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A Metra worker was killed in an accident near the Grayland station on Saturday. Google Maps CHICAGO — One Metra worker was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion during track maintenance work on Saturday. The accident occurred near the Grayland station on the Milwaukee District North line, and is being blamed on a […]
Accompanied by a police escort, a trainload of officials and dignitaries departs the Cathedral Square station, inaugurating service on Milwaukee’s streetcar line, The Hop. TRAINS: David Lassen Officials cut a ribbon adorned with — what else? — hops as part of Friday’s opening ceremonies for The Hop streetcar system. TRAINS: David Lassen MILWAUKEE — Streetcars […]
An artist’s rendering for what a redeveloped entrance to Chicago Union Station might look like from Clinton Street. Amtrak CHICAGO — The Chicago City Council gave the go-ahead Wednesday for a $900 million redevelopment plan that includes an office tower on Amtrak-owned property next to Chicago Union Station. As part of the redevelopment, the station’s […]
TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo governmental organization will help fund a feasibility study on reinstating train service between Toledo and Detroit, the Toledo Blade reports. The Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Government will provide $20,000 toward the study, expected to cost $50,000, and is asking the city of Toledo to fund the remainder. The roughly […]
An eastbound Ft. Wayne and Eastern freight passes the former Pennsylvania Railroad and Amtrak station in Warsaw, Ind., in 2013. Warsaw, which last saw Amtrak service in 1990, would be one of the stops on a proposed service between Chicago and Columbus, Ohio. Bob Johnston VALPAIRAISO, Ind. — Proposed passenger service between Chicago, Fort Wayne, […]
The former Toledo Terminal “Upper River Bridge” is coming down this week after its owner couldn’t even give away the structure. Chad Young TOLEDO, Ohio – Travelers on the Ohio Turnpike have passed one of its unique landmarks in Toledo for decades, but that will soon change. Crews have begun to remove the former Toledo […]
Santa catches a ride with No. 1003 for the 2017 Hartford Christmas Parade. Mike Patrick HARTFORD, Wis. – The Soo Line No. 1003 will participate in multiple public events during the 2018 holiday season. On Nov. 10, the 2-8-2 and its train will be on display in downtown Hartford between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. […]
In September 1955, Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 774 moves through the yard at Bellevue, Ohio, as a Fairbanks-Morse diesel switcher works in the background. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
The eastbound California Zephyr passes maintenance workers on the center track of the BNSF Railway main line at Hinsdale, Ill., in October 2016. BNSF plans a major tie-replacement project on the center track Oct. 26-28, leading to changes in Metra schedules. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra schedules on its BNSF line will face some […]
The 2-10-2 Santa Fe type wasn’t generally known for speed, but Union Pacific 5015 looks like a real racehorse heading west across Nebraska with empty reefers in the late 1940s. Linn W. Westcott photo […]
Artwork from a brochure promoting the Milwaukee Road’s postwar Olympian Hiawatha shows a family enjoying two double bedrooms en suite in the train’s 8-double-bedroom/Skytop observation car. MILW photo […]
Louisville & Nashville FP7 571 had not been long out of EMD’s plant at La Grange, Ill., when it breezed through London, Ky., with Cincinnati–Knoxville local No. 29 on May 25, 1952. Ed Theisinger photo […]
