Trains

Big Boy 4014, one of the largest steam engines ever built, is making stops in Illinois during its nationwide tour.

Rockford, Illinois once had Amtrak service to Chicago. From 1974–1981 the Black Hawk ran through Rockford and Galena. Here’s the rail history and what a return could mean.

A new train line claims it will be 20% faster than trucks for delivering goods from California to Illinois.

It was probably the world's shortest marketing meeting when the team behind this incredibly awesome holiday tradition began.

Move over, road trips! Amtrak’s Borealis route is the Midwest’s new favorite way to travel. Full capacity trains twice a day—what’s the hype about?

Good things come to those who wait and that apparently includes trains as there is much rejoicing about a new service connecting Minnesota and Illinois that took 12 years to get done.

The new state-sponsored Borealis route is the second daily Amtrak train service connecting St. Paul to Chicago with 11 stops in between.

I'll admit that I can be a jaded individual that's hard to impress, but this Illinois mansion is incredible. It's a more than 20,000 square foot estate that has an exotic outdoor pool area and an elaborate train set room.

It sounds like something you'd see at the end of a movie, but it was a real event that happened in Missouri nearly two centuries ago. In 1855, a Missouri bridge collapsed and took a train and many lives down to the river below.

You don't have to book a flight, get on a boat, or have a days-long care ride in order to take the most festive train ride in America.