WASHINGTON — Canadian National has asked federal regulators to confirm that the railroad has operating authority on trackage ...

Hunter Harrison began working for the railroad in Memphis when he was a teenager in late 1963, pouring oil into the wheels and axles of boxcars. By 1993, he was CEO of Chicago-based Illinois Central ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The 27th Street station is rarely used these days and the Illinois Central Railroad is no longer in operation. But, it was along these same tracks still used by the Metra Electric ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The logo of the Illinois Central ...

We hear a lot about so-called "fake news" these days. We don't hear much about "fake history." That's probably because history is harder to fake. It's more robust than the news. The passage of time ...

It was luck, really, that brought the Illinois Central Railroad to Rantoul. Plans called for a Chicago branch of the railroad to stretch for about 270 miles from Chicago to Centralia. Champaign County ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Illinois 13 (E. Main Street) near US-51 (N. Illinois Ave.) will be closed for several days in June while crews perform repairs on the railroad crossing. Illinois Department of ...

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