Step back in time at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union! Ride historic trains, explore giant barns, and experience the ...

Rolling Stock Solutions is rebuilding a fleet of F40 locomotives to serve as a lease fleet for power-hungry regional/commuter ...

City Manager Daniel Valenzuela and his wife Suzanna Valenzuela are expected to be the 2025 Railway Museum’s Santa and Mrs. Claus, according to a news release. "Behind that snow white beard is a ...

The holidays in Illinois are a special time of year. Every corner of our state embraces the season, from the small towns to the bigger cities and just about everywhere in between. This holiday season, ...

Anderson Taylor opened the Cambridge Natural History Museum in August 2024. Now, he's raising $50,000 to buy and renovate the building housing his museum. Trump pardons New York baseball star Darryl ...

A 1949 diesel locomotive that once hauled lumber and window frames through Andersen Corp.’s Bayport factory is running again after nearly a year of painstaking volunteer restoration at the Minnesota ...

Young artists across Illinois are invited to participate in a contest celebrating the United States' 250th birthday. The annual art contest is sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and ...

Fall in the Midwest is made for train rides with your family. For those in Chicago, these routes combine colorful scenery with the fun of traveling by rail — whether on a cross-state Amtrak line or a ...

Illinois is home to some of the country’s most fascinating museums — and not all of them fit the traditional mold. Beyond the famous art and science institutions, you’ll find spots dedicated to ...

SUGARCREEK — The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum has acquired a rare steam locomotive, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway #1308. According to a community announcement, the locomotive, a 2-6-6-2 steam engine ...

HUNTINGTON — A historic steam locomotive on display in Huntington for more than 60 years has been acquired by an Ohio museum. The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum announced on its website Monday the ...

Two years after forming a union, workers at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry have begun voting on whether to authorize a strike, accusing the museum of refusing to offer them fair pay ...