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As fans of “The Gilded Age” know, great fortunes were made by building railroads across the width of the USA. Chicago, of course, was the epicenter of all that. Celebrities going from New York to ...

Thousands of Chicago-area commuters may be caught in a bureaucratic tug-of-war between Metra and Union Pacific, with both sides digging in over who controls access to the city’s vital commuter rail ...

Metra trains on the Union Pacific Northwest train were halted during the afternoon rush Wednesday after a train hit a car on Chicago's Northwest Side. The train hit the car at the Bryn Mawr crossing, ...

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Union Pacific Railroad sued Metra yesterday in an escalation of an ongoing compensation dispute between the two railroads. Union Pacific alleges Metra owes it close to $2.3 million in the lawsuit, ...

Union Pacific Railroad is launching a new, truck-competitive domestic intermodal service connecting Southern California’s Inland Empire to Chicago, significantly boosting its intermodal capacity. Set ...

Metra and Union Pacific may be embroiled in a power struggle, but a significant federal ruling in the commuter railroad’s favor ensures riders won’t experience any drama, officials said Monday. The ...

Two commuter parking lots in Geneva, closed since 2022, reopened Friday, according to the city. The lots had been closed since 2022 for the construction of a third railroad track on Metra’s Union ...

Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE:UNP) plans to launch a new, truck-competitive domestic intermodal service connecting Southern California's Inland Empire to Chicago. The service is expected to ...