Grand Crossing

Grand Crossing

By Angela Cotey | November 14, 2023

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


This 1902 northward view of Chicago’s Grand Crossing makes it obvious how this busy South Side rail intersection got its name. Six tracks of Illinois Central (two suburban, two passenger, two freight) cross the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago (Pennsylvania Railroad) and Lake Shore and Michigan Southern (New York Central).
Illinois Central photo

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