Fall in the Midwest is made for train rides with your family. For those in Chicago, these routes combine colorful scenery with the fun of traveling by rail - whether on a cross-state Amtrak line or a ...

Looking for Christmas trains in Chicago? These popular rides fill up quickly, but there are still many available Polar Express train rides near Chicago. Chicago's Union Station Polar Express ride is ...

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and south suburbs are applauding progress of state legislation to create a statewide commission devoted to the subject.

Chicago's Polar Express train rides won't be running in Chicago this holiday season. Organizers posted the news on Facebook, blaming street reconstruction above Union Station for the cancellation.

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