The technical problem of sending cars through Chicago can be solved. Railroads have always sent freight cars through, sent many a troop train through during the war. The biggest problem has been ...

McClellan focuses his work on freedom seekers, the Underground Railroad, and African American and regional history south of Chicago. His book “Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and the ...

Amtrak is resuming rail service on the popular Borealis line Thursday, using bi-level railcars on the route between St. Paul ...

Four men were arrested after allegedly burglarizing freight containers on railroad property and attempting to flee in a getaway vehicle, authorities announced Wednesday. One suspect had a loaded ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was charged in the stabbing of another man on a CTA Red Line train on the South Side Friday morning, Chicago police said. The video in this story is from a previous report ...