CHICAGO (WLS) -- No Metra or Amtrak trains were able to enter or exit Chicago Union Station for a brief time Thursday morning due to signal problems. Amtrak officials said their signal system ...

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Our travel columnist took the California Zephyr during the Thanksgiving rush. And would do it again, with ear plugs.

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