Dixon, Peoria and Hannibal Railroad

The company was incorporated in 1867 by a Special Act of the Illinois Legislature.^[1]

Known as the "Buda branch", the standard-gauge, single-track, steam railroad line connected to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad line in Buda, Illinois, and ran south to Elmwood, Illinois, with no branch lines.^[1][2][3] The company did not operate the line it constructed; it leased it to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1869, and the line opened for traffic in 1870.^[1] The corporate records for the company were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.^[1] In 1899, the company deeded all its property to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.^[1]