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

High-speed trains are common throughout the world, but America is far behind. Changing this will require investment and ...

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 freight trains that come and go several times a day from rail company Union Pacific's Kirby Yard pose ... an undergraduate degree in history from Northwestern University.

Brent Davis thinks he grows the tastiest tomatoes. For four generations, his family has farmed and ranched near the eastern shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, 45 minutes north of Salt Lake City. He ...

The resulting expansion of the monetary supply spurred economic development throughout the North and the Northwest ... of California, a co-founder of the Central Pacific Railroad, used his ...

A January report from the Federal Railroad Administration recommends restoring Amtrak routes across the West, including ...

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.

The epic guide to Glacier Park Lodge located in Glacier National Park, Montana including reservations, room review, phot ...

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