Illinois Central Railroad was once one of the mightiest businesses in the Midwest. Beginning in the 1850s, “The Main Line of Mid-America” rolled freight and passenger trains out of Chicago ...

The Port Clinton-based Reading & Northern Railroad has added an updated passenger coach to its ... it was built in the 1920s for the Illinois Central Railroad. Reading & Northern recently ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The 27th Street station is rarely used these days and the Illinois Central Railroad is no longer ... a historic Chicago train crash killed 45 people and injured 331 more.

According to a history of the ITR written by Jenkins, it served central ... last run of the Illinois Terminal Railroad passenger service was March 2, 1956. A 3-car special train organized by ...

MOLINE — The Chicago-to-Moline passenger rail line appears to be back on track after the Illinois Department of Transportation told the Federal Railroad Administration it is proceeding with the ...

Passenger rail service would return to Rockford by late 2027 under an agreement with Metra and Union Pacific announced on Thursday by Illinois Gov ... overhead on the railroad bridge over the ...