Metra and Amtrak trains dealt with major backups Wednesday evening and the backups are expected to affect Thursday morning's ...

Metra trains were delayed in and out of Chicago's Union Station due to Amtrak switch problems Wednesday evening, and it will ...

A minor Amtrak derailment Sunday night is continuing to lead to delays for some Metra service into and out of Chicago Union ...

A minor Amtrak derailment blocked some platforms at Chicago's Union Station early Monday morning.

Large crowds of commuters trying to get home amid brutally cold weather in Chicago crowded Union Station after a second day ...

A track switching problem at Union Station in downtown Chicago was causing delays for three Metra commuter train lines during ...

When you board an American long-distance train, you are trading airport routine for entry into a locomotive-driven realm where there is neither TSA nor WiFi.

The 133-foot-long locomotive is the only Big Boy to still travel the tracks.

POTUS 47 appoints a second Presidential Advisory Board (PEB) to help settle an ongoing contract dispute at MTA Long Island Rail Road in New York. Also, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) advances an ...

Big Boy No. 4014, described as “the Elvis Presley of locomotives,” could begin its first ever coast-to-coast tour in just a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was stabbed to death at a downtown CTA train station early Saturday morning, Chicago police said. Police said officers responded to an emergency medical services call at the ...

The freight rail system is critical to Western Pennsylvania’s economy. It supports farms, factories and businesses that all depend on timely deliveries and competitive rates to thrive. I know, ...