CARBONDALE, Ill. -- A pending railroad merger could impact train traffic and Amtrak service in Southern Illinois and elsewhere in the state served by the City of New Orleans, Illini and Saluki ...

On the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, a New Orleans dairy belt was born Thanks to the railroad, a farmer could ship produce over 60 miles and have it arrive fresh at city markets.

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 ...

SOUTH PREFERS TAFT, SO HARAHAN THINKS; Illinois Central's President Says Business Section Appreciates Administration's Generosity. HER MARKETS EUROPEAN Therefore She Felt the Recent Panic Less ...

Five railroad companies have expressed interest in taking over the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, which includes 26 miles of track that connect six major rail lines serving the nearby ...

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.

Illinois Central, whose principal subsidiary is the Illinois Central Railroad Company, operates approximately 3370 route-miles of track running north-south between Chicago and the Gulf of Mexico, and ...