After World War II, railroads geared up for a boom that didn't happen. What spelled doom for the great passenger trains?

K.C. Hill has been working out of the Galesburg railroad hub for 67 years. Now 86, he still works full-time and has no immediate plans to retire.

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Railroad dome cars are a gleaming symbol of postwar passenger train status. The streamliner era in North America bookended ...

A 52’-6”, 15-panel gondola with factory-dented sides is now available from Bluford Shops. The N scale injection-molded ...

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad built the depot in 1854 and Batavians used it on the east side of town (behind Berkley’s grocery store) until the mid 1960s. For the longest time ...

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY v. KYLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 1913. The case was argued before the court on March 18, 1913.

The historic Big Muddy’s Bar and Grill building, 710 N. Front St., potentially has a new life in store as a Mississippi River ...

In addition, Peoria-based Caterpillar Tractor Company had closed on a huge site on the west side of the Fox River in unincorporated Oswego Township served by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy ...

The Twenty-First Illinois begins its first march on July 3 from Springfield to Quincy, Illinois ... that he is anxious to visit his children at Burlington, New Jersey. Thus Grant eludes the ...