A long-awaited train connecting Chicago with the Quad Cities is a big step closer to reality after a massive transit bill ...

Illinois Gov. William Stratton, center, walks through a barrier on the new Northwest Expressway (later renamed the Kennedy ...

Chicago passenger rail line is now secured, marking a major milestone in bringing Amtrak service to the Quad Cities.

CHICAGO— The questions “what took so long?” and “when will the others be operational?” weren’t entirely answered Thursday, ...

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

An Amtrak train heading to Chicago carrying more than 100 people collided with a semi-truck hauling rocks Tuesday morning at a railroad crossing in Schertz, officials said. The crash happened around 8 ...

Its trials completed at the Federal Railroad Administration’s Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colo., Amtrak’s ...

Ever since the start of a second daily Amtrak train from Union Depot, St. Paul, to Union Station, Chicago, with the Borealis, ...

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

The I-Team was out with Cook County sheriff's police for an early morning operation tracking organized retail theft from ...

People living near railroad tracks in west suburban Hillside are making some noise about freight train horns that blow at all ...