Chicago, West Pullman & Southern

Company History:
One of the many, many short line railroads that have existed within the City of Chicago was the Chicago, West Pullman & Southern Railroad, the brainchild of Cyrus McCormick in the 1880's.
McCormick founded the International Harvester company, and wished to manufacture and produce the materials necessary for its products in house. To that end, he gained control of a steel company that became Wisconsin Steel on Chicago's South Side, and the CWP&S was constructed to transport materials between the two plants.
The company lasted until 1983, when the Chicago West Pullman company purchased the assets of the steel plant and railroad, and abandoning unnecessary trackage.

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