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<p>In 1868, the Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis Railroad Company (RRI&StL) began construction on 40 miles of new railroad, extending from Agnew, immediately west of Sterling, Illinois; to East Moline, Illinois. The new railroad line would be completed in 1870. The railroad was consolidated into the St. Louis, Rock Island & Chicago Railway (StLRI&C) in 1876. The StLRI&C was operated under lease of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q). The CB&Q was beginning to construct an extensive network of railroad lines, extending westwards from Chicago. The StLRI&C was merged into the CB&Q in 1899. This line was one of a number of secondary lines constructed in western Illinois during the 1870s. The line mainly served to connect industries at Sterling with the larger hub of the Quad Cities. In 1970, the CB&Q was merged with the Northern Pacific Railway and the Great Northern Railway to form Burlington Northern Railroad (BN). The segment between Sterling and Lyndon would be abandoned in 1985. In 1996, BN merged with Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway to form BNSF Railway. The remaining portion of this line is operated as the middle portion of the Barstow Subdivision.<br></p>
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