Service has returned to normal on four Metra commuter lines, after issues related to the extreme cold delayed several trains during the Tuesday morning rush, and a freight train hit a pedestrian along ...

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Video footage obtained by NBC Chicago shows the moment a freight train collided with a semitruck at a rail crossing in suburban La Grange, leading to hours of Metra service delays. The video shows the ...

LA GRANGE, Ill. (WLS) -- Metra BNSF trains began resuming operations Friday evening after it was disrupted in parts of the west suburbs due to a semi being struck by a freight train. A freight train ...

Inbound and outbound trains on a busy Metra line Friday were stopped after a freight train derailment, Metra said, with extensive delays anticipated. According a post from the Metra BNSF line, all ...

Police were investigating Tuesday after a freight train was burglarized in west suburban Bellwood, Illinois. This is far from the first time such a thing has happened. CBS Skywatch was over the scene ...

In January 1987, two freight trains barreled toward each other on the same track near Chase, Maryland. The engineer of one train had been using drugs and ignored multiple warning signals. Moments ...