With $3 trillion in goods traveling through Chicago every year, the city is the busiest rail hub in the U.S. WSJ breaks down how important rail is to the region, and how vulnerable the system is ...

So brutally cold that the Chicago Transit Authority’s steel rails can crack. That’s when the “protectors of the railroad” are called. “Our job is just to keep the train running,” said ...

Service has been halted on two Metra lines after a train hit a car Tuesday morning near west suburban River Grove. Metra said ...

In December 2023, we were pleased to see the Federal Railroad Administration further invest in this project by selecting the Chicago-Quad Cities passenger rail project for a Corridor ...

To demonstrate that steam remains supreme in railway transport, the New York Central Railroad operated from ... running time between New York and Chicago by a half hour, making the run sixteen ...