A Chicago commuter train collided with rail equipment Thursday morning, injuring at least 38 people, three of them critically, fire officials said. The Chicago Fire Department said a Chicago Transit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS) If you were paying attention in history class, you’ll recall the Underground Railroad ...

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On Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad dispatched a train from a station on Kinzie Street just north of the Chicago River. It was the first railroad in a city that in future decades ...

A 1898 map showing Underground Railroad routes overlaid with a drawing of Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church (left) and the Thomas Hoyne residence (right). A 1898 map showing Underground Railroad routes ...

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CHICAGO (CBS) — An important Juneteenth history lesson took place in the Chicago Loop, a key role in freeing slaves, and hundreds walk past the Monadnock building in the Loop every day, not realizing ...

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and south suburbs are applauding progress of state legislation to create a statewide commission devoted to the subject.

The first major railroad merger in more than two decades is expected to move forward after federal regulators approved Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern, but some in ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago commuter train collided with rail equipment Thursday morning, injuring nearly 40 people, some of them critically, fire officials said. The Chicago Transit Authority train ...

Construction is beginning on a major railroad project on Chicago’s South Side that officials hope will unsnarl a key freight rail choke point, boost Metra service and improve conditions for drivers, ...