Pennsylvania RR Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RR Alton RR (Gulf, Mobile and Ohio RR after 1948). Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific RR. (Note: the Union Pacific Railroad, at this time, was usi
The Union Pacific Railroad never used C&NW Terminal in Chicago during the 40's. The trains were C&NW. UP ran to Omaha, C&NW picked up their trains to Chicago. Unlike the CB&Q- D&RGW-WP California Zep
You've raised an interesting question. Union Stations occurred when two or more railroads joined together with a common station. There were (and still are) depots that are joint facilities of two or
Interesting that they all picked the same name, or that it was allowed. The ??/?? railroads were allowed to name their place Union Station in Cincinnati for example. You would think that who ever ha
Chicago Union Station Company owned and operated CUS. The owners of the CUSC were Pennsylvania Railroad (50%) Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (25%) and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific (25%).
I don't know of any examples of just Union Station. There's Denver Union Station (owned and operated by the Denver Union Terminal Co.), Chicago Union Station, Salina Union Depot in Kansas, Pueblo Uni
Jack On rereading my original reply, you are indeed correct. UP Trains, operated by the Chicago and Northwestern RR, used the CN&W station; UP Railroad operations did not go into Chicago. Should have
John Union Stations, as with many other stations, were often jointly owned by multiple railroads, usually through a separate corporation that controlled both the terminal and, sometimes, railroad ope
Some Union Stations weren't called Union Stations. Chicago's Dearborn Station was owned by the Chicago and Western Indiana, a terminal and marginal commuter road. This road was owned jointly by stati
"Union Station" is a generic name, and means it serves more than one railroad, that is, that they have "united" to operate out of one station. Perhaps one of the most noted examples at one time was t
Wes, I guess you haven't been to St.Louis lately, the TRRA hasn't had extensive freight operations since the late 70's to mid 80's. They actually do very little switching in St.Louis at all, and what
As I recall from my Dad and Mr. Murphy (when I asked), in Chicago, it was for the Union Terminal Company. The railroads did not directly own or operate the station. Don't have any idea of what they d
Even in smaller towns. All "Union Station" meant was that the building served more than one railroad. The station in Burlington, IA was known as a "Union Station" because it served the CB&Q and Rock