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Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway

Author: Paul W. Jaenicke

Publisher: Gremese Editore

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9780738550572

In 1884, the Joliet, Aurora and Northern Railroad was formed to connect the growing industrial cities of Joliet and Aurora. This system evolved into the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway. By 1893, it encircled Chicago from Waukegan, via Joliet, to Porter, Indiana. The railroad developed into a prosperous subsidiary of U.S. Steel at the beginning of the 20th century. It primarily served the steel mills and facilities of its parent company and as a bridge route between the many Chicago railroads it crossed. It has also been an industry innovator. It was one of the first Class 1 railroads to completely convert to diesel locomotive power in 1949 and the first in the world to install an automatic, electrically operated car retarder yard in 1952. Today it is the same prosperous railroad it was over 120 years ago, serving the rail transportation needs of its online customers and as an even more important bridge route for the region's railroads.

The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway

Author: Patrick C. Dorin

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781930013261

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The EJ&E interchanged with fully 35 railroads entering the Chicago area from the four points of the compass, making it a very active interchange road. Dorin provides a history of the railroad, followed by descriptions of operations and extensive information on equipment.