The Illinois Railway , formerly Illinois Railnet, is a
shortline railroad operating in
Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois is a region generally covering the northern third of the U.S. state of Illinois. The region is by far the most populous of Illinois with nearly 9.7 million residents as of 2010.
Economics
Northern Illinois is dominated by t ...
owned by
OmniTRAX
OmniTRAX, Inc. is a transportation and transportation infrastructure holding company based in Denver, Colorado, in the United States. It primarily owns or operates railroads, with a network of 25 regional and shortline railroads in 12 U.S. state ...
. 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
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