Steel on Wheels. 3 minute read. TIME. September 18, 1950 12:00 AM GMT-4. Over the 37 miles from Chicago to Aurora, Ill., the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad hauls some 15,000 commuters a day.

There is nothing like a Steel Wheels concert and no two Steel Wheels’ performances are the same. Which is to say the Virginia-based quintet’s Jan. 17 gig ...