A black-and-white photograph showing the new Illinois Central Railroad depot from the south looking north. The new elevated tracks are visible to the right of the station. Photograph #14, Illinois ...

Train enthusiasts from across Central Illinois rode into East Peoria on Sunday for the annual Peoria Train Fair.

Train enthusiasts can enjoy the Peoria Train Fair this weekend, featuring model train parts, videos, books, and refreshments, ...

ABOVE: An 1870 ad for the Illinois Central Railway touted a trip from Chicago to Cairo — ‘without change of Cars.’ BELOW: That railroad arose out of a pair of land-grant bills introduced two decades ...

BLOOMINGTON - A good case could be made for dividing the history of Bloomington into two distinct eras: "Before Railroads," or B.R., and "After Railroads," or A.R. | From Our Past page Railroads first ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A state task force is making recommendations to enhance educational and historic remembrance of the Underground Railroad in Illinois during the 1800s. The Underground ...

Nov. 13—Want to purchase Sunday's print edition? Here's a map of single-copy locations. East Central Illinois has been woefully devoid of long-distance recreational rail trails, but that situation may ...

The old downtown area of Monee is only a few blocks wide, but you can’t see from one end to the other, thanks to “The Cut.” The Cut, a man-made ravine 25-feet deep and 83-feet wide at the bottom that ...