Like its Midwest rivals, the Chicago & North Western Railway jumped on the idea of brand-named passenger trains. However, it took a different route with the name in the form of a three-digit number: ...

Trains have been delayed on every Metra commuter line in the Chicago area during the Tuesday evening rush, due to a positive train control system outage. Metra officials said, beginning around 5 p.m., ...

Metra BNSF trains were still operating at "restricted speeds" around 9 a.m Wednesday after a semi hit a bridge in Chicago, The crash caused lengthy delays to inbound and outbound trains. A train set ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – A man and a dog were hit and killed by an Amtrak train Tuesday afternoon on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Metra spokespeople said the collision happened at around 12:45 p.m. near West ...

Chicago police on Sunday morning were looking for multiple people who beat up a man on a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train the night before. Police said a 41-year-old man was on a train near ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra has resolved a system-wide outage impacting safety technology, and trains are operating with delays on Tuesday evening. A Metra spokesperson said a positive train control outage ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Service on the Metra BNSF line has been disrupted after a truck hit a rail bridge in Chicago. The BNSF said all inbound and outbound service was halted near Cicero Avenue. Trains ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 25, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Norma Danielson, left, and Herta Reilly ...

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The Milwaukee Brewers learned a valuable lesson last week. Don’t mess with the “L” flag. It might have been a coincidence that the Brewers were swept in four games by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the ...

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From L: Ali Foley, Keith Surney, Genevieve Corkery, and Carolyn Benjamin in Dutchman at Trap Door Theatre Credit: Chris Popio Written when Amiri Baraka was still going by LeRoi Jones, 1964’s Dutchman ...