Wondering what you might have missed this week in the rail industry? Look no further. The following are the best-performing TrainsPRO stories for the week of Apr. 24, 2026, presented by the editors of ...

Big Boy No. 4014 will journey to the East Coast for the first time in collaboration with Norfolk Southern (NS), as part of a ...

The first regularly scheduled China-Central Asia freight train from Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, departs for Almaty, ...

Just when you think you're safe, the game will drop something in your lap that you can't shake away, dramatically changing ...

The Rail Users’ Network (RUN) held its semiannual spring conference online on Friday afternoon, April 24. Attendees included ...

Geoffrey Baer has taken deep dives into the history and stories of the Chicago region for more than 30 years, hosting scores of documentaries on WTTW Channel 11 that explore various facets of the ...

Highlights include guest speaker presentations, a special museum exhibit, a youth art competition, and a gala fundraiser and ...

A freight train derailment impacted Metra services and caused multiple road closures in the south suburbs on Wednesday. Morning commuters' travel plans were thrown off track after a freight train ...

Jacobs is stepping into two critical I-290 projects in the Chicagoland area—can targeted bridge and tunnel work finally ...

Union Pacific's famed Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, will journey to the East Coast for the first time in collaboration with Norfolk Southern, as part of a historic ...

Michigan, a team that has performed like a freight train in this NCAA tournament, won the national title – the Big Ten’s first in 26 years – by playing more like a bulldozer.

The iconic country band The Chicks wrote the song “Wide Open Spaces,” and they might as well have been writing it about ...