Metra is having “great luck” with its fleet of SD70MACH locomotives, Chief Operating Officer Kevin McCann told the Sandhouse ...

NEXT-GEN SMALL-ROAD MOTIVE POWER, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2025 ISSUE: Short lines and switching operations face several hurdles if ...

But after a spectacular, time-consuming and meticulous $3 million effort, including about $1.5 million from the Wagner Foundation, the 1385 steam locomotive is nearly whole. And in the coming months, ...

Late Thursday afternoon, the Fergus girls basketball team was in the FHS Fieldhouse busy preparing for the Class A State ...

Why did Metra pay a team of outside lawyers $1.57 million to investigate its Police Department? The firm McGuireWoods was hired in 2023 to dive into anonymous allegations of troubling behavior and ...

Northrail has announced an expansion of its European fleet with the addition of up to 50 new Vectron locomotives from Siemens Mobility. The initial order will see the delivery of 15 Vectron units, ...

Metra has donated F40C No. 614 to the Illinois Railway Museum. IRM UNION, Ill. — Metra has donated F40C No. 614, one of just two such surviving locomotives, to the Illinois Railway Museum. IRM says in ...

A Chicago man was charged with reckless homicide in a crash with a South Chicago Metra Electric Line train on Feb. 12, 2025. Sun-Times file Share Moises Perez Metra An SUV driver was charged with ...

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Separately, Metra in 2022 awarded Progress Rail a $34.6 million contract to convert up to six of its oldest diesel-electric locomotives to zero-emission battery power. LCMTA on Feb. 18 expanded its ...

A historic steam locomotive is making a return to the tracks after a 14-year restoration project. The Watercress Line has announced that the SR Merchant Navy class locomotive, No. 35005 Canadian ...

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