Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad

The Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad was a short line running 16 miles from downtown Chicago to Dolton, Illinois, the first suburb south of Chicago, with another line running southeast from Eighty-First Street to the Indiana state line. Built in the 1880s, it was owned by five trunk line railroads that used it as an efficient and inexpensive route into downtown Chicago. Like many 19th-century railroads, the C&WI reached its traffic peak in the middle of the 20th century. After World War II, passenger travel and shipping moved to airlines and over-the-road trucking. The need for rail access into downtown Chicago declined, and the C&WI ended its service in 1994.

Author: Cynthia L. Ogorek, Bill Molony
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 08/15/2016
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781467116688
ISBN10: 1467116688
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO
- Transportation | Railroads | History
- Transportation | Railroads | Pictorial