A new exhibition in Pilsen documents how Mexican and Mexican American workers helped build Chicago’s rail system and lived in boxcar communities. The show traces more than a century of labor history ...

Chicago will be at the center of the proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, even though neither of the two big railroads is headquartered here. The deal aims to create the first ...

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This structure has played a key role in the city’s involvement in the national railroad network and financial trading. Now, it’s set for a new chapter as a data center. Back in October, a building on ...

To make money on its proposed cross-country railroad, Union Pacific plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West Side where workers still throw switches by hand ...

Illinois Department of Transportation officials returned to Rockford Sept. 18 to convince a skeptical public that Metra passenger rail service to Chicago is on the way. This is the third time ...

Union Pacific Railroad is launching a new, truck-competitive domestic intermodal service connecting Southern California’s Inland Empire to Chicago, significantly boosting its intermodal capacity. Set ...

MOLINE, Ill — Funding to bring passenger rail service from Moline to Chicago has officially been secured, local and state leaders celebrated Friday during a press conference in downtown Moline. “Today ...