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Here are the corporate identities of Chicago railroads from 1948-1910, this period encompassed the years when the industry was growing and includes "peak years" of railroad building and route miles.  Since that time, the US rail network has contracted and consolidated. 

bulletAT&SF Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
bulletB&O Baltimore & Ohio
bulletB&OCT Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal
bulletBRC Belt Railway of Chicago
bulletC&A Chicago & Alton
bulletC&ATL Chicago & Atlantic (Erie)
bulletC&CT Chicago & Calumet Terminal (B&OCT)
bulletC&EI Chicago & Eastern Illinois
bulletC&GW Chicago & Great Western (WC)
bulletC&IW Chicago & Illinois Western (IC)
bulletC&M Chicago & Milwaukee (C&NW)
bulletC&NP Chicago & Northern Pacific (WC)
bulletC&NW Chicago & North Western
bulletC&RI Chicago & Rock Island
bulletC&WI Chicago & Western Indiana
bulletCB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
bulletCC&L Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville (C&O)
bulletCD&V Chicago, Danville, & Vincennes (C&EI)
bulletCGW Chicago Great Western
bulletCH&W Chicago, Hammond & Western (IHB)
bulletCI&L Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon)
bulletCJ Chicago Junction (NYC)
bulletCLS&E Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern (EJ&E)
bulletCM&N Chicago, Madison & Northern (IC)
bulletCT Chicago Terminal & Transfer (B&OCT)
bulletCUTC Chicago Union Transfer (BRC)
bulletEC East Chicago (PRR)
bulletEJ&E Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
bulletG&CU Galena & Chicago Union (C&NW)
bulletGT Grand Trunk
bulletIC Illinois Central
bulletIHB Indiana Harbor Belt
bulletIN Illinois Northern (ATSF)
bulletIW Illinois Western (C&NW)
bulletJ&C Joliet & Chicago (C&A)
bulletLNA&C Louisville, New Albany & Chicago (CI&L)
bulletLS&MS Lake Shore & Michigan Southern (NYC)
bulletMC Michigan Central
bulletMILW Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
bulletMS&NI Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana
(LS&MS)
bulletNYC&StL New York, Chicago & St. Louis (Nickel Plate)
bulletPCC&StL Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
(PRR)
bulletPFW&C Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago (PRR)
bulletRI Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
bulletSCAL St. Charles Air Line
bulletSC&S South Chicago & Southern (PRR)
bulletSOO Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
bulletTR Terminal Railroad (IHB)
bulletUSY&T Union Stock Yards & Transit (CJ)
bulletWAB Wabash
bulletWC Wisconsin Central
bulletWStL&P Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific (WAB)

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Source:  Trains Magazine.  City of Railroads; July, 2003 
 
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