page_title: Black Hawk (Amtrak train)
hierarchical_section_title: Black Hawk (Amtrak train)
caption_attribution_description: English: The Black Hawk at Dubuque station in 1981
context_page_description: The Black Hawk is a planned Amtrak intercity rail route between Chicago, Illinois, and Dubuque, Iowa via Rockford, Illinois. Service between Chicago and Rockford was planned to begin in 2015, but was put on hold by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner. Service to Dubuque was to open at a later date. Once train service begins, the new service will operate under the Illinois Service umbrella.
  Amtrak previously operated the Black Hawk from 1974 to 1981 Illinois Central route, now the Canadian National's Chicago Central/Iowa Zone. From 2010 to 2014 plans called for the restored route to follow the same corridor; however, the state government could not come to an agreement with the railroad. Instead, the route will follow Metra's Milwaukee District / West Line from Union Station to Big Timber Road, then the Union Pacific Railroad to Rockford.
context_section_description: The Black Hawk is a planned Amtrak intercity rail route between Chicago, Illinois, and Dubuque, Iowa via Rockford, Illinois. Service between Chicago and Rockford was planned to begin in 2015, but was put on hold by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner. Service to Dubuque was to open at a later date. Once train service begins, the new service will operate under the Illinois Service umbrella.
  Amtrak previously operated the Black Hawk from 1974 to 1981 Illinois Central route, now the Canadian National's Chicago Central/Iowa Zone. From 2010 to 2014 plans called for the restored route to follow the same corridor; however, the state government could not come to an agreement with the railroad. Instead, the route will follow Metra's Milwaukee District / West Line from Union Station to Big Timber Road, then the Union Pacific Railroad to Rockford.
caption: The Black Hawk at Dubuque in 1981
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