The Dixon, Peoria and Hannibal Railroad was a 44.6-mile (71.8 km) railroad in Illinois, United States.[1]

History

The company was incorporated in 1867 by a Special Act of the Illinois Legislature.[1]

Known as the "Buda branch", the standard-gauge, single-track, steam railroad line connected to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad line in Buda, Illinois, and ran south to Elmwood, Illinois, with no branch lines.[1][2][3] The company did not operate the line it constructed; it leased it to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1869, and the line opened for traffic in 1870.[1] The corporate records for the company were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.[1] In 1899, the company deeded all its property to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Baldwin, W.W. (1921). Corporate History of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. pp. 48, 49.
  2. ^ Shallenberger, Eliza Jane (1876). Stark County and Its Pioneers. B.W. Seaton. p. 119.
  3. ^ Interstate Commerce Commission Reports. Vol. 134. United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. 1928. p. 327.
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