Chicago has depended on its trusty elevated rail system for well more than a century. Every day, some 400,000 riders board ...

Of the 18 museums in Balboa Park, only one is in a basement. The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is the successor to a rich ...

The Milwaukee Northwestern Model Railroad Club is a group of railroad buffs who maintain and operate what we believe is the largest HO-scale railroad in a Wisconsin museum.

The romance of rail travel never quite disappeared from American culture. While highways and airports came to dominate the ...

The California builder will fully replace the double-decked trunnion Lake Street Bascule Bridge, which runs over the Chicago ...

Emmett Till's glass-topped coffin at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture stands as a reminder of his mother's courage and the fight to preserve his story.

Plans for the exhibit were formed after high school students from Pilsen questioned the lack of Latino representation at the ...

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The Village of Huntley has declined a stop on the new Chicago-Rockford Metra line set to launch in 2027. Illinois Department of Transportation officials state the project will proceed on schedule ...

From L: Ali Foley, Keith Surney, Genevieve Corkery, and Carolyn Benjamin in Dutchman at Trap Door Theatre Credit: Chris Popio Written when Amiri Baraka was still going by LeRoi Jones, 1964’s Dutchman ...

A local family enjoys the Halloween festivities at the N.C. Transportation Museum. SPENCER — The N.C. Transportation Museum is bringing family fun to Halloween on Oct. 18, 19 and 25. Bring all the ...