THE ROAD TO THE CHICAGO TRAIN FIRE ATTACK. On April 23, 2020, a man poured gasoline around the Illinois state government building in Chicago and set it on fire. The man, identified as Lawrence Reed, ...

Metra BNSF trains are running with delays after a vehicle was hit by an Amtrak train Tuesday evening in Brookfield, Illinois.

Passengers say the journey on Amtrak's Southwest Chief is worth it: no TSA lines, ground-level scenery spanning deserts and ...

The Trump administration is threatening to pull federal funding for public transportation in Chicago unless the city tightens ...

President Donald Trump said Chicago is “out of control” after a man with 72 prior arrests allegedly set a woman on fire aboard a train. Authorities say Lawrence Reed is the suspect in the attack that ...

A pedestrian was struck by a Metra train in the west Chicago suburb of Bensenville Thursday afternoon. At 1:17 p.m., Metra ...

(AP) – Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a man with committing a terrorist attack, alleging he poured gasoline on a woman and chased her through a Chicago train car before setting her on fire.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With money for new rail lines, regulations for residential development projects and a list of infrastructure priorities in the Chicago area, a public transportation bill recently ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - A Dubuque group is working to reinstate passenger rail service connecting Chicago to Dubuque, hoping to transform the more than three-hour drive into a train ride. Paul Uzel, a ...

Fall in the Midwest is made for train rides with your family. For those in Chicago, these routes combine colorful scenery with the fun of traveling by rail — whether on a cross-state Amtrak line or a ...

The video showed that the car had stopped at the intersection with the train tracks, but its front end extended onto the ...

On April 23, 2020, a man poured gasoline around the Illinois state government building in Chicago and set it on fire. The man ...