Metra is considering renaming its lines in the Chicago area. The rail agency has released a survey to gauge public feedback ...

The federal lawsuit, filed Friday, is the latest development in efforts to transfer operation of Metra’s busy Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines to the commuter railroad. For decades ...

The conservancy’s next big purchase was a 97,000-acre ranch in the foothills of the San Emigdio Mountains, northwest of Gorman ... division of the Santa Fe Pacific railroad.

Driving into town, you’ll cross the impressive Astoria-Megler Bridge, a 4.1-mile-long structure that connects Oregon to ...

By Ariel Frager Unlike surfers, skiers and snowboarders find it more challenging to keep an entire mountain a secret from the ...

Have you ever had that feeling where your shoulders suddenly drop two inches the moment you arrive somewhere? That inexplicable sense that your body just decided, "Ah, yes, THIS is where we're ...

The long-standing legal battle over the railroad company's shop stems from an 1872 agreement that kept operations planted in ...

According to Insider Monkey’s fourth quarter database, 93 hedge funds were long Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra is phasing out the names for some of its lines, and wants to hear from its riders. The commuter rail is phasing out the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines. Some new ...

The weekend before St. Patrick's Day means a pair of parades and the annual dyeing of the Chicago River to turn it bright green.

Union Pacific (UP) has placed Metra’s regional/commuter rail service in Chicagoland “at risk by demanding” that it pay ...