The South Water freight depot of Illinois Central Railroad in 1943. The railroad was basically worth "scrap value," Harrison said. Throughout the 1960s and '70s, he said, the owners wanted to sell it.

The Cincinnati Express train, due here at 7:20 A.M., ran into the rear end of the Hyde Park train of the Illinois Central Railroad, about 10 minutes before 8 o'clock, ...

Illinois Central Railroad began construction on that marvel in 1914 as part of a project nicknamed the "Big Dig." More than a century later, this excavated rail route is still enabling trains to ...

The Illinois Central succumbed Tuesday to the wave of railroad megamergers as officials agreed to the proposed merger between the 147-year-old railroad and Canadian National Railway Co. The ...

Meeting of Stockholders of the Illinois Central Railroad. Share full article. May 30, 1867. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 30, 1867, Page 5 ...

ABOVE: An 1870 ad for the Illinois Central Railway touted a trip from Chicago to Cairo — ‘without change of Cars.’ BELOW: That railroad arose out of a pair of land-grant bills introduced two ...

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 ...