An 1869 view of downtown Champaign shows angular ‘north-south’ streets between present-day Washington Street and Springfield Avenue running parallel to the Illinois Central Railroad tracks ...

An 1869 view of downtown Champaign shows angular ‘north-south’ streets between present-day Washington Street and Springfield Avenue running parallel to the Illinois Central Railroad tracks ...

The rapid expansion of America’s railroad system in the 1800s and early 1900s was driven largely by a small group of powerful ...

Illinois Central received more than two million acres of land. These grants were actually given to the state and the state, in turn, passed them on to the railroad companies.

Mattoon believes in keeping cool, if one is to judge by the ice being consumed in the city. During the past month or six ...

The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad was one of many railroads that served the Alton area industries. The depot at Godfrey, located off Pearl Street, served many of the lines that were funneled ...

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.

VANDALIA - Fire for the second time has claimed a downtown restaurant situated in a former train depot for the Illinois Central Railroad. Firefighters were summoned to The Depot about 1:45 a.m ...