A Unicameral public hearing drew 21 backers of Legislative Bill 281, which would offer state matching funds toward rebuilding the fire-destroyed camp. Twice as many emailed letters favoring the bill.

Donated by: BNSF Railway (formerly on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad) Original Location: Burlington, Iowa and Gulf Port, Illinois over the Mississippi River Year Built: 1893 (Opened to ...

K.C. Hill, 86, has worked for the same railroad company for almost 68 years. He started as a fireman and now works as a full-time engineer for BNSF Railway. Hill enjoys the variety of his work and ...

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.

The depot once was part of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The railroad was an important part of the history of Batavia and the depot an important landmark.

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.. Katharine Dexter McCormick, who was born to a ...

Like many at BNSF, Locomotive Engineer KC Hill loves railroading. But there’s something unique that sets him apart—his seniority. That’s because Hill, based in Galesburg, Ill., has been railroading ...

The structure long ago replaced another bridge on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's line to the mining town of Cambria. The original bridge was the site of a lynching more than a ...

The Tri-City Model Railroad Association will host its annual Conductors Table pancake feed from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 8, at Burlington Station, Sixth and Plum streets.

Though he was hired after the Army to work as a detective for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Hill soon applied for an opening at Denver’s Secret Service field office. He joined the Secret ...

It was the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad that linked Sterling and Cheyenne from 1887 until 1973. The train ran twice daily, transporting freight and passengers. Rail service was reduced to ...