Travelers should expect "extensive" delays both northbound and southbound due to the stoppage, according to Metra.

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Both truck drivers involved in the separate crashes earlier this week were able to get out of their vehicles before freight trains barreled down on them. Schertz police said they cited the driver of a ...

A $1.2 million grant will help Strasburg Rail Road grow its freight operations that serve farmers and businesses in and around southern Lancaster County.

HILLSIDE, Ill. (WLS) -- People living near railroad tracks in west suburban Hillside are making some noise about freight train horns that blow at all hours of the night. Rail officials say they have ...

WHEATON, Ill. (WLS) -- All train crossings were reopened on Monday afternoon after a train struck a vehicle, Wheaton officials said. Around 1:30 p.m. Wheaton officials said a freight train struck a ...

Kennewick reports longer, more frequent freight trains blocking crossings. City seeks grade separation study & requested $300,000 from the WA Legislature Officials warn delays risk emergency response, ...

Police are investigating whether a driver was intoxicated when he allegedly rammed into an SUV stopped at a railroad crossing, pushing both vehicles into a passing freight train early Wednesday ...