If Union Pacific’s merger is approved, it could gain control of train operators who’ve been hauling freight across Chicago ...

Water, wildlife, and wide-open spaces; the prairie's most valuable assets gave birth to what would become Chicago, and those ...

1993: A Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad commuter train raced by a red signal and crashed head-on into another ...

Traqueros in Chicago and the Midwest” takes a closer look at Mexican railroad workers and how the roots they planted still shape communities today.

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

For people moving to Illinois, getting familiar with Chicago’s expressways — which are referred to by name instead of number ...

Railroads proposing mergers inevitably make ambitious promises and projections, particularly about faster service and more ...

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 2026 edition of Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail (NGFR) conference, March 10 at the Union League Club of Chicago, ...

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.

Tri-Rail, South Florida’s heavily subsidized commuter line, has ordered new locomotives that would start running in 2029. But ...

Norfolk Southern launches East Edge double-stack corridor linking Chicago to New England, cutting transit up to 10 hours.