Regulators will decide whether a merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would improve shipment times or stifle ...

For the Claussen family that runs Gulf & Ohio rail, the Christmas Lantern Express is a sweet way to give back to the community.

Two of the largest U.S. railroad unions oppose the proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, raising concerns ...

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 ...

Details remain limited, and injuries are unknown, but SkyCam9 flew above the scene at 99th Street and Marquette Ave. in the city’s South Deering late Friday afternoon. Trump suffers major blow in ...

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 ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A Naperville contractor has died after being hit by a freight train while removing snow on Monday night, officials said. The city of Naperville said police and fire officials ...

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 ...

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A pedestrian was struck and killed by a freight train in suburban Downers Grove Sunday morning. According to Downers Grove police, officers were called to the train tracks near Washington Street at ...

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 ...

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 ...