Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$39M
Total assets Below avg plan size
49
Participants Small participant base
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$804,093
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees · Sponsored by The Belt Railway Company of Chicago · Illinois · Transportation & Warehousing

$39M in assets, 49 participants

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago's The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees reported $39M in total assets and 49 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #3,297 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)

Where The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees sits by assets

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $39M for 49 participants (~$804,093/participant), down 23.9% in 2022.

#3,297
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
-23.9%
assets change YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $12M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees's outsized position by total assets

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$39,400,551 Top 14% higher than 86% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees is a small filing (49 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 366000256 · The Belt Railway Company of Chicago PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees · $39M · 49 · 86th

  • PHOTO $39M
  • IND 49
  • EOY 86th
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Dominion Energy Kewaunee Union Pension Plan
  • PCT ind #3297

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$52M
Net Assets (End of Year)$39M
Net Income-$12M
Employer EIN366000256
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Belt Railway Company of Chicago)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Belt Railway Company of Chicago plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$63M 10.567619253144764% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$56M$58M$60M$62M$64M 202220232024 $57M $63M ▲ +10.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 439 $57M
2023 2 422 $62M
2024 2 438 $63M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.039400551 · Participants: 49The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule EmployeesCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 42.629770802 · Participants: 50096Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 32.129102809 · Participants: 49052State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.958716532 · Participants: 20170United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.304502684 · Participants: 0John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.770339506 · Participants: 16809Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Dominion Energy Kewaunee Union Pension Plan in VA ($39M); by covered participants it is The Day Publishing Company Trusteed Pension Plan in CT (49 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (49 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees assets move in 2022? ▼
The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees declined sharply - down 23.9% during 2022, from $52M to $39M. Reported net income was -$12M.
How have The Belt Railway Company of Chicago plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Belt Railway Company of Chicago's sponsor-wide assets grew 10.6%, from $57M to $63M.
Where does The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees ranks in the 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Dominion Energy Kewaunee Union Pension Plan in VA ($39M, 5 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Day Publishing Company Trusteed Pension Plan in CT (49 participants, $15M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 366000256.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.