Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad

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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad

Overview
Headquarters	Chicago
Reporting mark	CEI
Locale	Chicago, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, Evansville, Indiana and southern Illinois
Dates of operation	1877–1976
Successor	Split between Missouri Pacific Railroad later Union Pacific Railroad and Louisville and Nashville Railroad later CSX
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map v t e Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Legend Chicago Monmence State Line Watzeka Classna Park Illinois Indiana Freeland Park Illinois Indiana Hoopeston Judysville Danville Villa Grove Wabash River Tuscola Illinois Indiana Sullivan Brazil Findlay Indianapolis Terre Haute Shelbyville Hymera Pana Sullivan Altamont Vincennes Salem Princeton Hillsboro Mount Vernon Benton Evansville Marlon Joppa Thebes Mississippi River Illinois Missouri St. Louis Chaffee This is a map of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad

The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad (reporting mark CEI) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago to southern Illinois, St. Louis, and Evansville. Founded in 1877, it grew aggressively and stayed relatively strong throughout the Great Depression and two World Wars before finally being purchased by the Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP or MoPac) and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N). Missouri Pacific merged with the C&EI corporate entity in 1976, and was later acquired itself by the Union Pacific Railroad.