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CBS News
22-07-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Amtrak celebrates Chicago Union Station 100th anniversary
Amtrak and Illinois officials are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Chicago's Union Station Tuesday. The transit hub was dubbed "America's finest railroad terminal" back in 1925 and Monday afternoon Amtrak will unveil a new art exhibition to mark its centennial. They will also look ahead to the station's future. In the past few years, Union Station has seen $70 million in renovations and upgrades. Union Station was designed by famed architect Daniel Burnham. It took 10 years to build and cost $75 million at the time, which is equivalent to about $1 billion in today's dollars. It is the third-busiest station in the entire country, the fourth-busiest owned by Amtrak. The station moves more than 3 million Amtrak passengers and 35 million Metra riders each year.
Yahoo
19-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Utah State Railroad Museum gets Western Pacific caboose; Merci Boxcar restoration complete
The Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden has a new addition — a Western Pacific caboose — while the restoration of a boxcar that was a gift to Utah from France after World War II is complete. Museums at Union Station in Ogden manages the railroad museum and opens Western Pacific Railroad Caboose No. 438 to the public on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., when admission will be free. The recent acquisition is meant to complement the Western Pacific GP35 electric diesel engine acquired last year and bolster the representation from the now-defunct rail line at the Ogden museum. 'We've really tried to create a collection that shows both the locomotives and cabooses from each of the major rail lines,' said Hope Eggett, the Museums at Union Station administrator, and Western Pacific is one of the last rail operations that served Utah that was unrepresented. The Western Pacific cars — among more than 50 at the museum — are meant to help 'tell the story of the workers who worked on the railroad.' Meantime, Eggett said the restoration of the Merci Boxcar — given to Utah by the people of France in 1949 as a way of saying thanks for U.S. assistance during the post-World War II era — is complete. The unique gray boxcar, previously displayed outside Union Station, had fallen into disrepair and was sent last year to Cheyenne, Wyoming, to be restored by experts there at a cost of some $100,000. 'We are really eager for it to get back to Utah. We don't have a firm date yet, but we do expect it back soon,' Eggett said. A ceremony to welcome it back will be organized once it returns to Ogden. It had sat exposed to the elements, but upon its return will be displayed in a covered exhibition area to better protect it. Caboose No. 438 was built in 1955 and retired from service in the 1980s, when rail lines started phasing out use of cabooses amid technological advances that rendered them obsolete. It had been on display at the Inland Northwest Rail Museum in Reardan, Washington, and was acquired by the Union Station Foundation, an independent, nonprofit entity, for $16,000. 'With only a handful still on public display nationwide, this rare caboose captures the spirit of Western Pacific's golden era and stands as a testament to Ogden's role in shaping the West through rail,' reads a press release from the city of Ogden. Only 13 of the cabooses survive, Eggett said. Museums at Union Station is the umbrella organization that manages the Utah State Railroad Museum and gun and car museums, also housed at the historic railway station. The free museum entry on Saturday coincides with the Ogden Arts Festival, a ticketed event taking place at Union Station on Saturday and Sunday. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Billy Strings Goes Death Metal With Cryptopsy Collaboration
Michigan bluegrass aficionado Billy Strings has showcased his diverse tastes and genre-shifting proficiency as part of a new collaboration with Canadian death metal outfit Cryptopsy. 32-year-old Strings – who scored his third No. 1 on the Bluesgrass Albums chart in 2024 with Highway Prayers – has long been a noted fan of some of the biggest names in the world of bluegrass and rock, though he's frequently indicated that his tastes skew a bit heavier as well. More from Billboard Tomorrowland 2025 Mainstage Destroyed by Fire Ahead of Festival Alison Krauss & Union Station, Billy Strings Lead 2025 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards Nominees Ariana Grande Teases 'A Plan to Sing for You All Next Year': See What She Said That heaviness extends to Cryptopsy, the Montreal outfit who have been an active presence in the death metal scene since their formation in 1988. Six years after their founding, the future Juno Award-winners released their debut album, Blasphemy Made Flesh, with the record this year receiving the reissue treatment. As part of said reissue (which arrives on July 18), the album also includes live cuts and a special eight-and-a-half minute medley dubbed 'Blasphemy Made Fresh,' which includes guest vocalists such as Shadow of Intent's Ben Duerr, Stabbing's Bridget Lynch, Emasculator's Mallika Sundaramurthy, and others, while Strings adds his own guitar solo. 'We are super stoked at how excited each guest was to be part of this unique homage to Cryptopsy's first classic,' vocalist Matt McGachy said in a statement. 'We are beyond proud of this medley and are so happy that we can now share it with our new and old fans.' Per a press release, the medley 'sharpens and steels the album's many surgical hooks and pathological rhythms,' with Strings also sharing his rabid excitement at being involved in the process. 'Cryptopsy is my all-time favorite death metal band,' he explained, before recalling a night in 2023 when both acts performed in Boise, ID. Feeling 'bummed' at the unfortunate schedule clash, Strings leaned on the Blasphemy Made Flesh track 'Open Face Surgery' and gifted the group a cake that said 'Open Cake Surgery.'' A video of the group devouring the cake later made its way onto social media – much to Strings' delight. 'It blew my mind!' he explained. 'I was just so happy I could at least pay my respects in the form of frosting and that they didn't think I was a total weirdo.' 'It was such a huge honor for me to add this guitar solo to this insane medley by my favorite death metal band,' he added in a post shared to social media. 'This is like a dream come true for me and I want to thank the band for having me on it.' The release of the Cryptopsy medley is the latest addition to a month of ups and downs for Strings, who on Wednesday (July 16) received multiple nominations for the 2025 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards – including entertainer and album of the year. In late June, the musician revealed during a performance in Lexington, KY, that his mother had passed away just hours earlier. 'It was my decision to carry on with tonight's show because that's what my mom would have wanted me to do,' he told the crowd. 'The reason I decided not to go home and be with my family right now is because I already am.' Listen to Cryptopsy's 'Blasphemy Made Fresh' below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Yahoo
30-06-2025
- Yahoo
CRIME SCENE: Male suspect sought after woman sexually assaulted on streetcar
Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a suspect after a sexual assault at Union Station. Toronto Police said they received a sexual assault call Tuesday in the Bay-Front Sts. area at about 8:50 p.m. after a male streetcar passenger approached a female rider, who was then sexually assaulted and harassed. Police said they believe there may be more victims and that they are looking for a 35- to 45-year-old man who is about 5-foot-6 and has short black hair. He was wearing glasses, a white shirt, beige pants and a black backpack. Anyone with information can contact police at 416-808-5200. A 30-year-old Toronto man is facing a slew of charges after multiple break-ins at a west-end apartment. Toronto Police said they investigated a call Saturday in the Queen St. E.-Broadview Ave. area where the accused allegedly entered the victim's residence uninvited on three separate occasions. The accused allegedly stole property and assaulted, threatened and harassed the victim before fleeing, said police. Peter Nowaczek was arrested Sunday and charged with break and enter (commit), theft under $5,000, uttering threats, assault, criminal harassment (follow) and two counts each of break and enter with intent and criminal harassment (communicate). A 35-year-old male motorcyclist is fighting for his life after a crash Saturday in Scarborough. Toronto Police said they responded to a collision involving a motorcycle and a 2021 black Mercedes at 5:50 p.m. at the intersection of Lawrence Ave. E. and Danielle Moore Circle. Police said the motorcycle was travelling westbound on Lawrence and collided with the Mercedes, which was making a left-hand turn from eastbound Lawrence to Danielle Moore. The motorcyclist was rushed to Sunnybrook hospital with life-threatening injuries, while a female passenger in the Mercedes was also hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Two fraudsters sought for trying to scam homeowner in east end Man shot in parked vehicle outside Oakville restaurant
CTV News
29-06-2025
- CTV News
Suspect sought after woman sexually assaulted on TTC streetcar
Police say the man in the photo is wanted in a sex assault investigation. Toronto police are searching for a man accused of sexually assaulting and harassing a woman on a TTC streetcar at Union Station earlier this week. Police said they got a call for a sexual assault at the downtown transit hub just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday. A man on board streetcar #4432 approached a female passenger and allegedly sexually assaulted and harassed her. On Sunday, police released a photo of the suspect, believed to be between 35 and 45 years old, five-foot-six, with short black hair. He was last seen wearing glasses, a white shirt, beige pants and carrying a black backpack. Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 416-808-5200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).
