; leased by CP&StL until 1904)

Alton Terminal Railway? Pawnee Railroad? Springfield, Havana and Peoria Railroad?

Mileage from ICC annual reports

• Jacksonville, Louisville and St. Louis Railway ← Jacksonville Southeastern Railway
  • 1888/90: 134.30 owned/operated
  • 1891: 112.30 owned (decrease of 22.00), 133.70 operated (decrease of 0.60)
  • 1892: 112.30 owned, 147.45 operated (increase of 13.75)
  • 1893: 111.09 owned (decrease of 1.30), 127.40 operated (decrease of 20.05)
  • 1895: 112.00 owned (decrease of 0.30), 131.70 operated (decrease of 1.40)
• Chicago, Greenville and Southern Railway
  • 1895: 3.70 owned (decrease of 0.60), operated by JL&StL
• Louisville and St. Louis Railroad
  • 1891/92/93: 16.40 owned (new), operated by JL&StL
  • 1895: 16.00 owned (decrease of 0.50), operated by JL&StL
• Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Railroad
  • 1888/90/91/92: 51.65 owned/operated, owned by J&SE/JL&StL
  • 1893: 58.00 owned/operated (increase of 6.35), owned by JL&StL
  • 1895: 51.50 owned (decrease of 0.10), 57.80 operated (decrease of 6.20), independent
• North and South Railroad ← St. Louis and Chicago Railway
  • 1888: 53.00 owned/operated
  • 1890: 43.50 owned, 45.00 operated
  • 1891: 50.46 owned (increase of 6.96), 51.96 operated (increase of 6.96)
  • 1892/93: 50.46 owned, operated by CP&StL, leased 1890-09-18, reorganized as North and South Railroad of Illinois but not yet effected
  • 1895: 44.53 owned, operated by CP&StL, no reorganization mentioned
  • 1897: merged into St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway 1896-02-18
• St. Louis and Peoria Railroad
  • 1890/91/92/93: 14.00 owned/operated (new)
  • 1895: 12.87 owned, operated by St. Louis and Eastern Railway
  • 1897: merged into St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway 1896-02-18

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• Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad of Illinois ← Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway: Jacksonville and Springfield to Pekin
  • 1888/90: 120.00 owned/operated, owned by J&SE
  • 1891: 118.10 owned/operated (decrease of 1.90), owned by JL&StL
  • 1892: 167.50 owned (increase of 49.40), 217.96 operated (increase of 99.86), owned by JL&StL (the increase was probably Madison to Litchfield; the extra operated mileage was the StL&C)
  • 1893: 165.00 owned (decrease of 2.50), 215.46 operated (decrease of 2.50), owned by JL&StL
  • Who operated it in 1894??
  • 1895: 164.20 owned, 221.65 operated (increase of 221.65), independent
  • 1897: 166.68 owned, 231.66 operated (decrease of 3.00) (shouldn't the StL&C be removed from the operated mileage?)
  • 1898/99: 166.68 owned, 281.75 operated (decrease of 50.09) (I guess this is it)
  • 1901: 232.55 owned, 299.81 operated (increase of 7.40)
• St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railway of Illinois (reorganized 1897-05-31) ← St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad (reorganized 1892-09-05) ← St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad: Grafton to Bates, later Alton to Grafton and Springfield
  • 1888: 71.40 owned/operated
  • 1890: 83.00 owned (decrease of 13.00), 96.00 operated
  • 1891/92: 85.80 owned (increase of 2.80), 99.00 operated (increase of 3.00)
  • 1893: 87.50 owned (new), 100.70 operated (new)
  • 1895: 110.50 owned (increase of 15.60), 111.00 operated (increase of 15.60)
  • 1897: 110.50 owned (new), 111.00 operated (new)
  • 1898/99: 109.50 owned (decrease of 1.00), 111.00 operated
• Alton Terminal Railway
  • 1890/91/92: 3.00 owned/operated (increase of 1.50), owned by StLA&S
  • 1893: merged into StLA&S
  • 1897: 3.00 owned/operated (new), owned by StLC&StP
  • 1898/99: 1.00 owned (no decrease shown - 1897 was probably incorrect), operated by StLC&StP
  • 1901: 1.00 owned, operated by CP&StL
• Litchfield and Madison Railway
  • 1901: 43.97 owned, operated by CP&StL

Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1897

The first half of this is a very rough transcription.

CHICAGO, PEORIA AND ST. LOUIS RR. CO. OF ILLINOIS (THE)

Main Lines of Road:

• Litchfield, Ill., to East St. Louis, Ill.
• Pekin, Ill., to Springfield, Ill.
• Jacksonville Branch: Havana, Ill., to Jacksonville, Ill.

Since July 1, 1896, the company has used the tracks of the Jacksonville and St. Louis RR, from Waverly to Jacksonville, Ill., a distance of 33 m., instead of using the tracks of the St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul RR. Co. from Waverly to Springfield.

History. — Reorganization, Jan. 30, 1896, of the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Ry. Co., whose property was sold under foreclosure on Sept. 21, 1895. For plan of reorganization, etc., see MANUAL for 1896, page 111. This company owns a one-quarter interest (2,500 shares) in the stock of the Peoria and Pekin Union Ry. Co.

--NE2 20:23, 10 September 2008 (UTC)