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 ...

Most kids seem to love trains and get excited with anything having to do with trains. Not only are trains fun to look at and see moving, but there is also a lot of history involved with the railroads ...

Union Station wasn`t always Chicago`s grande dame. There was a time when it was just one of several great train stations in or near Chicago`s Loop. ”There were six important downtown terminals,” says ...

The first major railroad merger in more than two decades is expected to move forward after federal regulators approved Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern, but some in ...

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The appointment of veteran W.W. Grainger lawyer Aimee Nolan to the role comes as a new generation of legal leaders sweep into ...

There’s something magical about cycling along a car-free path that grows sun-dappled as it wanders into a dense woodland or courses beside a placid river where kingfishers dive. Ironically, these ...

Americans heard the first rumble of a diesel locomotive trekking across the country in May 1936, when the Santa Fe Railroad’s Super Chief passenger train began operating between Los Angeles and ...

When street-gang thieves slipped with ease into a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Chicago's South Side and ripped locks off one train, they likely expected to see merchandise like toys or tennis shoes.

CHICAGO – When street-gang thieves slipped with ease into a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Chicago’s South Side and ripped locks off one train, they likely expected to see merchandise like toys or ...