ICES adjunct scientist Mike Conlon appointed ICES North site director. ICES North is in development in Sudbury at Health Sciences North Research Institute and will be launched in late 2017.
Although Illinois could not boast having the first steam-powered railroad in the United States or the Midwest (Maryland in 1828 and Ohio in 1836 claimed those honors), residents could brag of being the home state for some of the earliest American carriers.
Between 1870 and 1890, all efforts were concentrated on the planning of the territory. In 1869, the first transcontinental line was finished and connected the railroad network of the East coast and the West, going from Omaha to Sacramento. It opened the way to numerous lines which grew across the country.