Many traces of the Underground Railroad still remain in Illinois. Here’s a map of known sites across the state and what visitors can expect.

A heads up for drivers in Ogle County. Starting Monday, Illinois Route 72 will be closed at the Illinois Railway crossing in ...

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Illinois Central Railroad was held here to-day. 137,104 shares were represented. R. D.

When will colors be best in northern Illinois? For folks in the Rockford and Freeport areas, the prediction map says colors will go from near peak to peak the weeks of Oct. 16 and 23.

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 ...

In an excerpt from "Railroader," his biography of Hunter Harrison, Howard Green chronicles Harrison's early years at Illinois Central Railroad.

DECATUR - After what has for some seemed an eternity, settlement checks from the class-action lawsuit against Illinois Central Railroad finally are making it to their destinations.

He has filed a lawsuit against Illinois Central Railroad. Solomon Perry worked at Illinois Central's Markham Railway, where he says racial epithets were scrawled onto bathroom walls and casually ...

DECATUR — After what has for some seemed an eternity, settlement checks from the class action lawsuit against Illinois Central Railroad are finally making it to their destinations.

A Hyde Park, Chicago event honored victims, survivors and first responders of the deadly 1972 Chicago train crash on the Illinois Central Railroad.

He has filed a lawsuit against Illinois Central Railroad. Solomon Perry worked at Illinois Central's Markham Railway, where he says racial epithets were scrawled onto bathroom walls and casually ...