A serious railroad accident occurred yesterday morning upon the Illinois Central Railroad, a short distance from Hyde Park station, and between that place and the Reform School.

Descendants of six freedom seekers with ties to the Illinois Underground Railroad share their connections to American history.

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Illinois Central Railroad was held here to-day. 137,104 shares were represented. R. D.

In an excerpt from "Railroader," his biography of Hunter Harrison, Howard Green chronicles Harrison's early years at Illinois Central Railroad.

Justice for the years of torment Perry says he endured while working at Illinois Central Railroad Company. "I was called tree swinger and they just get progressively worse," said Perry.

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 ...

MATTOON — This community is home to a marvel of early 20th century engineering that is often overlooked because it is below street level. Illinois Central Railroad began construction on that ...

A former conductor for the Illinois Central railroad says he was the victim of ongoing racial harassment at the IC’s Markham yard, culminating in a physical assault where a co-worker cut locks ...

Illinois Central Railroad was once one of the mightiest businesses in the Midwest. Beginning in the 1850s, “The Main Line of Mid-America” rolled freight and passenger trains out of Chicago ...

He has filed a lawsuit against Illinois Central Railroad. Solomon Perry worked at Illinois Central's Markham Railway, where he says racial epithets were scrawled onto bathroom walls and casually ...

The construction of the long-troubled Illinois 15 bridge project over Illinois 13 and the Illinois Central Railroad is expected to cost $20.5 million — $6 million more than the bid award ...

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 ...