An interesting note: for weight comparison, I weighed a 2018 custom-run Dots/Crows candy boxcar (made in Lionel's U.S. factory) and that weighed 12.5 ounces. When I took the car out of the plastic ...

African American museum prepares to open doors Friday WATERLOO — The railroad car that sits on East Fourth Street is a symbol ...

Using historic film, photos and original testimonials, Boxcar People tells the story of Mexican workers recruited in the early 1900s to work the railroads in Galesburg, Illinois. It is a truly ...