Posts about Railroad

Central Illinois is dotted with the tiniest of communities that owe their existence to the railroad boom of the nineteenth century. Man...

The Village of Carlock, established in 1888, is seen here in an undated but circa 1930 aerial. The view is northwest. “A” shows the Lak...

This September 1950 scene shows an Illinois Terminal Railroad car trundling past the 200 block of North Madison Street in downtown Bloo...

This rare shot of the train depot in Cropsey likely dates to the 1880s. A hamlet in the northeastern corner of McLean County, Cropsey w...