Metra has donated F40C No. 614, one of just two such surviving locomotives, to the Illinois Railway Museum. IRM says in a press release that it hopes to restore the locomotive to operating condition.

The museum will share the history of the rail industry and its impact on the development of the Midwest through unique ...

The Government has committed £15 million to the expansion of the National Railway Museum - and to help ensure the future of the wider York Central development. However, securing the commitment ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - A Mardi Gras themed fundraiser is being held for the Children’s Museum of Illinois. The annual 21 and up experience is returning on Fat Tuesday, March 4 from 6:30 p.m. to ...

The National Railway Museum has announced that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has agreed to a £15 million investment to the museum’s transformative masterplan and Central ...

The Illinois State Museum is seeking judges and volunteers for the student Illinois History Day competition May 1 at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield. Illinois History Day judges are ...

The Michigan Maritime Museum has rescheduled its underground railroad lecture due to the forecasted severe winter weather ...

Illinois has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

At least 18 people, including 14 women, were killed in a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital of New Delhi, the Press Trust of India news agency reported on Sunday. Many of the victims ...

When colleges are stacked up based on what they do for the world, Illinois Wesleyan University is #5 in the nation among four-year baccalaureate institutions – a Washington Monthly ranking that looks ...