Developers seek to build high-rises above Metra tracks near Soldier Field NEWSWIRE

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CHICAGO — Real estate developers have rekindled decade-old plans to build high-rise buildings above 34 acres of railroad tracks near downtown Chicago used by Metra Electric and South Shore Line trains and formerly used by the old Illinois Central. The key developer, Gerald Fogelson, is responsible for building the massive Central Station residential development on […]

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Former Trains staffer, video producer Paul Schneider dies NEWSWIRE

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Paul D. Schneider train-watching at Fullerton, Calif. David Styffe LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Railroading has lost one of its most versatile and accomplished storytellers. Paul D. Schneider, 64, died peacefully on Feb. 15, 2019, at the Rehabilitation Center on La Brea, in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Fairfax, where he had been living for several […]

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Twin Cities light rail lines see ridership increase as demographics change NEWSWIRE

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Metro Transit light rail in downtown Minneapolis. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – The Twin Cities two light rail lines set ridership records in 2018, Twin Cities Metro Transit announced Monday. The Green Line, which connects downtown St. Paul and downtown Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota, saw 13.8 million rides, a 5 percent increase from the […]

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Renovated Tomah, Wis., Amtrak station to open Feb. 13 NEWSWIRE

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TOMAH, Wis. — Tomah’s renovated Amtrak station will open on Wednesday, Feb. 13. A dedication ceremony is set for 4:30 p.m., the Tomah Journal reports. There is also a town hall meeting that evening featuring a representative of the Wisconsin Rail Passenger Association, discussing the status of the Empire Builder and the possibility of a […]

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Duluth museum to return Northern Pacific SD45 to operation NEWSWIRE

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No. 3617 rests in the museum hall in October 2016. Brian Schmidt DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum has begun a fundraising campaign to return Northern Pacific SD45 No. 3617 to operation. The locomotive was donated to the museum by Canadian National in 2007 after service on Wisconsin Central and CN. Wisconsin Central […]

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Metra Electric to remain on modified schedule through Friday NEWSWIRE

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Metra’s Electric Line will remain on a modified schedule through Friday as the commuter railroad continues to repair damage caused by a freight-train derailment. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Continuing work to repair damage caused by a Canadian National freight-train derailment has led Metra to announce its Electric Line will remain on a modified schedule […]

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