But what is known — and what railroad devotees soon revealed ... serviced Prairie Home south of Waverly on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, a now-defunct line that once cut through ...

News & Products for the week of February 17th 2025 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by ...

The person was struck by inbound train No. 26 about 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, an official said. The train, which was stopping at the ...

In the early 1890s, the debate over which port should become the official Port of Los Angeles centered around Santa Monica, ...

Scanlan. As a stockholder in the Wiggins Ferry Co. her wealth increased even more in 1902 when it was sold to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Co. She died in 1904. Grace January ...

A typical example is Downing Bland Jenks, trail-blazing 41-year-old boss of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. Says he: “You don’t have to look 50 or 100 years ahead to see what ...

It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

Missouri Pacific locomotives, both steam and diesel, display a variety typical of their era. The “MoPac,” as it was called, ...

Amid modernization’s relentless advance, old guard landmarks stand their ground. Mixing the old with the new, here are some ...

Metra’s board of directors gave their approval Wednesday to a nearly $9 million plan to completely renovate the 115th ...

Work crews grind up railroad ties near a business park and neighborhood in North Lawndale. Neighbors complain about the odors and the dust. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Wilfred Dowdell ...

Many, perhaps, waiting to grab a train to Omaha or Lincoln or even Chicago and Denver. Or arranging freight to be shipped across the Midwest. Or, later on, buying fresh apples — Red Delicious ...