Overview of 25 years of Burlington Northern history from its 1970 creation to its 1995 acquisition of Santa Fe to form ...

That incarnation lasted until 1983, when Amtrak took over the operation. For a decade, Union Station hosted only Amtrak’s version of the California Zephyr, but different trains eventually came. Today, ...

Dick Davidson looks back on his life with a touch of amazement and a hefty helping of gratitude. At age 83, he still marvels ...

Randolph St., an eight-story, Italianate-style building that was among the first to rise from the ashes of the 1871 Great ...

The nonprofit organization has been putting out the list of what it calls imminently threatened historic buildings and community assets since 2002, in hopes of saving them from demolition.

Several airlines help travelers reach smaller European cities more easily by offering combined air and rail tickets. Here's ...

Bad luck moved fast and deviously one foggy night this week on the Chicago Great Western Railroad. On a siding at Tennant, on the Iowa plains, a freight engine crew scrambled from the cab when a ...

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable is known as the founder or father of Chicago in the late 18th century. However it wasn't officially incorporated until 1837. Chicago is known as the United States ...

Bryson came back from his second year at Amherst with plenty to share about the show. So what were his 5 favorite things ...