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

A contractor removing snow from a Naperville train station was killed when a freight train struck the snow-removal equipment that the man was operating, according to city officials. Naperville police ...

Chicago firefighters responded to a derailment Friday afternoon near 99th Street and Marquette Avenue. No leakage was initially reported, and it was unclear what the tankers were carrying.

Like any form of transport, trains come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. For public transportation purposes, more riders mean more fares and more income, and so it's a matter of accommodating as ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A freight train hit a pedestrian in the west suburbs on Monday night, Metra said. Metra said the collision happened near Naperville. What led up to the crash was not ...

It was a Thanksgiving miracle. An elderly woman miraculously only suffered minor injuries Wednesday after a freight train slammed into her car along a New Jersey highway — and dragged it for a quarter ...

A person was struck and killed by a freight train in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove early Sunday morning. Downers Grove police said they were called at 12:45 a.m., after a person was struck ...

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U.S. freight railroads are a major source of pollution, chuffing out more nitrogen oxide than all the nation’s coal-fired ...

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A China-Europe freight train leaves from Chengdu International Railway Port in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province for Ma?aszewicze in Poland, on November 28, 2025. Photo: CCTV News On Friday ...

Alicia Rovey of the All Fifty Club, a group of travel enthusiasts who want to visit all 50 states, visited five states with her family on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, which runs between Chicago and Los ...