Lodi’s own Benny Pierce, Jr. adores cats, but Pooka—a sassy, jet-black 4-year-old he rescued—clearly rules the roost. Until ...

Ross E. Rowland Jr., a self-made commodities magnate who traded the cutthroat world of Wall Street for the romantic allure of steam locomotives, dedicating his considerable wealth and unyielding ...

The Illinois Railway Museum isn’t just big—it’s the largest railway museum in America, and it makes most other museums look like static dioramas by comparison. When you first arrive at this sprawling ...