Chicago – New York Electric Air Line Railroad -- July 17, 2020

Minneapolis Journal, 04-November-1906

The promoters of the Chicago – New York Electric Air Line Railroad proposed to build a route more direct than the steam railroads between New York and Chicago. Electric locomotives would pull trains from terminal to terminal in 10 hours. In early 1900s usage, an Air Line was a railroad that went directly from point to point with few or no stops in between. 

Ultimately, the company built a short interurban road near Gary, Indiana.