Horse Car
1887-1890 - La Salle Street Railroad Co.
1890-1892 - La Salle & Peru Horse & Dummy Railroad Co.
1890-1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1890-1902 - City Electric Railway Co.
1902-1904 - Illinois Valley Traction Co.
1904-1909 - Illinois Valley Railway Co.
1909-1923 - Chicago Ottawa & Peoria Railway Co.
1923-1926 - Illinois Power & Light Co.
1926 - streetcars discontinued
1936-1937 - La Salle-Peru City Lines (National City Lines)
1937-1950's - La Salle-Peru City Lines (new owners)
After 1950's - La Salle-Peru City Lines (American Transit Corp.)
Ottawa
1889-1894 - Ottawa Electric Street Railway Co.
1894-1896 - Ottawa Electric Railway Co.
1896-1899 - Ottawa Street Railway Co.
1899-1903 - Ottawa Railway Light & Power Co.
1903-1910 - Northern Illinois Light & Traction Co.
1910-1923 - Chicago Ottawa & Peoria Railway Co.
1923-1934 - Illinois Power & Light Co.
1927 - buses introduced
1934 - streetcars discontinued
1932-1945 - Valley Motor Bus Co.
After 1945 - Ottawa Safety Lines
Streator
1891-1896 - Streator Railway Co.
1896-1898 - service suspended
1898-1905 - People's Light & Railway Co.
1905-1910 - Illinois Light & Traction Co.
1910-1911 - Illinois Valley Gas & Electric Co.
1911-1912 - Public Service Co. of Northern Illinois.
1912 - streetcars discontinued
1922-1937 - Streator Yellow Bus Co.
After 1941 - Bellwood Transit Lines
Private bus co. in 1952 - Streator Transit Lines
Princeton
1906-1910 - Northern Illinois Light & Traction Co.
1910-1923 - Chicago Ottawa & Peoria Railway Co.
1923-1929 - Illinois Power & Light Co.
1929 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Princeton Bus Co.
Oglesby
1924-1947 - Oglesby Motor Transportation Co.
After 1947 - La Salle-Peru City Lines
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
North Central Area Transit (La Salle County)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Bureau-Putnam Area Rural Transit
1928-1936 - Blue Motor Coach Lines
1936-1941 - Santa Fe Trails of Illinois
1941-1948 - Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co./Santa Fe Trailways
1948-1962 - Continental Trailways
1962-1990 - Peoria Rockford Bus Co.
1990-1994 - Illinois Valley Coaches
After 1994 - Burlington Trailways (new company)
Interurban lines:
Joliet-Morris (constructed 1912, discontinued 1934)
Morris-Seneca (constructed 1909, discontinued 1934)
Seneca-Marseilles (constructed 1906, discontinued 1934)
Marseilles-Spring Valley (constructed 1902, discontinued 1934)
Spring Valley-Ladd (constructed 1902, discontinued 1924)
Spring Valley-Depue (constructed 1906, discontinued 1934)
Depue-Princeton (constructed 1906, discontinued 1929)
Ottawa-Streator (constructed 1908, discontinued 1929)
Bus line:
Chicago-Peoria
Introduced 1928