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 ...

The City of New Orleans train follows the old Illinois Central tracks, alongside Metra Electric and South Shore Line trains on the city's South Side, and Saluki and Illini trains through the rest ...

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.

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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.