Over the last 200 years or so, abandoned places in Illinois have undergone a transformation, adopting a more modern character ...

I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty fascinated by old, abandoned places. A state with a human history as long and storied ...

Chicago has depended on its trusty elevated rail system for well more than a century. Every day, some 400,000 riders board ...

An Amtrak train headed from Los Angles to Chicago hit a dump truck at an uncontrolled railroad crossing in Mendon, Missouri. ...

The caboose was last used in 1982 by the Terminal Railroad/TRRA in Granite City, Illinois, in the greater St. Louis metro ...

Archie Collins went to sleep the night of the raid like he often does: on the floor and hungry. He was up on the fifth floor of the five-story brick building at 7500 S. South Shore Drive, in Apartment ...

The president and Governor Pritzker are at war. Now the Supreme Court is involved. Why the Realtor-in-Chief fights with the Hyatt Hotels clan ...

Forgotten rail lines wind through Pennsylvania’s forests, where rusted tracks and crumbling stations whisper stories of ...

Illinois Gov. William Stratton, center, walks through a barrier on the new Northwest Expressway (later renamed the Kennedy ...

A long-awaited train connecting Chicago with the Quad Cities is a big step closer to reality after a massive transit bill ...

The Chicago Stars (3-11-12) came from behind to defeat Angel City 2-1 on the final day of the NWSL regular season.

Doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are the first in Illinois to offer a new treatment for atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that often strikes firefighters. When Jeffrey Taylor first ...