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Headquarters | Springfield, Illinois |
Reporting mark | IMRR |
Locale | Central Illinois |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Illinois and Midland Railroad (reporting mark IMRR) is a railroad in the U.S. state of Illinois, serving Peoria, Springfield and Taylorville. Until 1996, when Genesee & Wyoming Inc. bought it, the company was named the Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway (reporting mark CIM).[1] It was once a Class I railroad, specializing in the hauling of coal. At the end of 1970 it operated 121 route-miles on 214 miles of track; it reported 255 million ton-miles of revenue freight that year.