Missouri Pacific history is easier to understand if the railroad is considered in three parts: the lines west of St. Louis, ...

A typical example is Downing Bland Jenks, trail-blazing 41-year-old boss of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad ... radar-operated speed retarders will check the car’s wheels to ...

Many, perhaps, waiting to grab a train to Omaha or Lincoln or even Chicago and Denver ... Home south of Waverly on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, a now-defunct line that once ...

A maintenance shed at NuMark Golf Course that burned down Jan. 12 was the former Rock Island train ... south of Waverly on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, a now-defunct line that ...

Authorities in Rock Island have located a missing 4-year-old ... She has been reunited with her mother and will be evaluated by Chicago emergency medical services. It was not clear how they ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- An era is coming to an end in River North, as the Chicago outpost of the Hard Rock Café is soon to close after 39 years in business. The Chicago Hard Rock Café at 63 W.

Federal investigators say a high speed limit, a disabled braking system and slippery tracks are to blame for a 2023 Chicago train crash that left dozens of people injured CHICAGO -- Federal ...

After nearly 40 years downtown, one of Chicago’s longtime tourist destinations, Hard Rock Cafe, is closing permanently in March, marking the end of an era for one of the chain’s oldest locations.

A CTA train heading toward downtown crashed into a slow-moving snow plow that was on the rails on Nov. 16, 2023. Thirty-eight ...