Chicago has depended on its trusty elevated rail system for well more than a century. Every day, some 400,000 riders board ...

UNION, Ill. - The Illinois Railway Museum has announced ambitious plans to restore its Union Pacific DDA40 "Centennial" No. 6930 to full operational status. The "Revive the Centennial" campaign was ...

Join the Mount Prospect Historical Society on Saturday, May 3, for a daylong bus trip, first to Union, Illinois, for a morning tour of the Illinois Railway Museum, followed by an afternoon tour of one ...

Tricia Menke, Events and Outreach Coordinator at the Illinois Railway Museum, joins Lisa Dent to share who’s visiting the Illinois Railway Museum. Thomas the Tank Engine is coming back for the 25th ...

The Route 66 Oral History Project database includes video-recorded interviews and world-searchable written transcriptions.

Many traces of the Underground Railroad still remain in Illinois. Here’s a map of known sites across the state and what ...

UNION, Ill. -- The Illinois Railway Museum has long stood in the shadow of big-city museums, the little kid on the block visited mostly by train buffs who know the difference between a Nebraska Zephyr ...

For anyone who is asking the question, “are there any old-fashioned train rides near me in Illinois?” you’re in luck. There are quite a few different ways to experience Illinois from aboard a ...

Rocky Fork New Bethel AME Church in Godfrey, Illinois, photographed on June 22, 2023, is only a few miles from the Mississippi River and served as an early stop for freedom seekers traveling on the ...