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Union Tank Car Company Donates Rail Tank Car to Enhance Chicagoland First Responder Training

December 7, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
Union Tank Car Company donated a rail tank car to support hands-on training for the Chicago Fire Department, Calumet City Fire Department, and nearby municipalities.

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Union Pacific Celebrates its 163rd Birthday with Commemorative Lincoln Locomotive

July 2, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
Union Pacific Railroad celebrated its 163rd birthday in the hometown of its famed founder, President Abraham Lincoln, with the help of numerous dignitaries and its newest commemorative locomotive that honors Lincoln’s role in laying the foundation for America’s best-in-the-world freight rail system.

Canadian National Railway Company in Chicago.
Canadian National

CN to Spend Millions as Part of 2025 Capital Investment Program

June 14, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
CN plans to invest millions in states across the country as part of its 2025 capital investment program.

Amtrak

Amtrak: Borealis Surpasses 100,000 Customers

October 25, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
Year-to-date ridership on the state-sponsored Borealis between St. Paul and Chicago has surpassed 100,000 customers.

Commuter Rail

Members Can Still Request Replacement Ballots in Metra-UP Implementing Agreement

October 5, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
BLET members are continuing to vote on a tentative implementing agreement regarding Metra’s takeover of services from the Union Pacific Railroad.

Commuter Rail

Feds Announce More Money For More Railroad Projects

October 1, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity announcing the availability of more than $1 billion in funding to expand and modernize intercity passenger rail nationwide.

Amtrak

Amtrak Launching Floridian as Temporary Train Between Chicago and Miami

September 23, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
Amtrak is offering a new temporary route offering a direct round-trip between Chicago and Miami

Rail Blog

A brief look at the Georgian passenger train (Part I: The early years)

May 12, 2024 Todd DeFeo
On November 17, 1946, the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad jointly ushered in a new era when they introduced the Georgian diesel-powered streamliner running between St. Louis and Atlanta.

Commuter Rail

CTA, Metra and Pace Could be Combined Under New Measure

May 4, 2024 The Center Square
Democrat legislators have introduced the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act, which would establish a new, fully integrated agency to deliver transit service throughout northeastern Illinois.

Amtrak

Amtrak Borealis Trains Expand Service Between St. Paul and Chicago via Milwaukee

May 4, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
Tickets are now available for a second daily Amtrak service between the Twin Cities and Chicago via Milwaukee.

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