The following railroads are operating in the U.S. state of Illinois. Current railroads Common freight carriers A&R Terminal Railroad (ART) AgRail (AGRL) Ag Valley Railroad (AVRR) Alton and Southern Railway (ALS) Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC) Bloomer Line (BLOL) BNSF Railway (BNSF) Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) also operates City of Rochelle Railroad (CIR) Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (CC), Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (EJE), Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), Illinois Central Railroad (IC), and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC) Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiaries Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME) and Soo Line Railroad (SOO) Chicago–Chemung Railroad (CCUO) Chicago Port Railroad (CPC) Chicago Rail Link (CRL) Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (CSS) Cicero Central Railroad (CCER) Coffeen and Western Railroad (CAEG) Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad (COER) CSX Transportation (CSXT) including subsidiary Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (BOCT) Decatur Central Railroad Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad (DREI) Decatur Junction Railway (DT) Eastern Illinois Railroad (EIRC) Effingham Railroad (EFRR) Evansville Western Railway (EVWR) FFG&C Railroad (FFGC) Great Lakes Terminal Railway (GLTR) Hussey Terminal Railroad (HTRC) (Out of Service) Illinois Railway (IR) Illinois and Midland Railroad (IMRR) Illinois Western Railroad (ILW) Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB) Indiana Rail Road (INRD) Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) operates Lincoln and Southern Railroad Joppa and Eastern Railroad (JE) Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad (KBSR) Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) including subsidiary Gateway Eastern Railway (GWWE) Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY) KM Railways (KMR) Manufacturers' Junction Railway (MJ) (Out of Service) Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) Peru Industrial Railroad (PIRR) Pioneer Industrial Railway (PRY) Port Harbor Railroad (PHRR) Riverport Railroad (RVPR) Shawnee Terminal Railway (STR) (Out of Service) South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (SCIH) Tazewell and Peoria Railroad (TZPR) operates Peoria and Pekin Union Railway (PPU) Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA) Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TPW) Union Pacific Railroad (UP) including subsidiary Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Company Vandalia Railroad (VRRC) Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR) operates FNG Logistics Company (FNG) Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR) Private freight carriers ADM Milling (ADMX) Aux Sable Midstream Bulkmatic Railroad Buzzi Unicem Centerpoint Transportation, LLC Operates the Joliet Terminal Railroad Hoffman Transportation (HTCX) Ingredion Kaskaskia Regional Port District (KKRX) Mars Candy Material Sciences Corporation Mokena Illinois Railroad R Bult Rail Lines Proposed railroads 505 Railroad Beecher Industrial Railway Crete Terminal Railroad Eastern Joliet Railway Great Lakes Basin Transportation Passenger