acquired nearly two dozen cabooses from Illinois Central Railroad then began selling the hollow steel containers for $45,000 a pop in 1990. Over three decades later, people are still awed by them.
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 ...
Feezor spearheaded efforts to create the travelling exhibit, Journey to Freedom: Illinois' Underground Railroad. It can be ...