Rail group offering historic train trips from old Alton station; to new one
ALTON — With impending closure of the old Alton Amtrak station and opening of a new facility, a railroad group is taking reservations for the last — and first — train trips from and to the respective...
View ArticleAlton train depot comes down; FDR and Eleanor, Gerald Ford stopped at station
ALTON — A trackhoe began tearing away at the old Alton depot Monday, its falling bricks, wood and metal bringing back one woman’s memories of the station, which sparked her son’s deep fascination with...
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