Exhibit on Chicago railroad workers pulls into Pullman

A new exhibition at the Pullman Exhibit Hall features pictures of railroad workers by Jack Delano, a photographer for the Works Progress Administration. The photos, focusing on work on workers during the home front during World War II, is open through the end of the year. (Brian Rich/Sun-Times)

Exhibits on the history of railroads often focus on the machinery — flashy, loud, showy.

That’s understandable, Scott Lothes said.