A 30-year railroad veteran can walk out the door two years before Social Security even becomes an option, but retiring early ...
If Union Pacific’s merger with Norfolk Southern is approved, the combined company could increase train traffic in suburbs ...
Federal officials have extended the availability of remaining grant funding for the long-delayed Chicago-Quad Cities passenger rail project, a move that will allow the Illinois Department of ...
The Quad Cities, which straddle the Iowa-Illinois border, have gone without passenger rail since 1979, despite their history ...
A new company has unveiled its plan to offer 15-minute rail service from downtown Chicago to O’Hare International Airport using battery-electric trainsets, a complex effort that will ...
Construction continues on a Chicago bridge project designed to reduce delays and improve fluidity by untangling freight and passenger rail lines. The Forest Hill Flyover, known as P3, is a viaduct ...
Where Elon Musk and former Mayor Rahm Emanuel failed, owners of the O'Hare Flyer envision battery-powered trains leaving every quarter hour between the Old Post Office and O’Hare on former freight ...
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In the middle of modern downtown Chicago stands something that appears completely out of place: a massive rusting railroad ...
Chicago’s commuter rail system spans nearly 500 route miles and operates more than 1,000 passenger cars, but some of its strangest characteristics are inherited from railroads that disappeared ...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker last week announced a partnership between the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Metra to restore Chicago-to-Rockford passenger-rail service that was ...
CHICAGO (CBS) — An important Juneteenth history lesson took place in the Chicago Loop, a key role in freeing slaves, and hundreds walk past the Monadnock building in the Loop every day, not realizing ...