The open-air cars provide an unobstructed view of the passing Indiana countryside and are particularly popular during pleasant weather, allowing passengers to feel the rush of wind and hear the ...

There’s something undeniably magical about standing next to a massive steam locomotive, its black iron frame towering above you like a sleeping giant from another era, and that’s exactly the ...

Illinois' best-known city might be Chicago, but outside that bustling metropolis, the state also offers a capital sure to ...

The annual meeting of Iroquois County Genealogical Society took place Saturday morning, Nov. 8, at the Old Courthouse Museum.

You’ll see backyards, forest preserves, and wetlands all dressed in autumn hues as the train heads north. The Chain O’Lakes ...

The Jacksonville Area Museum will be opening a temporary exhibit next year about the Underground Railroad along with ...

The Pullman Palace Car Company is up there with the Union Stockyards and the steel mills of the Southeast Side when it comes to Chicago industrial history. As host Mary Jane Hayes put it in a May 1980 ...

Visit Loomis Boulevard just off 49th Street in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood today, and you'll find a mural honoring Chicago police officers and firefighters painted on a concrete ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that rehabilitation of a crossing by Norfolk Southern railroad on Illinois 157 between Illinois 13 and Chase Lane in St. Clair County will require a ...

It connected the Great Lakes to the Gulf, fueled Chicago’s rise, and powered America’s economy. But after a century of dominance, the Illinois Central was absorbed, erased, and almost forgotten ‘Not ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Ice sheets, tropical forests, and sea creatures all existed long before us in the state we now call home. A treasure trove of Illinois' living history is waiting to be ...