Beginning Sept. 3, Union Pacific is expanding its Z train network with a new domestic intermodal service connecting its Inland Empire Intermodal Terminal (IEIT) in Southern California directly with ...

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Chicago will be at the center of the proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, even though neither of the two big railroads is headquartered here. The deal aims to create the first ...

CHICAGO — More evidence of the toll Amtrak’s aging locomotive and passenger car fleet is taking on operations was provided in ...

Metra BNSF trains are back on the move but with extensive delays after a train struck a vehicle near Hinsdale.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Metra train hit a vehicle Wednesday on the city's Northwest Side, briefly stopping trains in both directions and leaving a woman injured, officials said. The collision happened in ...

Looking for Christmas trains in Chicago? These popular rides fill up quickly, but there are still many available Polar Express train rides near Chicago. Chicago's Union Station Polar Express ride is ...

New York City's commuter lines from the Metro North Railroad and the Long Island Railroad are also joining the Christmas ...