The Burlington Northern RR began operations in March 1970, the product of a merger between the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; ...

AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- A freight train derailment has disrupted train service on the Metra BNSF Line Friday morning. Metra says inbound and outbound service was halted near Route 59 in Aurora due to ...

Chicago & North Western 400 passenger trains were a prominent fleet ranging from the distinguished to the obscure.

Service on the Metra BNSF line has been disrupted after a truck hit a rail bridge in Chicago. The BNSF said all inbound and ...

LA GRANGE, Ill. (WLS) -- Metra BNSF trains began resuming operations Friday evening after it was disrupted in parts of the west suburbs due to a semi being struck by a freight train. A freight train ...

(AP) — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday agreed to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., a mainstay of Chicago's freight rail industry, making a $34 billion bet on the future of ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin ...

Metra BNSF line trains have been halted in both directions late Friday afternoon after a pedestrian was struck by a train near the Brookfield station, Metra officials said. Metra confirmed the service ...

Burlington Station is located at 925 S. 10th St. Construction was completed on Burlington Station in 1898. The building was designed to serve passenger travel, but also for shipment of produce, mail, ...