A freight rain derailment early Wednesday morning in Chicago Ridge has blocked roadways and cut Metra service in the south ...

Information about the pedestrian and what led to the crash was not released.

A CSX train derailed 17 cars early Friday in Chicago's south suburbs.

Construction on a new rail system connecting Rockford and Chicago is scheduled to begin late spring, early summer. The project aims to restore rail service to a region that has been without a direct ...

Editor's Note: A person of interest was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon. Our latest update can be found here. Our original story continues below. A woman is in critical condition after police ...

In Chicago, trains often appear to run backwards. It’s not a mistake. In the 1950s, rail operators introduced push-pull systems to reduce costly turnaround time. Instead of moving the locomotive to ...

We were well into our journey from Los Angeles to Chicago, surrounded by cornfields and grain elevators, when the train halted and a voice rang out. “All right, folks,” said a man on the PA system.