Metra director of strategic planning Lynette Ciavarella explains the railroad’s plan to add reverse commute trains on Milwaukee District North line. METRA webcast image CHICAGO — Metra and officials in Lake County, Ill., have agreed to share the $1.4-million cost of test-launching two new reverse-commute trains on Metra’s Milwaukee District North line serving Chicago’s north […]
Join us at the Illinois Railway Museum to hear from the managers who restore and maintain Frisco 2-10-0 No. 1630; learn about the next engine about to go into service, a Shay locomotive; and find out about the next project on the horizon. […]
A night shoot at the Superior depot with museum equipment in 2006 highlights the restored sign. Steve Glischinski SUPERIOR, Wis. – The former Soo Line passenger depot in Superior will soon be home to a brewery and restaurant. Thirsty Pagan Brewing plans to move from its current location in Superior to the depot, with opening […]
Officials broke ground on Oct. 1 for a nearly $500 million rail improvement project in Chicago near 75th Street in the city. Locomotives from the railroads affected include: CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, Belt Railway of Chicago, Metra, and Union Pacific. Dean Mastoras CHICAGO — Railroad, U.S., and Illinois state officials today announced nearly $500 million […]
Five “stored serviceable” steam locomotives occupy a track outside the Great Northern roundhouse at Kelly Lake, Minn., the home terminal for GN’s Minnesota iron-ore operations, in September 1954. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
No. 9806 is one of Chicago River & Indiana’s 21 800 h.p. Lima-Hamilton switchers, built in 1951. The little road’s name is in an oval on the cabside, while CR&I parent New York Central System is identified on the hood. Robert A. Janz photo […]
Conceived in 1907 as an interurban line, Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern never did electrify. In the diesel era, MN&S favored Baldwin products like this blue-and-silver DRS-6-6-1500, shown switching the yard at Auto Club Junction south of Minneapolis in 1958. William D. Middleton photo […]
Milwaukee Road’s westbound Morning Hiawatha pauses at Portage, Wis., in October 1965. Tucked behind the E units are several head-end cars, including a Great Northern express boxcar, Milwaukee express boxcar, and GN baggage express car. Tom Hoffmann photo […]
A four-unit set of FT diesels leads a 125-car Burlington Route freight west at Galesburg, Ill., in June 1953. R. R. Malinoski photo […]
Two Gulf, Mobile & Ohio E7 diesels bring the St. Louis–Chicago Alton Limited into the station at Springfield, Ill., in May 1952. Edward Theisinger photo […]
Of the eight Big Boy locomotives preserved, only two are indoors. No. 4017 is one of the major artifacts on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wis. Join Editor Jim Wrinn and museum Education Director Bob Lettenberger on a tour of this giant of steam. […]
Of the eight Big Boy locomotives preserved, only two are indoors. No. 4017 is one of the major artifacts on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wis. Join Editor Jim Wrinn and museum Education Director Bob Lettenberger on a tour of this giant of steam. […]
