Manufacturers' Junction Railway
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The Manufacturers' Junction Railway (reporting mark MJ) is a shortline railroad in Cicero, Illinois. Originally a subsidiary of Western Electric used to switch their Hawthorne Works, after the plants were phased out it was sold to OmniTRAX, a company offering railroad management and other services.
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Parent company | Western Electric (1903) Chicago West Pullman Transportation (1986) OmniTRAX (1992) |
Headquarters | Cicero, Illinois, USA |
Reporting mark | MJ |
Dates of operation | 1903ā |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Track length | 21.68 miles (34.89 km) (1917) 5.5 miles (8.85 km) (1998) |
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