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 ...

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 ...

A freight train derailed Friday afternoon in Chicago’s South Deering neighborhood, sending several tanker cars off the rails near 99th Street and Marquette Avenue. Fire crews responded to the scene, ...

Merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern will create 10,000 single-line rail lanes, annually shifting 105,000 truckloads ...

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

Chopper 7 is over the scene near 99th Street and Marquette Avenue. The derailed train appeared to be a freight train. The derailment did not appear to impact any Metra service. ABC7 has reached out to ...

With temperatures hovering around zero over the weekend of Dec. 12-14, most Amtrak trains were able to leave Chicago on time, ...

Several tanker cars on a freight train derailed Friday afternoon in the South Deering neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.