A black-and-white photograph showing the new Illinois Central Railroad depot from the south looking north. The new elevated tracks are visible to the right of the station. Photograph #14, Illinois ...

Train enthusiasts from across Central Illinois rode into East Peoria on Sunday for the annual Peoria Train Fair.

ABOVE: An 1870 ad for the Illinois Central Railway touted a trip from Chicago to Cairo — ‘without change of Cars.’ BELOW: That railroad arose out of a pair of land-grant bills introduced two decades ...

BLOOMINGTON - A good case could be made for dividing the history of Bloomington into two distinct eras: "Before Railroads," or B.R., and "After Railroads," or A.R. | From Our Past page Railroads first ...

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. The Underground ...