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 ...

the railroad missed the county seat in Urbana by over a mile. The Illinois Central was criticized by some for missing Urbana. A letter appearing in the Chicago Press and reprinted in the Urbana ...

The model railroad industry has featured fantasy-painted locomotives for years. These are locomotive models painted for ...

Fall 1871: Chicago is a tinderbox ... The fire spreads to the Illinois Central railroad complex and the McCormick Reaper Works. Thousands of people remain trapped at the lake's edge.

Speaking from experience: Claypool, who served as chief of staff to the mayor and earlier ran the Chicago Park District ... it had been owned by the Illinois Central Railroad for 150 years.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Art Institute of Chicago ... and administrative space beginning with a bridge across the Illinois ...

The program includes over 170 sites across more than 20 neighborhoods, featuring schools, churches, speakeasies, theaters and ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is encouraging voting for the Chicago-to-St. Louis rail improvement project, “Connecting Illinois via High-Speed Rail,” as the top transportation project in ...

Feezor spearheaded efforts to create the travelling exhibit, Journey to Freedom: Illinois' Underground Railroad. It can be ...

The only town named for Abraham Lincoln before he became president faces another economic blow if the state follows through on plans to locate a women’s prison.

This is emblematic of the limited attention cities outside of swing states receive from presidential campaigns.