BRIAN NADIG An $850,000 federal grant has been awarded for the planned Weber Spur Trail on Chicago’s Northwest, but a timetable ...

Columbian Model & Exhibit Works made architectural models for the Lakeshore East high-rise development, the Jeanne Gang-designed St. Regis at 363 E. Wacker Drive and the Obama Presidential Center in ...

American Airlines and United Airlines have found themselves locked in the aviation world’s equivalent of a cage match to ...

This is the third in a five-part series about railroad growth coming from truck conversions. Given the Union Pacific’s ...

An 18-year-old Geneva man was killed Sunday night when a freight train struck him near the Western Avenue grade crossing, a ...

Dan Santos is part of the new wave of Filipino Americans in Nevada. Growing up, “I never had mentors in politics or community organizing that looked like me.” This month, he’ll be a precinct chairman ...

A Friday afternoon commute in Mount Prospect turned deadly when a pedestrian was struck and killed by a Metra Union Pacific ...

Authorities warned of "significant delays" for train and vehicle traffic in a northwest suburb after a person was struck and ...

For many years Hobbyshop Window was a popular department in the pages of Model Railroader magazine. We’re excited to bring it back as an occasional feature on Trains.com. Here’s a recap of some of ...

The Chicago area has long produced athletes with Olympic dreams. Billy Fiske won gold as the driver for the United States’ five-man bobsled team in the 1928 Olympics. Speedskater Bonnie Blair is one ...

Union Pacific West (UP-W) inbound and outbound Metra trains are stopped near Villa Park after a freight train hit a ...