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Ottawa Rail Bridge
The Ottawa Rail Bridge is a railroad bridge spanning the Illinois River in the municipality of Ottawa, Illinois, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois. The first rail crossing on this site was constructed in 1871 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, along a route leased from the Ottawa, Oswego and Fox River Valley Railroad between Ottawa and Streator, Illinois. The current bridge was constructed in 1898 by the King Bridge Company and altered in 1932 to include a Vertical-lift bridge, vertical-lift span designed by Waddell & Harrington. The Illinois Railway now operates trains over the bridge on its Ottawa Branch between Streator and Montgomery, Illinois. See also *List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Illinois References External links * Bridges in LaSalle County, Illinois Historic American Engineering Record in Illinois Bridges over the Illinois River Railroad bridges in Illinois Truss bridges in the United States Steel bridges in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois Railway
The Illinois Railway , formerly Illinois Railnet, is a shortline railroad operating in Northern Illinois owned by OmniTRAX. It operates of former BNSF Railway BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that ... trackage. It was created in 1997 and operates four lines in Northern Illinois. Lines Trackage rights * Montgomery to Eola * Power only Oregon to Aurora * Power only Zearing to Montgomery Locomotives Former Locomotives References Illinois railroads OmniTRAX {{Illinois-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |