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Posted 26 February 2017 - 02:57 PM

WTTG-TV (PBS) Chicago, IL 2/23:

 

Chicago Tonight

Chicago Highlighted as the US Railroad Capital by Trains Magazine

 

 

The numerous freight and passenger trains coursing through Chicago define the city as the nation’s railroad hub.

 

Trains Magazine recently dedicated an entire collector’s edition issue to the city’s rail legacy.

 

More major railroads serve Chicago than other U.S. city.

 

Six out of the seven existing Class I Railroads in the U.S. – the largest and most profitable railroads – run through the Chicago area.

 

“Chicago became a rail center as early as 1856,” said Jim Wrinn, editor of Trains Magazine. “It wasn’t long after railroading had begun in America that a lot of the carriers got here.”

 

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