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But throughout it all, good old fashioned railroading is still practiced. In the 1880s, the line was purchased by the Baltimore & Philadelphia Railroad (B&P), a subsidiary of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O). As of this date the total number of laborers and employees of the railroad is 3,000. Louis Railroad, and northwesterly from Normantown, on the main line, to Aurora. (HISTORY) The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway was chartered in1887 and absorbed the Joliet, Aurora & Northern Railway, from Joliet to Aurora (21 miles), which had been commenced in 1886 and was completed in 1888, with extensions from Joliet to Spaulding, Ill., and from Joliet to McCool, Ind.
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