One person was killed and two others were injured when a freight train collided with a landscaping truck Thursday morning in ...

A crumbling rail overpass in Back of the Yards was the site of a violent riot that erupted during the Pullman strike of 1894, ...

One person was killed Thursday after a landscape vehicle collides with a freight train on State Street in Elgin, officials say.

One person is dead and two others were injured Thursday morning when a Union Pacific freight train engine collided with a ...

One of the major pieces of Chicago’s CREATE program marked a milestone on Wednesday, Oct. 15, as the first CSX Transportation ...

As fans of “The Gilded Age” know, great fortunes were made by building railroads across the width of the USA. Chicago, of course, was the epicenter of all that. Celebrities going from New York to ...

The potential merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern has stirred up lots of talk and speculation around its ...

PLAINFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Emergency crews are on the scene of a freight train derailment in far southwest suburban Plainfield Friday evening. The derailment happened around 7:30 p.m. near Rte. 59 and ...

Trains have been delayed on every Metra commuter line in the Chicago area during the Tuesday evening rush, due to a positive ...

A freight train derailment early Friday blocked all tracks on the Metra BNSF line between Aurora and Route 59, halting service for several hours. Service resumed around 8 a.m., but riders were warned ...

According to recently published statements made by Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena, we need a transcontinental rail merger to dramatically improve rail service by eliminating what Vena claims are the ...