Work of laying new and heavier steel rails on the St. Louis & Illinois Belt railroad, a branch of the St. Louis, Troy and ...

The Illinois Terminal’s days as a passenger carrier were coming to an end, as the railroad could not overcome larger social and economic changes sweeping the Corn Belt, mainly those involving ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's merger could streamline freight through Chicago — or sideline it. Here's what’s at stake ...

DECATUR - To say that trains and Dale Jenkins are inseparable is probably an understatement.

Outside of an old interurban train station in Harristown — a sleepy village west of Decatur — is a crumbling 110-year-old electric passenger car once run by the Illinois Terminal Railroad Co.

Reading your article on the reopening of the Tucker Boulevard corridor and mentioning that the Illinois Terminal line went away in 1958 was good reporting. But, unknown to you is the fact that ...

“The Illinois Traction System, and that’s the car were talking about that the restoration attempt is underway on, the Illinois Traction System, later the Illinois Terminal Railroad, was one of ...

They come from the collection of 83-year-old Robert D. Heinlein of Schaumburg and were posted to the private “Illinois Terminal Railroad Fans of Facebook” group by his 54-year-old son, Kevin.

CHICAGO ( WGN) — An Illinois landmark and transportation hub will soon celebrate its 100th anniversary.