Metra unveiled a locomotive honoring military veterans with a special design featuring a bald eagle and American flag.

The locomotive will start rolling on the Rock Island Line later this month before moving to other of the rail agency's lines.

Ahead of the observance of Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, Metra has unveiled a special locomotive honoring Americans who ...

The Fort Dodge community will honor America’s veterans Monday morning with an outdoor ceremony in the shadow of the Albert Habhab Veterans Memorial Bridge. The bridge will be dedicated immediately ...

Metra on Monday debuted a unique locomotive honoring veterans, active duty service members and reservists that will operate ...

IN TEXAS ABOARD UNION PACIFIC’S BIG BOY TRAIN ... and a reminder that railroads continue to have the power to stimulate the American imagination. Intentional or not, the spectacle stands ...

History of the Illinois Terminal Railroad from its interurban beginnings to its 1982 merger into Norfolk & Western ...

When the Union Pacific Railroad wanted to increase their freight-hauling capabilities back in 1941, they turned, of course, to the power of steam. More specifically, they turned to the American ...

Locomotives in the scrapyard Sitting switchers The switcher is a rapidly-dying species on American railroads. Pushed out of ...

It's a scary time of year, but not because of Halloween. Looming large in our collective consciousness is Election Day, Nov.

The hotel revitalizes the historic Union Pacific Depot, offering 225 rooms ... Adams, a pair of cartographers who were the first to put railroad routes on a map — next week.