Find out which of the Rock Island Rocket passenger trains held the fitting “Rocket” name and where they went into the history books.

CHICAGO - When Illinois state Sen. Napoleon Harris (15th District) was a boy, he would play near the Little Calumet River, a few blocks from his house on 133rd Street, throwing rocks in the river and ...

Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1876) -- National Exposition of Railway Appliances, Chicago, Illinois (1883) -- World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois (1893) ...

Colophon: Neely Printing Company, Inc., Chicago. Contents Chicago Railroad Fair celebrating 100 years of railroad progress, 1848-1948 -- Chicago Railroad Fair presents "Wheels a-rolling": a pageant ...