The Great Western Railroad was built from Springfield, operating to Decatur on a regular schedule starting on May 8, 1854.

The movie "Sinners" showcases blues music from Chicago and Mississippi, linked by the Great Migration. Here's where to see blues in Chicago, as seen in "Sinners".

The founders of Emporia, Nebraska in Holt County had great hopes for this platted town to become the scene of commerce.

In late 1905, when Chrylser was offered the position of master mechanic for the Chicago Great Western Railroad’s main shops at Oelwein, Iowa, Cotter urged him to take the job for a competitor. It was ...

There it intersected with the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad (later to be the Erie), serving New York and Cincinnati, and soon Chicago.

Watching over the racing green carriages are the oriel windows of the old Great Western Railway boardroom, from which top-hatted railwaymen would have regarded engines through soot-smeared panes.

Safety concerns at crash-prone underpass on Chicago's Southwest Side Leaders on Chicago's Southwest Side spoke up Wednesday night about safety concerns regarding a viaduct at a busy intersection.

The Chicago & North Western train depot in downtown Milwaukee was torn down in 1968 to make way for parks and a freeway that was never built.

Chicago-based Anacostia Rail Holdings bought 100 new rail cars to handle steel coil shipments in Northwest Indiana.

GREEN MOUNTAIN — On March 21, 1910, a train derailment near the Marshall/Tama county line (four miles northeast of Green Mountain) resulted in the worst railroad accident in Iowa history. More ...

UK-based train operating company Great Western Railway (GWR) has announced the introduction of 26 Class 175 trains to its fleet, aiming to enhance punctuality across its network. This move is part of ...