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Terry Abrisz had some help Saturday morning as he traced railroad history in Burlington, Lee County and Illinois during the April installment ... s way quickly through Burlington – The Pioneer Zephyr.
Well, John Williams has some great recommendations for your trip! Today, John is joined by Tricia Menke, Events and Outreach Coordinator at the Illinois Railway Museum! Tricia tells John what we ...
David Harding went off like a steam whistle on March 26 in an emotional confrontation with Elgin County Railway Museum managers over the “mistaken” disposal of a railroad artifact that Mr ...
The Union Pacific Museum Association and Historical Society of Pottawattamie County announced they have launched the “History ...
Dates in May have been set for the move returning Chicago & North Western 4-6-0 No. 1385 to the Mid-Continent Railway Museum. The locomotive, out of service for more than a quarter-century and away ...
The Bayard Depot Museum served as an actual railroad depot until the late 1980s. Locals then turned it into a museum, and it’s still a popular gathering spot today.
MORE. KATE. WELL, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN YOU HEAR A CAR CRASHED INTO AN IRON GATE AND A BUILDING, IT IS NOT THIS IRON GATE. THE MAIN ONE OR THIS BUILDING. THE MAIN ONE AT THE MUSEUM.
for a morning tour of the Illinois Railway Museum, followed by an afternoon tour of one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian homes in Hampshire. The tour departs 101 S. Maple St., Mount Prospect ...
Plans were announced Wednesday to create a 50,000-square-foot Matteson Children's Museum. It is to be constructed on a part of the site where the Lincoln Mall — which operated at Cicero Avenue ...
GOSHEN — The Easter Bunny made its appearance on Saturday at the National New York Railroad Museum in Elkhart. Families were invited to hop on the trains and enjoy Easter activities and photo ...