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Trains on MSNTwilight of the dome carsFollowing 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 ...
John Luther Jones was already a celebrity when he spent the summer of 1893 in Chicago, operating Illinois Central passenger trains between the Loop and the World’s Columbian Exposition in ...
The Metra Electric District, previously known as the Illinois Central Gulf Raildroad, runs alongside Olympia Fields Country Club in this photo taken from a club water tower just before the 2003 U ...
In pre-Amtrak days, Illinois Central passenger trains often rocketed down the rails at speeds exceeding 90 mph. As mayor after mayor along the line has clamored for station stops ...
MATTOON - A rededication ceremony outside the historic Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Mattoon drew more than 250 people Friday for a chance to see the newly renovated Amtrak passenger ...
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