What is now the UP West line started as the Galena & Chicago Union in 1848, the first railroad in Chicago. The two other UP lines had different origins in the 1850s. Chicago & North Western owned all three for most of their existence. These lines passed
In February 1851, the same month the ancestor of today’s UP North line was chartered, the State of Illinois chartered the railroad that would evolve into today’s UP Northwest line. That charter authorized the Illinois & Wisconsin Railroad to lay tracks
(CBS) -- A Metra train struck a pedestrian in Des Plaines Monday evening, causing a major snag on the Union Pacific Northwest Line. Metra warned that inbound and outbound UPNW trains were halted at Des Plaines as of 7:30 p.m. due to train No. 666 striking a pedestrian. Des Plaines...
North / Northwest Milwaukee District North (MD-N) to Fox Lake Download printable schedule North Central Service (NCS) to Antioch Download printable schedule Union Pacific North (UP-N) to Kenosha Download printable schedule Union Pacific Northwest (UP-NW) ...
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Click on a line below to see a list of stations on the line. Image ME Metra Electric (ME) Image RI Rock Island (RI) Image SWS SouthWest Service (SWS) Image HC Heritage Corridor (HC) Image BNSF BNSF (BNSF) Image UP-W Union Pacific West (UP-W) Image MD-W Milwaukee Distric...
In February 1851, the Illinois Legislature incorporated the Illinois Parallel Railroad Company, giving it the power to lay tracks north from Chicago along the shore of Lake Michigan to Waukegan and then to the Wisconsin state line. The line was soon rena