The Underground Railroad in Metamora documentary will premiere on Sunday, June 22 at the Metamora Township High School, ...

Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Illinois Central railroad bridge across the Okaw river about two miles north of ...

"The Underground Railroad in Metamora," a documentary highlighting local abolitionist activities, will debut June 22 at Metamora high school.

Bennett Neiswender, Aislynn Shull and Reagan Lucchetti walked through the grasslands of New Philadelphia, following the ...

Ogden’s railroad subsequently connected with the Illinois Central, which became the benchmark of Illinois railroading for over a century. Sen. Stephen A. Douglas argued strenuously for a line ...

The 1830s and 1840s were transformative decades in Illinois. On the edge of the frontier, Illinois was experiencing a series ...

Decatur’s rail history is substantial, dating all the way back to 1834, when Gov. Joseph Duncan proposed a transportation network that included a train line through Decatur. The Great Western ...

Shortly thereafter, it got into Chicago’s South Side on the Kensington & Eastern Railroad to connect with the Illinois Central’s line going downtown. IC steam locomotives pulled the trains until that ...

In the Springfield metro area, about 9,600 Black people and 13,390 white people were living in poverty in 2023, according to the five-year ACS data. In the city of Springfield, about 9,000 Blacks ...

A Casper man’s lifelong passion for railroading led to a career as a passenger train conductor. The 82-year-old loves trains ...