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100 years ago: Merchants warned of Illinois Central railroad scam
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Mattoon library shows exhibit on historic local railroad project
Part of the industrial project happened in Mattoon in 1914. It lowered the Illinois Central Railroad tracks so trains from the four big cities could cross through: Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati ...
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A RAILROAD AND ITS WORKMEN.; What the Illinois Central Is Doing for Those in Its Employ.
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Where Chicago’s ‘L’ meets the railroad: A history is dug up in Lincoln Park
Reset talks to a railroad researcher and an ‘L’ historian to learn more about the city’s commuter and freight lines.