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The Levenworth, Pawnee
and Western


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and Santa Fe


  The Chicago and North
Western line

  The Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul and Pacific


  The Northern Pacific Railway

  The Illinois Central Railroad
  

 

 

Another railway leading out from Chicago is the Chicago and North Western line, with over 8,470 miles of track. 1,678 locomotives, three Diesel electric locomotives, nearly 2,000 passenger cars, including a number driven on the petrol-electric system, together with over 60,000 freight and other cars of all types.

Another important line also leading out from Chicago is the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. It is over the lines of this railway that the famous American train the "Zephyr" operates.