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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Metra — 'The way to really fly' — turns 40

After the Regional Transportation Authority reorganized in 1983, the Commuter Rail Service Board was created. Here's how the transit agency now known as Metra has changed since its inception. ....

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William B. Ogden and the railroad that pioneered Chicago's place as a transportation hub

On Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad dispatched a train from a station on Kinzie Street just north of the Chicago River. It was the first railroad in a city that in future decades would become a rail hub for the entire nation. As the system grew, tracks and rail yards fanned out around the city center, making through passage difficult. So for years, until air travel took . ....

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Chicago's first railroad took to tracks 175 years ago

Chicago's first railroad took to tracks 175 years ago
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From the 'Field of Dreams' film site to a solar-system-modeled trek, bikers can find plenty of fascinating trails around the Midwest – Press and Guide

Cyclists can find hundreds of miles of routes many of them on old railroad lines to pedal in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin. Here are a few of the best routes. ....

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From the 'Field of Dreams' film site to a solar-system-modeled trek, bikers can find plenty of fascinating trails around the Midwest – Morning Journal

Cyclists can find hundreds of miles of routes many of them on old railroad lines to pedal in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin. Here are a few of the best routes. ....

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