Cornelius Vanderbilt
Yes, Chicago has active railroad lines, commuter, long distance, and commercial.
Hub gang
Chicago
Railroad lines from both the East and the West came into Chicago.
Wabash v. Illinois
Wabash v. Illinois
The world's largest airline company in terms of the number of passengers carried is Delta Air Lines.
It was made the central railroad hub between east and western lines. In fact, even today it is still a major railroad hub.
Chicago, Illinois is the railroad capital of the world. Chicago has the greatest concentration of passenger carrying lines after the metropolitan New York area. The RTA is a coordinating agency for commuter rail. The Belt Railway of Chicago provides freight connections between line-haul railroads. The Chicago Transit Authority operates several lines, including to the O'Hare and Midway airports, Lake-Dan Ryan, and Ravenswood.
Railroad lines are the companies that offer rail carriers. These are like airlines or bus lines in that they offer service to customers.
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The invention of the standard gauge made a network of railroad lines possible.