California derailed its rule that would have likely killed plans for Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s $1.5 billion Barstow International Gateway project.

Prior to the time of the streamliners, North American passenger trains were not particularly colorful. Most sleeping cars ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Our latest coverage of this news story has moved here. A 2-year-old was critically hurt in a shooting Thursday afternoon, Chicago police said. The incident happened near 14th and ...

BNSF Railway provided formal notice to the City of Rolla, dated Dec. 10, of their intent to remove the old wooden railroad ...

When my ancestors came to America from “the Old Sod,” they emigrated from various countries, mainly England and what was then Austria (now the Czech Republic) to the United States. All four of my ...

The Zephyr was built for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), commonly known as the Burlington Route, which ...

Evelyn Rackmyer was the guest of honor at a celebration at Jennings Terrace, where her contribution to this city’s story was ...

THE FIRST TEST FOR THAT PLAN COMES TODAY. I'M CP IN WASHINGTON, NBC NEWS. JUST A WEEK AFTER LONG-TIME BURLINGTON CITY COUNCILOR, JOAN SHANNON ANNOUNCED SHE áWOULDN'T SEEK RE-ELECTION ...

Former Burlington alderman George Whyte was colourful, outspoken and a fiscal hawk who was not afraid to stand up for what he believed in despite facing overwhelming opposition. Known as “the ...

Metal railroad heralds in cereal boxes offered boys and girls ... Central and Northern included the Chicago & Eastern Illinois; Chicago & North Western; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Chicago Great ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — One man was killed and two others were injured in a shooting on Chicago's Lower West Side early Monday morning. Chicago police said that around 1:30 a.m., two 32-year-old men got ...