The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) offers a unique blend of history, engineering and family-friendly entertainment. Whether you’re a train enthusiast, history buff or simply looking for a fun and ...

A YORK museum is celebrating its longest serving volunteers – some of whom have been there from the start – alongside its landmark birthday. The National Railway Museum (NRM) in Leeman Road is ...

George McEvoy, who founded the Boothbay Railway Village Museum and dedicated his life to historic preservation in Maine, died ...

During the Pullman Strike of 1894, the governor of Illinois decried President Grover Cleveland’s move to call in the National Guard ...

Danville High School Senior Ginyisia Vander-Austin has won the Billy Michal Student Leadership Award. The National WWII Museum in New Orleans chooses one student per state with outstanding ...

on 53 miles of right-of-way in Illinois between Wyanet and Moline. The Quad Cities routes stretches roughly 162 miles. Construction also is expected to begin next month on another part of the ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — The Railway Museum of San Angelo is preparing to commemorate the adoption of the American flag by hosting several activities during Flag Day 2025.

The Illinois Holocaust Museum will be temporarily closed in Skokie. The facility is undergoing major renovations, including a new visitor welcome center and redesigned auditorium. Security and ...

When Bill Woodin was 6, he captured a snake that gave birth to 52 offspring in a single day. At age 11, he was photographed in the Sonoran Desert near Tucson holding a gopher snake longer than he was.

Opened on June 4, 1875, the Arth-Rigi Railway (ARB) was the first railway line to be located entirely in the canton of Schwyz. In 1907, it became the world’s first electrically operated standard ...

The Virginia Commonwealth University Health System will resume some gender-affirming care for transgender youth under the age of 19, the health system said Tuesday. But it will also work to ...