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Defiantly, the company ran another train the next day. Police stopped the train and arrested the crew, but company officials took the controls and managed to run the train into the Loop. In order to stop its return, police opened the Wells Street bridge and blocked the track with railroad ties, but
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February 1896. The project experienced financial difficulties and work was paused later in the year and stopped completely in 1897. New financing was found, and construction began again in July 1899. In order to meet the franchise requirements, an inaugural train
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Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company was incorporated on October 30, 1893, and on January 8, 1894, it was granted a 50-year franchise by the City of Chicago. The original franchise stipulated that service between a downtown location to the south of the
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Chicago Elevated Railways Collateral Trust, establishing crosstown services for the first time. In 1924, all four companies were formally united to form the
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3351:. Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Association. pp. 187–205.
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Development of Chicago's Rapid Transit System, 1888-1932
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A preserved Northwestern Elevated Railroad car dating from 1907
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4339:Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
4019:Randolph Street and Cuyler Avenue
3417:"Another "L" Road Incorporated".
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3448:Poor, H.V.; Poor, H.W. (1900).
3323:. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing.
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4308:Lake Street Elevated Railroad
4303:Chicago Rapid Transit Company
3861:Howard–Englewood–Jackson Park
3566:. January 3, 1900. p. 5.
3551:. January 2, 1900. p. 1.
3286:Chicago Rapid Transit Company
3216:The Milwaukee Road depots at
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4388:Skip-stop on the Chicago "L"
4323:South Side Elevated Railroad
4254:1977 Chicago Loop derailment
3640:(21): 842–849. May 23, 1908.
3508:. March 8, 1896. p. 25.
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3674:. April 3, 1912. p. 9.
3659:(14): 467. October 4, 1907.
3581:. May 19, 1907. p. 11.
3536:. July 28, 1899. p. 1.
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4424:Defunct Illinois railroads
3634:The Street Railway Journal
3618:. May 12, 1908. p. 1.
3562:""L" Crisis Comes Today".
3547:"City Stops Work On "L"".
3532:"Rushing North Side "L"".
3406:. June 1, 1900. p. 2.
3402:"New "L" Road is Opened".
4419:Rapid transit in Illinois
4287:Chicago Transit Authority
4264:2023 Howard station crash
4259:2014 O'Hare station crash
3597:.org: Stations - Kimball"
3577:"New 'L' Line Operated".
3338:Wilcox, Delos F. (1911).
3290:Chicago Transit Authority
3275:was built in April 1912.
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3616:Chicago Daily Tribune
3579:Chicago Daily Tribune
3564:Chicago Daily Tribune
3549:Chicago Daily Tribune
3534:Chicago Daily Tribune
3506:Chicago Daily Tribune
3491:Chicago Daily Tribune
3489:"Yerkes Wants Time".
3419:Chicago Daily Tribune
3404:Chicago Daily Tribune
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3477:Municipal Franchises
3464:Municipal Franchises
3319:Borzo, Greg (2007).
2960:North Water Terminal
4378:Mid-City Transitway
3106:Uptown neighborhood
375:North Shore Channel
4414:History of Chicago
3943:Milwaukee–Dearborn
3715:(HAER) No. IL-2, "
3685:Garfield, Graham.
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3989:Garfield Park
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3866:Lake–Dan Ryan
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3687:"Unification"
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3279:Consolidation
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2010:Union Station
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4317:
4141:Skokie Shops
4009:Metropolitan
4004:Logan Square
3973:State Street
3871:Loop Shuttle
3694:. Retrieved
3690:
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3671:
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3656:
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3266:
3258:Hayes Street
3215:
3205:in suburban
3200:
3188:Clark Street
3181:
3160:
3156:
3140:
3114:Clark Street
3093:
3091:
3020:
2858:Wells Street
1824:North Branch
226:
190:
169:Trolley wire
93:May 31, 1900
4332:Interurbans
4234:2400-series
4229:2200-series
4224:2000-series
4219:1–50 series
4214:6000-series
4209:5000-series
4204:4000-series
4188:9000-series
4183:7000-series
4178:5000-series
4173:3200-series
4168:2600-series
4034:Westchester
4024:Stock Yards
4014:Normal Park
3928:Lake Street
3923:Forest Park
3845:Yellow Line
3827:Purple Line
3809:Orange Line
3230:Rogers Park
3218:Argyle Park
2138:Irving Park
1072:Rogers Park
124:Track gauge
77:Operator(s)
4403:Categories
4126:Lower 63rd
4101:Desplaines
4092:(proposed)
3968:South Side
3958:Ravenswood
3948:North Side
3800:Green Line
3791:Brown Line
3696:2007-12-28
3387:References
3184:Ravenswood
3152:Union Loop
3137:Beginnings
3118:Brown Line
2442:Wrightwood
2384:Wellington
2060:Ravenswood
165:Third rail
4383:Red Ahead
4273:Operators
4247:Incidents
3913:East 63rd
3818:Pink Line
3782:Blue Line
3593:"Chicago
3479:, p. 480.
3466:, p. 479.
3312:Footnotes
3234:Birchwood
3222:Edgewater
3170:Expansion
3126:Red Lines
3110:main line
2471:Fullerton
2255:Southport
1750:Francisco
1444:Bryn Mawr
1351:Thorndale
1258:Granville
561:CNS&M
232:Milwaukee
228:CNS&M
184:Route map
115:Character
110:Technical
4136:Rosemont
4047:Stations
3918:Evanston
3908:Dan Ryan
3884:Branches
3836:Red Line
3522:, p. 62.
3475:Wilcox,
3462:Wilcox,
3438:, p. 61.
3273:Wilmette
3246:Dempster
3207:Evanston
3023:the Loop
2870:C&NW
2747:Division
2718:Schiller
2689:Sedgwick
2638:Larrabee
2413:Diversey
2131:Sheridan
2099:Montrose
1866:Rockwell
1743:Lawrence
740:Evanston
629:Dempster
552:Terminal
352:Isabella
324:Evanston
317:Wilmette
143: in
118:Elevated
56:Illinois
43:Overview
4280:Current
4161:Current
4151:Rolling
4116:Kimball
4096:Ashland
3999:Kenwood
3898:Ashland
3891:Current
3771:Current
3755:Chicago
3518:Borzo,
3434:Borzo,
3299:Belmont
3238:Calvary
3196:Kimball
3132:History
3102:Chicago
2865:Station
2824:Chicago
2609:Halsted
2500:Webster
2355:Belmont
2216:Paulina
2209:Addison
2177:Addison
1956:Western
1544:Kimball
746:Chicago
695:Calvary
416:Central
138:⁄
85:History
62:Service
52:Chicago
4296:Former
4197:Former
4131:Midway
4121:Linden
4111:Howard
4106:Harlem
3982:Former
3963:Skokie
3953:O'Hare
3938:Midway
3903:Cermak
3854:Former
3843:
3834:
3825:
3816:
3807:
3798:
3789:
3780:
3374:
3355:
3327:
3307:Jarvis
3288:. The
3122:Purple
2931:Kinzie
2878:
2558:Willow
2529:Center
1949:Wilson
1647:Kedzie
1640:Argyle
1165:Loyola
979:Jarvis
886:Howard
557:
547:Church
482:Foster
263:Linden
199:Legend
191:
171:600 V
98:Closed
90:Opened
48:Locale
35:Argyle
4361:Other
4153:stock
4090:120th
4068:Yards
3764:Lines
3254:Noyes
3250:Davis
2852:
2846:Grand
2248:Clark
2170:Grace
2092:Buena
2024:Robey
2016:
1996:
1830:
1811:
752:
735:
596:Davis
542:
449:Noyes
330:
311:
4085:98th
4080:61st
4075:54th
3933:Loop
3372:ISBN
3353:ISBN
3325:ISBN
3260:and
3242:Main
3146:and
3124:and
3092:The
3073:edit
3066:talk
3059:view
662:Main
67:Type
3757:"L"
3271:in
3112:at
3021:to
2776:Oak
2008:to
230:to
4405::
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