Events at the N.C. Transportation Museum. The N.C. Transportation Museum hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including Day Out With Thomas â¢, Excursions and THE POLAR EXPRESS â¢ Train Ride. Car shows, aviation events and educational programs highlight specific areas of transportation history and interest.ransportation Museum. The N.C. Transportation Museum hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including Day Out With Thomas â¢, Excursions and THE POLAR EXPRESS â¢ Train Ride. Car shows, aviation events and educational programs highlight specific areas of transportation history and interest.
The Carboniferous Period is famous for its vast swamp forests, such as the one depicted here. Such swamps produced the coal from which the term Carboniferous, or carbon-bearing, is derived. The Carboniferous Period lasted from about 359.2 to 299 million years ago* during the late Paleozoic Era. The term Carboniferous comes from England, in reference to the rich deposits of coal that occur there. These deposits of coal occur throughout northern Europe, Asia, and midwestern and eastern North America.
Carbondale, IL. Sponsored Topics. Carbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, 96 miles (154 km) southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest. Carbondale is the home of the main campus of Southern Illinois University. The city is located in Jackson County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 25,902, and is the 20th-most populated city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. In addition, the city is the most populous in Southern Illinois, outside of the Metro-East area, and the most populous city in the Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, Illinois Combined Statistical Area and the Metro Lakeland area.