If you're trying to get across town in Elgin, you may run into issues as a freight train is blocking all of the railroad ...

In a merger application, the railroad plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West ...

Police were investigating Tuesday after a freight train was burglarized in west suburban Bellwood, Illinois. This is far from the first time such a thing has happened. CBS Skywatch was over the scene ...

A freight train derailment was reported on Friday afternoon in the South Deering neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side. Video from NBC Chicago’s Sky 5 helicopter showed several train cars off the ...

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 ...

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A new exhibit in Pilsen brings to light the Mexican and Mexican American families who helped build Chicago’s rail network.

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. -- A freight train carrying crude oil derailed Wednesday in East Chicago, Indiana. The CSX train derailed about 5:20 p.m. in the 4600 block of Euclid Avenue, East Chicago and CSX ...