Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway

The C&JE was an outgrowth of the Joliet streetcar system, which was acquired by the American Railways Company of Philadelphia at the start of the 20th century.

In 1900 a line was built north from Joliet to Lemont, with an extension to Chicago opening in September 1901.

[1] A carbarn and transformer were built in Lyons Township (Bedford Park after 1940)[2]) at Roberts Road, the railway's property behind it was sold for a large corn processing plant.

Bethnia and Resurrection cemeteries and nearby restaurants attracted riders, and further west forest preserves were popular on the weekends.

[8][9] In 1915 the C&JE became a subsidiary of Central Illinois Public Service Company, which was owned by Samuel Insull.

Despite the use of modern suburban-type interurban cars, C&JE ridership plummeted with the onset of the Great Depression and on November 16, 1933, the rail line between Lockport and Argo was abandoned.

In 1933 the railway's subsidiary Chicago and Joliet Transportation Co. replaced most rail operation with buses.

The heavy traffic Cicero-Argo segment stayed in service until 1934, when it became a CSL local bus route.

past Resurrection and Bethania cemetery, then south-west to Willow Springs, where they ran on the north side of the road.

The tracks then went west, turned south on today's New Ave., rejoined Archer Rd., and entered Lockport.

alignment) past the company office, and Dellwood Park then`into Joliet on Collins Ave. At Cass St. the line turned west onto local streetcar tracks, at Ottawa St. it turned south and went one block to the terminal at Ottawa and Clinton Sts.