Geneva and six other municipalities on the Union Pacific West Line are looking to jointly represent their interests in the ...

Water, wildlife, and wide-open spaces; the prairie's most valuable assets gave birth to what would become Chicago, and those ...

The most popular destination in the Illinois park system can’t handle more visitors during the peak season because its ...

Traqueros in Chicago and the Midwest” takes a closer look at Mexican railroad workers and how the roots they planted still shape communities today.

This Illinois town shaped by railroads and highways features a railroad park, local history museums, antique stores, and an ...

“Look for a building with the color of a weather-beaten boxcar and you have the first passenger station of the Milwaukee in ...

John Damore, a 92-year-old former Chicago Bears offensive lineman, cheers in his home in Westmont as Chicago Bears ...

Discover wildly unique Illinois restaurants: sassy servers, hot-dog icons, drag dining, train cars, and BBQ legends worth the ...

The 2026 edition of Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail (NGFR) conference, March 10 at the Union League Club of Chicago, ...

When you board an American long-distance train, you are trading airport routine for entry into a locomotive-driven realm where there is neither TSA nor WiFi.

It's hard to tell the history of the Northwoods without including the railroads. When the locomotive came to Wisconsin, so ...

Getting there, they say, is half the fun. One group of travelers would have begged to differ. Because what should have been a ...