Four men were arrested after burglarizing freight containers on railroad property and attempting to flee in a getaway vehicle ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 19, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Chicago’s role as a “hotbed of abolition” while helping Blacks escape slavery in the South before the Civil War will be the subject Wednesday of a Looking for Lincoln Conversations online event. More ...

Amanda Massih, whose car was hit with debris while she was driving under a Jefferson Park bridge last month, wants netting ...

A 37-year-old Arlington Heights man and convicted felon was arrested on drug charges in Palatine over the weekend, police ...

The San Francisco Chief, which started its daily run between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area in 1954, shut down in ...

From the Tokaido Shinkansen Line to the Grand Canyon Railway, these eight train rides are especially scenic in spring.

The Porter County Sheriff’s Department has released the identification of a man whose body was found along railroad tracks in Liberty Township earlier this month and said the case is still under ...

An unidentified man in his 70s was killed at a railroad crossing Friday afternoon, leading to extensive delays on Metra’s Milwaukee District North Line and Amtrak's Hiawatha service, which shares ...

CSX is detouring well over a dozen trains daily now that the Howard Street Tunnel project is underway in Baltimore.

History is dotted with failed enterprises, especially failed railroads. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, as railroads began to crisscross the nation, hundreds of routes were proposed but ...