In early January 1894, Chicago public safety officers warned their San Francisco counterparts that con artists, pickpockets and others who traveled the country working the crowds were likely headed to ...

“Look for a building with the color of a weather-beaten boxcar and you have the first passenger station of the Milwaukee in ...

Discover wildly unique Illinois restaurants: sassy servers, hot-dog icons, drag dining, train cars, and BBQ legends worth the ...

This Illinois town shaped by railroads and highways features a railroad park, local history museums, antique stores, and an ...

It's hard to tell the history of the Northwoods without including the railroads. When the locomotive came to Wisconsin, so did new towns and settlers.

While crews across the Chicago area plow snow and spread salt to keep roads safe, there is a nationwide salt shortage.

ABC7 Chicago reported that Metra halted all inbound and outbound trains in the Bartlett area and flagged "extensive delays" ...

With over 34.5 million trips and new routes gaining steam, the golden age of American rail may be on the horizon.

A minor Amtrak derailment early Monday morning blocked several platforms at Chicago's Union Station, tangling the morning ...

Metra Milwaukee District West trains are stopped near the Bartlett station Monday morning after a train struck a vehicle, ...

Control of a key local entity is one of the reasons the Surface Transportation Board denied the merger application for now.

Geneva and six other municipalities on the Union Pacific West Line are looking to jointly represent their interests in the ...