CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD LANTERN ADAMS & WESTLAKE CO. THE \"ADAMS\" C & A.R.R 1897 For Sale

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CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD LANTERN ADAMS & WESTLAKE CO. THE \"ADAMS\" C & A.R.R 1897:
$489.00

CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD

This RARE Vintage piece of Railroad History, made by THE ADAMS AND WESTLAKE COMPANY for the CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD.This lantern is marked THE ADAMS AND WESTLAKE COMPANY CHICAGO THE \"ADAMS\" C & A.R.R.PAT\'D SEPT. 21, 1897 last date JAN. 26, 1909. The brass burner is marked E. MILLER & CO. U.S.A. and the twist-off fount are in good working condition. The Corning clear glass globe isembossed C.& A.R.R. Cnx 0,No cracks, some small flea chips around rims. Please view photos and Email with questions. Thanks for looking.

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TheAlton Railroad(reporting markA) was the final name of arailroadlinkingChicagotoAlton, Illinois;St. Louis, Missouri; andKansas City, Missouri. Its predecessor, theChicago and Alton Railroad(reporting markC&A),[1]was purchased by theBaltimore and Ohio Railroadin 1931 and was controlled until 1942 when the Alton was released to the courts. On May 31, 1947, the Alton Railroad was merged into theGulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad.Jacob Bunnhad been one of the founding reorganizers of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company during the 1860s.

Main lines included Chicago to St. Louis and a branch to Kansas City.[2]The former is now part ofUnion Pacific, withMetraHeritage Corridorcommuter railservice north ofJoliet(owned by theCanadian National Railwaybut used by UP). Today, the Kansas City line is part of theCPKCsystem.

The earliest ancestor to the Alton Railroad was the Alton and Sangamon Railroad, chartered February 27, 1847, inIllinoisto connect theMississippi Rivertown ofAltonto the state capital atSpringfieldinSangamon County. The line was finished in 1852, and as the Chicago & Mississippi Railroad extended toBloomingtonin 1854 andJolietin 1855. Initially trains ran over the completedChicago and Rock Island Railroadto Chicago.

The Joliet and Chicago Railroad was chartered February 15, 1855, and opened in 1856, continuing north and northeast from Joliet to downtown Chicago. It was leased by the Chicago & Mississippi, providing a continuous railroad from Alton to Chicago. In 1857 the C&M was reorganized as the St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad, and another reorganization on October 10, 1862, produced the Chicago and Alton Railroad. The C&A chartered the Alton and St. Louis Railroad to extend the line toEast St. Louis, opened in 1864, giving it a line from Chicago to East St. Louis.

In 1925 Chicago & Alton carried 2143 million revenue ton-miles of freight and 202 million revenue passenger-miles on (at year-end) 1056 miles of road and 1863 miles of track. Same numbers for 1944 were 2596, 483, 959 and 1717. By 1950, all of the Alton\'s steam locomotives were replaced by diesel locomotives.

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