Find out which of the Rock Island Rocket passenger trains held the fitting “Rocket” name and where they went into the history books.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- One person was injured and Metra and traffic delays were expected after a train struck a vehicle in Morgan Park Friday morning. Rock Island train No. 404 hit a vehicle sometime before ...

ROBBINS, Ill. (WLS) -- One person was hospitalized, after a Metra train hit a vehicle in the south suburbs Monday afternoon. The male driver of the vehicle was taken to Christ hospital, Metra said.

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The Metra Holiday Trains have entered the station! Trips will be offered on five rail lines this holiday season.

A recently-approved statewide transit bill could revive a passenger rail line between Chicago and the Quad Cities. After more than four decades, the long-dormant passenger rail line between Chicago ...

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MOLINE -- The city has received a grant to study whether ethanol-filled rail cars can be stored somewhere else than behind the proposed Western Illinois University Quad City Riverfront Campus. Tonight ...