Chicago Burlington and Northern Railroad Company stock certificate c1885 (Illinois)

Nice IL railroad piece. Vignette of a period steam train with cars passing a factory building. Unissued and not cancelled.  Circa 1885. Dated 18__ on the cert.  Approximately 10 x 8 inches.

The Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad Company (of Illinois) was incorporated August 25, 1885, under the general laws of the State of Illinois. Chicago, Burlington, and Northern Railroad Company was a small railroad that operated for a short period, from 1885 to 1899. Its routes ran across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Successor of the Winona, Alma and Northern Railway, the Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad became part of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad System. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, or as the Q, it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and in Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, and Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.

The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), which was absorbed into the larger Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970. The Burlington Northern Railroad, in turn, merged with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1995 to form the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), which was later renamed BNSF Railway. Today, BNSF Railway is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. 

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