词条 | Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| railroad_name=Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | logo_filename=EJ&E.jpg | logo_size=93 | marks=EJE | gauge = {{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}} |system_map=Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway system map (2008).svg |map_caption=EJ&E (red) and Canadian National Railway (blue) as of 2008 |locale=Chicago and environs |start_year=January 1, 1889| |end_year=January 1, 2013| |successor_line=Wisconsin Central |hq_city= Gary, Indiana }} The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway {{Reporting mark|EJE}} was a Class I railroad, operating between Waukegan, Illinois and Gary, Indiana. The railroad served as a link between Class I railroads traveling to and from Chicago, although it operated almost entirely within the city's suburbs, and only entered Chicago where it served the U.S. Steel South Works on the shores of Lake Michigan. Nicknames for the railroad included "The J" and "The Chicago Outer Belt Line". At the end of 1970, the EJ&E operated 164 miles of track and carried 848 million ton-miles of revenue freight in that year alone. On September 26, 2007, the Canadian National Railway announced that it planned to purchase a majority of the EJ&E, leaving a portion of the line in Indiana to be reorganized as the Gary Railway. The purchase was approved on December 24, 2008 by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, and the deal was consummated effective February 1, 2009.[1] In the years immediately following the merger, the railroad existed as a subsidiary of Canadian National, and EJ&E locomotives that were repainted into CN colors were sub-lettered for the EJ&E. On December 31, 2012, Canadian National announced that the merger of the EJ&E into Wisconsin Central Ltd. (Another railroad subsidiary of CN) had been completed, and would take effect the following day. On January 1, 2013, the EJ&E effectively ceased to exist, 124 years to the day it was founded.[2] HistoryThe Elgin, Joliet and Eastern was created when several local railroads in Illinois and Indiana merged throughout the end of the 19th century. The systems that would make up the EJ&E included the Joliet, Aurora & Northern Railway (which dates back to 1884) and Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company of Illinois. The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway began operations on December 4, 1888 through the merger of these two systems.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} After the creation of the modern day EJ&E the railroad expanded by purchasing several other smaller lines including the Waukegan & Southwestern Railway; Gardner, Coal City & Northern Railway; Western Indiana Railroad; and the Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} The EJ&E moved to serve industries in the Hammond-East Chicago-Whiting industrial district by acquiring trackage rights in 1894. However, construction of the present line to Gary, Whiting and South Chicago was initiated in 1899 by the Griffith and Northern Railway. Connections with the Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway and the Western Indiana Railway further penetrated the district, although the EJ&E subsequently acquired both lines. In 1898 the EJ&E merged with four other non-railway companies to form Federal Steel Company. In 1901, United States Steel Corporation was formed from a merger that included Federal Steel, and U.S. Steel thereby acquired the railroad. The railroad's passenger services began with the start of operations in January 1889.{{rp|246}} The railroad stopped operating passenger trains in 1907,[3] but continued passenger service until 1909. During those two years, passengers would be transported by caboose.[4] The EJ&E underwent dieselization relatively early. In 1937, the railroad acquired its first diesel-electric locomotive, an EMC SW switcher, which was designated EJ&E #200.[5] Over the next 12 years, the entire steam fleet was replaced with first generation diesels. The first road diesel, Baldwin DT-6-6-2000 #100, was delivered to the railroad in May 1946.[6] The final steam movement occurred in late May 1949, led by a Mikado 2-8-2, EJ&E #740. The locomotive was sold to the scrapper that September.[7] In 1988, United States Steel and the Blackstone Group formed Transtar Inc. to serve as a shareholder of the EJ&E and several other affiliated railroads and companies. In March 2001, the Blackstone Group ended their ownership interest in Transtar, resulting in its becoming a fully owned subsidiary of United States Steel. On May 16, 2006, the EJ&E was the recipient of the 2005 Bronze E. H. Harriman Award for employee safety in group C (line-haul railroads with less than 4 million employee hours per year).[8] Canadian National/Gary RailwayOn September 10, 2007, Crain's Chicago Business reported that the Canadian National Railway was in talks to purchase the EJ&E.[9] In 2004, Canadian National had acquired two railroads, the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad and the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, that had also previously been owned by Transtar, but that at the time CN acquired them were owned by Great Lakes Transportation, LLC, a Blackstone Group subsidiary created when USS became the sole owner of Transtar). The purchase agreement was officially announced on September 26; CN would purchase the majority of the line. The purchase was initially expected to close in mid-2008, valued at $300 million. In fact, the closing did not take place until January 31, 2009 (effective February 1, 2009), following regulatory approval of the purchase by the Surface Transportation Board on December 24, 2008.[10][11][12] Canadian National plans to use the EJ&E to route trains around Chicago, where they now face lengthy delays because of congestion in the busy rail hub. In accordance with its agreement with CN, Transtar retained some railroad infrastructure in Gary, Indiana; this infrastructure has been reorganized as the Gary Railway to continue serving U.S. Steel's plants located there.[13][14] On Tuesday, March 10, 2009, the first two Canadian National trains debuted on the Elgin, Joliet, & Eastern, with plans to run six trains per day on the lines in the near future.[15] Motive powerAll-time diesel rosterThe EJ&E's all time diesel roster consisted of:[16]
Locomotive designations in bold indicate that these models were on the roster at the time of the railroad's sale to the Canadian National Railway. CommunitiesThe EJ&E connects the following cities and large towns:
See also{{Portal|Railways}}
References1. ^CN closes deal on Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | CTV News {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204094436/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090201/cn_deal_090102/20090201?hub=Canada&s_name= |date=February 4, 2009 }} 2. ^CN | CN completes intra-corporate merger of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern into Wisconsin Central subsidiary 3. ^p.14 Jaenicke, Paul W & Eisenbrandt , Ralph Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway 2007 Arcadia Publishing 4. ^Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Archive - FAQ 5. ^Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Archive - Diesel Locomotive Roster: 200 6. ^ {{dead link|date=February 2013}} 7. ^Joliet Herald-News Sunday June 5, 1949 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nscorp.com/nscorp/application;JSESSIONID_nscorp=E0D2wDZLZ8t844Gn6WZDlSVqmCEM2UEJtEicpNZ1tBcpy4wFlISk!-1862265230?origin=content.jsp&event=bea.portal.framework.internal.refresh&pageid=NS+News&contentId=english/nscorp/news/whats_new/whats_new/news051606.html |title=Railroads Set Another Employee Safety Record in 2005 |author=Association of American Railroads (reprinted by Norfolk Southern Railway) |date=2006-05-16 |accessdate=2006-05-24 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213232521/http://www.nscorp.com/nscorp/application%3BJSESSIONID_nscorp%3DE0D2wDZLZ8t844Gn6WZDlSVqmCEM2UEJtEicpNZ1tBcpy4wFlISk%21-1862265230?origin=content.jsp&event=bea.portal.framework.internal.refresh&pageid=NS+News&contentId=english%2Fnscorp%2Fnews%2Fwhats_new%2Fwhats_new%2Fnews051606.html |archivedate=2007-02-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 9. ^{{cite news| url=http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?article_id=28393&bt=Canadian+National&arc=n&searchType=| title=Rail deal offers city a remedy| publisher=Crain's Chicago Business| date=2007-09-10| accessdate=2007-09-14| author=Tita, Bob}}{{dead link|date=February 2013}} 10. ^{{cite press release| url=http://www.stb.dot.gov/__85256593004F576F.nsf/0/37278E04696F2177852575290058EDF0?OpenDocument| title=SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD APPROVES CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY'S ACQUISITION OF ELGIN, JOLIET & EASTERN RAILWAY| publisher=United States Surface Transportation Board| date=December 24, 2008| accessdate=January 4, 2009}} 11. ^{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/americasDealsNews/idUKTRE4BN45C20081224| title=Regulators OK CN deal for EJ&E, with conditions| work=Reuters UK| author=Dowd, Allan| date=December 24, 2008| accessdate=January 4, 2009}} 12. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.financialpost.com/news/story.html?id=1115975| title=Canadian National Railway gets its wish, but pays for it| work=Financial Post| author=Sturgeon, Jamie| date=December 26, 2008| accessdate=January 4, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 13. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN2625746620070926| title=CN Railway to buy EJ&E line for $300 million| publisher=Reuters| date=2007-09-26| accessdate=2007-09-26}} 14. ^{{cite press release|publisher=Canadian National Railway |url=http://cn.ca/about/media/news_releases/2007/3rd_quarter/en_News20070926.shtml |title=CN to acquire key operations of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway for US$300 million |date=2007-09-26 |accessdate=2007-09-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111195118/http://www.cn.ca/about/media/news_releases/2007/3rd_quarter/en_News20070926.shtml |archivedate=November 11, 2007 }} 15. ^{{cite news| url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/mar/10/local/chi-cn-railroad-10-mar10| title=Canadian National Railway trains to debut on Elgin, Joliet & Eastern line Tuesday| publisher=Chicago Tribune| date=March 10, 2009| accessdate=March 20, 2009}}{{dead link|date=February 2013}} 16. ^Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Archive - Diesel Locomotive Roster: 100 17. ^Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Archive - Diesel Locomotive Roster: 300 }} External links{{commons category}}
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