In the latest round of Amtrak operating issues, fallout from days of late trains has again inconvenienced passengers along ...

Extreme cold has hobbled BNSF Railway’s operations on its Northern Transcon in North Dakota and Montana. “The extreme cold ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The bitterly cold weather is ... and cancellations due to the extreme weather. Metra is also used switch heaters to try to prevent the same thing from happening.

In the meantime, new for this year is a temporary Brussels to Venice sleeper train with a dining car and couchettes costing ...

Rail service also took a hit, with Amtrak announcing cancellations and ... along with minus 37 in parts of Iowa. Even Chicago was shivering. The cause: The polar vortex — a large, whirling ...

Temperatures will warm into the low 20s on Wednesday, but there will be the chance of some snow in the afternoon and evening hours, said ABC7 Chicago ... Metra is also used switch heaters to ...

This Seattle train yard also handles the passenger trains of the Amtrak Coast Starlight (Seattle-Los Angeles service) and the Amtrak Empire Building (Seattle-Chicago ... several railroad switches and ...

As Charlie Cotton, founder of carbon specialists ecollective (ecollectivecarbon.com), says, “Most people won’t switch to 100 per ... and from Miami to Chicago is 3.5 times more.

“Just keep watch.” Caroline Kent’s mural inside Chicago’s Union Station is part of the yearlong Art at Amtrak Public Art Program. Provided Daisy’s view is an enviable one. At a time when ...

Trains on multiple Amtrak lines are canceled Tuesday and Wednesday as a blast of Arctic air continues to grip the Chicago area. Overnight wind chills Monday and into Tuesday could plunge to 20-to ...