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After more than a century, this rivalry is in danger. It would be a shame because it has had some great games.

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Chicago & North Western 400 passenger trains were a prominent fleet ranging from the distinguished to the obscure.

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission is pushing for a new Amtrak train route nearly 50 years after it departed the city of Columbus. The organization is teaming up with Fort Wayne, Ind. and the ...

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 ...

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., ...

David Marlin Smith, 84, died on Sunday, October 5th at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. He was born October 28,1940 in Burlington, WI to the late Rev. Marlin E. Smith and Murlen Nelson Smith. Dave is survived ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man died after exiting a CTA Red Line train while it was in motion on the South Side Tuesday morning, Chicago police said. CTA trains were not operating between Garfield and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Eight people were injured Wednesday morning when a Metrolink train arriving at Union Station crashed into a ...