Re: [CBQ] Help wanted with popular route names

["Steven Holding" <sholding@sbcglobal.net>]

The Chicago, Burington and Northern took over  the route from Oregon to St. Paul.  I was indexing that paper work in the Archives last week

Galesburg to Savanna was a mixture of former roads and called the Pea Vine as were a lot of lines had Pea Vines.  because of the curves and added parts.  Sometimes "Air Line"  was used for a straight line often by pass trackage.  Also often a line was named for a major city along the route

Steve in SC

On Monday, September 21, 2020, 12:05:38 AM EDT, Q5632West <bill.diven@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all:

Re the "C&I Line" -- Technically the Chicago & Iowa ran from Aurora to an Illinois Central connection at Forreston via Rochelle, Oregon and Mount Morris built 1870-71. Oregon to Savanna came a little later as the Chicago, Burlington & Northern. The Burlington controlled both C&I and CB&N, which were consolidated into the main system by 1900 or so (don't have my notes handy). What was the C&I west of Oregon was cut back from Forreston to Mount Morris in the mid-1930s.

I have no idea when C&I Line came into common use for Aurora-Oregon-Savanna but as bonus information do know there was an old tavern, the C&I Tap, operating in downtown Oregon when I was a kid. Perhaps Q-related saloons would be another topic to pursue sometime.

Bill 

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