The Chicago Great Western Railway (reporting mark CGW) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. It was founded...
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mergers with other railroads, such as the Chicago Great Western Railway, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway and others. By 1995, track sales and abandonment...
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Great Western Railway was a British railway company operating from 1833 to 1947. Great Western Railway or Great Western Railroad may also refer to the...
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2-10-4 (section Chicago Great Western Railway)
subsequent Texas types were of this higher-drivered sort. The Chicago Great Western Railway was an unusual customer for 2-10-4s as it was a 'granger' railroad...
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originally of Canada West Great Western Railway (Saskatchewan), a short line railway in Canada Chicago Great Western Railway, US Great Western Railroad (Illinois)...
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Register of Historic Places. The depot was built in 1906 after the Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW) acquired two small railroads: the Minnesota Central, which...
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EGWP is located between two abandoned railway beds, the Chicago Great Western Railway on the north and the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad to the south...
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plants. Grand Trunk Western grew out of a collection of 19th century Michigan rail lines which included: Bay City Terminal Railway Chicago, Detroit and Canada...
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including, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Burlington) Chicago and North Western Railway (Omaha Road) Chicago Great Western Railway Great Northern...
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Chicago and North Western Railway (CNW), which at the time was the successor of the first railroad to operate out of Chicago, the Galena and Chicago Union...
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non-contiguous sections of an abandoned Chicago Great Western Railway corridor in suburban Chicago and a section in Iowa that have been converted into biking...
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The Chicago Great Western Railroad-Waterloo Freight Depot is a historic building located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. In 1887 the Chicago, St. Paul...
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in the 1880s. The Chicago Great Western Railroad merged with Chicago and North Western Railway in 1968. The Chicago and North Western was purchased by...
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Railroad, successor to the Wisconsin Central, the Chicago Great Western Railway, and the Pere Marquette Railway. The station opened December 8, 1890, closed...
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The Great Northern Railway (reporting mark GN) was an American Class I railroad. Running from Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington, it was the...
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Cloquet Terminal Railroad (CTRR) Minnesota Commercial Railway (MNNR) Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway (MDW) Minnesota Northern Railroad (MNN) Minnesota...
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Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway was formed as a merger of the Columbus and Indiana Central Railway and Chicago and Great Eastern Railway. The...
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Kansas City Union Station (category Former Chicago Great Western Railway stations)
Santa Fe; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; Chicago Great Western; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific; Kansas City Southern;...
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National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (CC), Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (EJE), Grand Trunk Western Railroad...
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Terminal. The Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway had a terminal at Archer Avenue and Cicero Avenue. In the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire, a C&NW...
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Minnesotan (category Chicago Great Western Railway)
passenger train run by the Chicago Great Western Railway, using the CGW's trackage between Grand Central Station in Chicago, Illinois, and Saint Paul Union...
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Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway Chicago Great Western Railway...
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Saint Paul Union Depot (category Former Chicago Great Western Railway stations)
The Minneapolis Great Northern Depot in Minneapolis was used by trains of the Chicago and North Western Railway, Great Northern Railway, and Northern Pacific...
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Elizabeth station (Illinois) (redirect from Chicago Great Western Railroad Depot)
The Chicago Great Western Railroad Depot is a historic railway station in the village of Elizabeth, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1877–78 and like many...
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York Street–Elmhurst station (category Railway stations in the United States opened in 1902)
Elmhurst fed into the station, and the Chicago Great Western Railway had a station nearby. "York Street". GreatThirdRail.org. Retrieved February 27, 2023...
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018. The village is located on the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad, on the old Chicago Great Western Railway before it merged and was pulled up. Also...
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Legionnaire (passenger train), later Minnesotan, a train operated by Chicago Great Western Railway 1925–1949 Legionnaires' disease Legion (disambiguation) This...
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formed a new railway company, called the Chicago and Great Western Railroad (C&GW, not to be confused with the Chicago Great Western Railway) to build a...
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Edward T. Reidy (category Chicago Great Western Railway presidents)
railroad executive; he led the Chicago Great Western Railway between 1957 and its merger with the Chicago and North Western Railway in 1968. He had worked for...
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Containerization (redirect from Railway container)
transport goods between New York and Cuba. In the mid-1930s, the Chicago Great Western Railway and then the New Haven Railroad began "piggyback" service (transporting...
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