The train struck a cargo box truck at a crossing on a private road for a business just east of Lemont.

A Friday afternoon commute in Mount Prospect turned deadly when a pedestrian was struck and killed by a Metra Union Pacific ...

Though the sight is familiar to many Chicagoans, folks braving their first Midwest winter or those who’ve never seen the phenomenon may be surprised to see small fires burning along Metra railroad ...

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Large crowds of commuters trying to get home amid brutally cold weather in Chicago crowded Union Station after a second day ...

A 23-year-old Chicago woman is charged with attempted murder in a CTA train stabbing. Police say a 24-year-old man was ...

A new exhibition in Pilsen documents how Mexican and Mexican American workers helped build Chicago’s rail system and lived in boxcar communities. The show traces more than a century of labor history ...

Soon, next year we are told, the heretofore hidden history of Illinois’ Underground Railroad will begin to be assembled, documented, recorded and made public. And it only took 200 years. Soon, we are ...

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and south suburbs are applauding progress of state legislation to create a statewide commission devoted to the subject.

Take a 52-hour journey across America on the California Zephyr sleeper train, traveling over 2,500 miles from Chicago to San Francisco. This legendary route offers breathtaking scenery and highlights ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - A Dubuque group is working to reinstate passenger rail service connecting Chicago to Dubuque, hoping to transform the more than three-hour drive into a train ride. Paul Uzel, a ...