1995: A bus loaded with high school students was hit by an express commuter train at a crossing in Fox River Grove, tearing ...

An Amtrak train heading to Chicago carrying more than 100 people collided with a semi-truck hauling rocks Tuesday morning at ...

Enjoy a world-class zoo, delicious food, and hundreds of arcade games while visiting this Chicago suburb, whose origins date ...

CHICAGO - Two Chicago brothers are facing burglary charges after authorities say they were caught breaking into a moving cargo train on Chicago’s South Side last week. According to the Cook County ...

Looking for Christmas trains in Chicago? These popular rides fill up quickly, but there are still many available Polar ...

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

The Chicago History Museum will explore the heritage and traditions of Latinos, and the National Museum of Mexican Art will ...

Its trials completed at the Federal Railroad Administration’s Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colo., Amtrak’s ...

Several heritage railways provide shorter, family-friendly excursions, sometimes with seasonal themes like pumpkin patches.

From Rails to Trails explores how a passionate group of activists fought to transform railroad corridors into trails now ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that rehabilitation of a crossing by Norfolk Southern railroad on ...

The caboose was last used in 1982 by the Terminal Railroad/TRRA in Granite City, Illinois, in the greater St. Louis metro ...