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A newly released federal planning document recommends a new passenger railway connecting Peoria to cities like Bloomington, Galesburg, Champaign, and Davenport sometime in the next forty years.
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An Amtrak employee has pleaded guilty to a scheme in which he steered thousands of dollars in business from its "Polar Express" train ride to his wife's…
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A federal agency has rejected an application by Great Lakes Basin Transportation, Inc. to build a railroad through northern Illinois from Wisconsin to…
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Authorities say an Amtrak train conductor was shot at a train station outside Chicago. Naperville police say a Wisconsin man in his 70s fired from inside…
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Amtrak officials say three cars derailed when a train carrying about 200 passengers arrived in Chicago from the East Coast. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari…
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The threat of a 40% cut in Amtrak funding drew objections from 16 university and municipal officials this morning.Schools as small as Spoon River College…
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Two Illinois municipalities are challenging new train safety rules they say would allow the continued use of oil and ethanol tank cars known to fail…
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Cuts the governor is proposing for next year's budget are a concern for transportation officials. Gov. Bruce Rauner's plan includes 20 million dollars…
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Amtrak says it has not had a single complaint or problem with a pilot project in Illinois allowing customers to travel with small pets. So, it's making…
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Clean-up of an oil train derailment continues in Illinois' far northwestern corner. A BNSF train passing through Galena derailed on Thursday.Brad Benning…