News & Products for the week of February 16th 2026 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about ...

Commentary from Jared Cassity, national safety and legislative director for the SMART-TD union If there is a foundational principle that defines the only meaningful factor in transportation, it can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Union Pacific West (UP-W) inbound and outbound Metra trains are stopped near Villa Park after a freight train hit a pedestrian ...

Large crowds of commuters trying to get home amid brutally cold weather in Chicago crowded Union Station after a second day of rush hour train delays and cancellations. Metra warned the delays could ...

BARTLETT, Ill. (WGN) — A public works employee has died after the snowplow he was driving was struck by a Metra train. The fatal incident involving a Metra District West train happened at the ...

A Metra train struck a small snow plow Monday morning, leaving the driver in critical condition. Trump administration deported some migrants at a cost of $1 million each, Democratic report says How ...

For kids, there’s nothing quite like a large vehicle: the whir of a plane taking off, the bellow of a slow-moving boat, the roar of a dump truck hauling piles of broken concrete. With my fellow field ...

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- Police are investigating after a body was found Friday evening near train tracks in the north suburbs. The incident happened in Libertyville near Winchester and Ellis, ...

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What to give the railfan who has everything? How about a Metra clock? Or a Metra body pillow? Those items and many others will be available starting Wednesday when the commuter railroad debuts an ...

A driver suffered only "very minor" injuries when their SUV was struck by a Metra BNSF train in Hinsdale on Monday morning. Metra posted an alert that trains were stopped and extensive delays were ...