Following the delivery of dome cars constructed for the Union Pacific and Wabash for the City of St. Louis in 1958, U.S.

Prior to the inception of Amtrak, freight rail companies like the Pennsylvania Railroad and Illinois Central were required to provide passenger service. As rail travel dipped in the post-World War ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Steel-Frame Side-Door Passenger Car Built by the Illinois Central Railroad Company ” in SA Supplements Vol. 56 No. 1448supp (October ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois is making significant investments in its passenger rail network with the help of two federal grants. Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) have ...

Illinois officials stopped in Rockford for an update on restoration of passenger rail service. It was also to reassure skeptics this is all for real.

Funding secured for Rockford to Chicago passenger rail project, part of Illinois' $55.1 billion Fiscal Year 2026 budget. The new Illinois budget includes funding for the long-gestating Rockford to ...

Illinois officials on Tuesday played host to the first of four public meetings designed in part to update folks on the $275 million restoration of passenger rail service between Rockford and ...