Like its Midwest rivals, the Chicago & North Western Railway jumped on the idea of brand-named passenger trains. However, it took a different route with the name in the form of a three-digit number: ...

If Union Pacific wanted to show the media how trains can sit around in the nation’s rail capital, it was mission accomplished last week aboard its executive train. As the six-car train headed west at ...

Trains on a busy Metra line that runs from Chicago up through the northern suburbs and into Wisconsin were suspended for hours Monday morning due to "emergency track repairs," Metra said. The service ...

Police were investigating Tuesday after a freight train was burglarized in west suburban Bellwood, Illinois. This is far from the first time such a thing has happened. CBS Skywatch was over the scene ...

Service on Metra’s Union Pacific-West line was halted Monday after a train struck a pedestrian in Chicago. According to officials, trains on the UP-West line are halted in both directions near Kedzie ...