Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
The Chicago and North Western Railway (C & NW), colloquially known as the North Western, was an American railroad company, headquartered in Chicago. It was founded in 1859 and existed until takeover by the Union Pacific on 17 March 1995. Your route network stretched from Chicago across the Midwest up to Wyoming.
History
The Chicago and North Western Railway was established on June 7, 1859. Five days earlier, she had bought the estate of the bankrupt Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad, the operational railway construction in March 1855. On February 15, 1865, the C & NW officially took over the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, which was founded on 16 January 1836. The latter began in December 1848 with the railway construction west of Chicago. She was thus the first railroad, which began with the development of the Midwest.
Since 1882, Northwestern had the majority stake in the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway ( Omaha Road). On January 1, 1957, she leased the company and took over in 1972 final. The main line of the Omaha Road ran from a C & NW branch in Elroy (Wisconsin ) to the "Twin Cities" ( Minneapolis-St. Paul ) and from there on Sioux City to Omaha.
On 1 July 1968, the takeover of the Chicago Great Western Railroad was a route network of 2,400 km. The main line of this company went from Chicago to Oelwein, Iowa and divided there into line branches to Minneapolis -St. Paul, Omaha and Kansas City (Missouri ). Through a combination of Hayfield by Clarion ( Iowa ), there was also a main line between the Twin Cities and Omaha. By taking over the Northwestern gave for the first time access to Kansas City and relieved himself likewise the pressure of competition. A planned merger with the Milwaukee Road in 1970, however, did not materialize.
When the Chicago, rock Iceland & Pacific Railroad was liquidated on 31 March 1980, the North Western took over 1,300 route kilometers. Among the routes taken over the "Spine Line", a well-developed, but much neglected connection of the Twin Cities on Des Moines to Kansas City (Missouri ) belonged. After a takeover war with SOO Line Railroad received on 20 June 1983 by the ICC awarded the contract for the route. As a result of the acquisition, the former Chicago North Western put Great Western sections of Oelwein to Minneapolis -St. Paul and Kansas City still.
Since the late 1980s, the Chicago and North Western Railway was repeatedly takeover candidate. On March 17, 1995, she was finally taken over by the Union Pacific.
The Northwestern was also involved in the suburbs of Chicago. There she is as a first track having a so-called Galery - double-deck coaches today are the standard vehicle in Chicago. As of 1984, the C & NW suburban services operation which organizes the Chicago suburb of traffic within the concept METRA behalf and on behalf of the local transport authority MTA. The previous yellow- green vehicles were repainted in the METRA schema. With an appropriate logo of the railway company is advised of the affected cars of this fact. The Union Pacific took over the merger that contract.
See also: List of North American Railroads