Learn more about the ScaleTrains HO EMD SD7, part of the Rivet Counter line, in this product review from Model Railroader ...

The Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois offers you a chance to experience authentic vintage train travel that’ll transport you straight into a storybook adventure, complete with ...

In Chicago, trains often appear to run backwards. It’s not a mistake. In the 1950s, rail operators introduced push-pull systems to reduce costly turnaround time. Instead of moving the locomotive to ...

Sometimes that's happening amid a robbery, fight or other crime. Sometimes the pushing is accidental. Sometimes it's random. There have been more than 60 incidents over the last five years, recently ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- When a woman was set on fire on a CTA Blue Line train in November, the Federal Transit Administration demanded a new safety plan for the Chicago transit system. The feds are ...

HARVEY, Ill. (WLS) -- Metra Electric Line service has been disrupted after a vehicle hit a bridge in south suburban Harvey Friday morning. Metra said a vehicle struck a bridge near 147th Street.

A freight train derailment in Chicago's south suburbs has blocked a handful of crossings for several hours on Friday in Harvey and Dixmoor. A CSX spokesperson said around 4:45 a.m., 17 train cars – ...

The Spring 2026 issue of Classic Trains, which has arrived in subscriber mailboxes, will be the final standalone issue of the magazine that for 26 years has explored the golden age of railroading. Our ...

Change is constant at O’Hare airport, from Orchard Place farmland to a military aircraft plant, to building the new “O’Hare Global Terminal.” ...

Clean up efforts continued in Dixmoor Monday after a freight train derailed Friday morning at 140th Street and Spaulding Avenue. Mayor Fitzgerald Roberts said access to 145th Street near Spaulding ...

The Federal Communications Commission said that it had approved the local television giant Nexstar’s $6.2 billion acquisition ...