The trend toward professional archival preservation of the work of major railroad photographers continues, lately with the ...

Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...

Civil War-era hobos hopped trains to find work. Content creators hop trains with their GoPros. Hitching rides on the railroad is an American tradition.

"There's a lot of excitement," Andy Spinelli, president of the museum, said this week. "We still have a lot of work to do, ...

It was in Tolono, a place Lincoln had visited a dozen or more times and where he had many friends, that the president-elect ...

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (JBHT) marks 35 years of intermodal service operations this month.

Missouri Pacific history is easier to understand if the railroad is considered in three parts: the lines west of St. Louis, the lines south and southwest of St. Louis, and the lines in Texas and ...

Courtesy of CBS Share In 1982, the McDonald’s All-American Game, then in its sixth year of existence, came to the Chicago area for ... ‘‘We were great friends,’’ Douglas said.

CHICAGO — The City of Chicago is being investigated for its “sanctuary city” status, as immigration officers continue to make arrests in the city and around the U.S. On Monday, Mayor Brandon ...

As membership in organized religions has declined in the past half-century, many disused churches around the city and suburbs have been turned into apartments, condos, theaters, arts spaces and ...

Chicago’s warmest February on record ... signaling the urgency of preparing for more erratic weather, especially along our Great Lakes shores. The Great Lakes region is already experiencing ...