Sixty years ago this month, a revolutionary train swept into Chicago on waves of both acclaim and hyperbole, making Page 1 news across the country and quickly becoming a national icon. A train as ...

"It was a sweet ride," CB&Q president Ralph Budd said as he disembarked from the Burlington Zephyr on its May 26, 1934, Dawn-to-Dusk Run. The ride would prove historic, too, going down in the books as ...

A wind from the west called the Zephyr–the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad’s new, diesel-powered, stainless steel, 72-passenger train–created a national sensation when it blew into town on May ...

Growing up on the West Side, Richard Gresens loved to draw moving objects and was fascinated by the designs of classic locomotives. So, it's little surprise that he's now a designer at Ford, where he ...

ANAHEIM, Calif.ANAHEIM, Calif. — All aboard! A train engine that has been at Disney’s California Adventure park has moved out. The recreated locomotive arrived Saturday at the Western Pacific Railroad ...