Traqueros in Chicago and the Midwest” takes a closer look at Mexican railroad workers and how the roots they planted still shape communities today.

Trains in Mexico have returned in a pretty major way, but it would be better if the people living here also realised that.

A new exhibition in Pilsen documents how Mexican and Mexican American workers helped build Chicago’s rail system and lived in boxcar communities. The show traces more than a century of labor history ...

The recent arrest of a Mexican railroad worker, accused of helping smuggle people across the border on trains in Eagle Pass, Texas, has raised questions about plans to allow more trains operated by ...

Editor’s note: Coco Picard spoke with cocurator Ismael Cuevas about the exhibition “Rieles y Raíces.” Edited text from the comic is transcribed here to ease readability. When working as Amtrak’s ...

Map list -- Introduction -- Opening the trade routes -- First railroads, 1700-1830 -- Origins of the streetcar -- Rail track developments -- Harnessing the power of steam, 1800-34 -- Coming of the ...