By BOB OKON, The Herald-News; April 5, 2018 JOLIET – The new train station is scheduled to open Wednesday. The…
By Steve Sadin, Daily North Shore; April 4, 2018 LAKE FOREST — After more than a year of contention between…
By Jim Harger, mlive.com; April 3, 2018 HOLLAND, MI — Amtrak will operate a special Tulip Time train between Chicago…
A press release from Metra; April 2, 2018: Due to declining use and efforts to cut costs, Metra is ending…
By Claire Bushey, Crain’s Chicago Business; March 28, 2018 Interference from Canadian National railroad delayed 84 percent of Amtrak passengers…
By Jay Severance, St. Paul Pioneer Press Letters to the Editor; March 29, 2018 Bipartisan bills have been introduced in…
By Brian Todd, Post Bulletin; March 27, 2018 WINONA — Representatives from All Aboard Minnesota and Amtrak spoke to…
By Peter Lenz, Multi-Media Journalist, WXOW News 19 ABC; March 25, 2018 La Crescent, MN (WXOW) – The La Crescent…
A press release from Metra; March 21, 2018: The Metra Board of Directors today approved a $29.4 million contract for…
Opinion by Paul Schollmeier, Winona Daily News; March 22, 2018 As Winona develops into a center for the arts and…
By Glen Olson, Winona Daily News; March 19, 2018 A pro-rail transportation group will be holding an informational forum later…
By LAUREN GARDNER, With help from Brianna Gurciullo, Tanya Snyder and Stephanie Beasley, Politico Morning Transportation; March 16, 2017 TRYING…
By Aarik Woods, OurQuadCities.com; March 14, 2018 People in Quad Cities have been waiting for train service to Chicago for…
From Progressive Railroading Magazine; March 14, 2018 Metra next month will replace 17,000 ties over a 17-mile single-track span along…
By Steve Sadin, Daily North Shore; March 13, 2018 More than 1,200 people heard a select group of neighbors, an…
By Ed Tibbetts, Quad-City Times; March 9, 2018 Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner pledged support Friday for passenger rail service in…
From The News Leader; March 10, 2018 Beginning at the end of March, Amtrak’s Cardinal will only run between Washington…
By Peter Taylor, Streetsblog Chicago; March 8, 2018 I’m a proud and militant South Sider and a product of the…
By JIM MEENAN, Qonline.com; March 8, 2018 The Chicago-to-Moline passenger train has been a long time coming. And it still…
From ANTARA News; March 7, 2018 Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia has the potential to export passenger trains manufactured by…
Opinion By Jerry Davich, Reporter, Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune; March 6, 2018 My personal history with the South Shore railroad goes…
By Eric Weiner, AFAR, March/April 2018 Issue; March 5, 2018 One afternoon, I find myself at Union Station in Washington,…
By Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 26, 2018 Short line Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad…
By Sydney Smith, Holland Sentinel; February 23, 2018 HOLLAND — A local state representative is asking for support for trains…
By Jennifer DeWitt, Quad City Times; February 25, 2018 As downtown Moline welcomes the new Element hotel as part…