After the Regional Transportation Authority reorganized in 1983, the Commuter Rail Service Board was created. Here's how the transit agency now known as Metra has changed since its inception.
On Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad dispatched a train from a station on Kinzie Street just north of the Chicago River. It was the first railroad in a city that in future decades would become a rail hub for the entire nation. As the system grew, tracks and rail yards fanned out around the city center, making through passage difficult. So for years, until air travel took .
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Cyclists can find hundreds of miles of routes many of them on old railroad lines to pedal in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin. Here are a few of the best routes.
Cyclists can find hundreds of miles of routes many of them on old railroad lines to pedal in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin. Here are a few of the best routes.