Chicago SouthShore South Bend Railroad Co.--Operation Exemption--Illinois Indiana Development Company, LLCChicago SouthShore South Bend Railroad (CSS), a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to operate ap...
Chicago’s iconicUnion Stationserves both Amtrak and Metra, the city’s commuter rail service. Originally designed by Daniel Burnham and completed by Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, Union Station is a glowing expression of Chicago’s status as a national railroad hub, and remains a treasured...
Finally, the Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine & Beattyville Railroad ("The Riney-B") would complete the corridor east to Beattyville and then south to Cumberland Gap along the borders of Virginia and Tennessee. A great deal of the Riney-B was completed by 1890 having reached Irvine (about 60...
The upper deck section of Wacker turned south using the old viaduct and connected to Randolph street (the path seen in the above left image). That was removed in 1994, soon after which a small golf course was built in the land vacated by the viaduct and long-gone railroad tracks. The ...
South Bend International (SBN): Flying Allegiant Air? This airport is for you. Seriously. Only Allegiant flies here. Take a 2-hour train ride via South Shore Line railroad into Chicago. General Mitchell International (MKE): Flying a major airline and up for a little adventure? This Milwauke...
From the early days of commercial aviation, Chicago’s city government has recognized and capitalized on the advantageous flexibility of air routes over more-or-less permanent railroad tracks. During the 1920s the city established Municipal Airport on the Southwest Side, which quickly developed into ...
theAmerican Civil War, adding leather goods, steel rail, andfood processing. Although railroading, steel, and meatpacking continued to be the largest employers, by the late 19th century manufacturing was branching into chemicals, furniture, paint, metalworking, machine tools, railroad equipment, ...
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Wolf Road closed due to railroad crossing repairs in Prospect Heights That area will remain closed until next Saturday, July 22. Jul 15, 2023 00:23 NASCAR grandstands come down and Chicago streets are repainted Officials from the city and NASCAR will evaluate the race and decide the next step...
The Chicago Daily News Building, Holabird and Root's elegant Art Deco skyscraper from 1929, was the first building constructed over railroad air rights. With its broad graceful plaza, it was the first project not to turn its back on the Chicago River, but to embrace it. Now the Daily News...