Chicago has always had a plethora of terminal railroads. Many have come and gone, but a handful with historical roots dating to the late 19th Century are still active today, and vital to keeping the ...

Dave Daruszka opened a recent presentation on the history of Chicago’s railroads by blowing a handheld train whistle. “If you’re standing on the tracks and you hear this sound, you’re dead,” he told ...

U.S. railroads are learning to shift their presidents as smoothly as they shuffle freight cars in pushbutton yards. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad needed to find a replacement for Louis W.