A crumbling rail overpass in Back of the Yards was the site of a violent riot that erupted during the Pullman strike of 1894, ...

On Oct. 11, 1925, FBI Special Agent Edwin C. Shanahan and two Chicago police officers set a trap for a trigger-happy car thief. Shanahan had received a tip that Martin Durkin was driving a stolen car ...

Anyone who's been to Schaumburg's Medieval Times might recognize Mario Contreras as the King's Master of Horse, but Mario Contreras is not just acting. Growing up in a small town outside of ...

The CTA warned that riders should plan ahead and allow for extra trave time, as "rail service outside the Loop may also be ...

The CTA says trains are supposed to be running normally by Monday morning, but commuters are still going to have to make it ...

A pickup truck and a freight train crashed in suburban Elgin, Illinois, on Thursday morning. Video from the scene shows ...

Chicago & North Western 400 passenger trains were a prominent fleet ranging from the distinguished to the obscure.

A person was killed and two others injured after a Union Pacific train and a vehicle collided in Elgin Thursday morning.

Chicago, one of the longest running groups of all time, will bring its tour to El Paso. The band, now in its 58th touring ...

One person was killed Thursday after a landscape vehicle collides with a freight train on State Street in Elgin, officials say.

A Dubuque group wants passenger rail service to Chicago, hoping to transform the hours-long drive into a train ride.

More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming ...