A new exhibition in Pilsen documents how Mexican and Mexican American workers helped build Chicago’s rail system and lived in boxcar communities. The show traces more than a century of labor history ...

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and south suburbs are applauding progress of state legislation to create a statewide commission devoted to the subject.

CHICAGO (CBS) — An important Juneteenth history lesson took place in the Chicago Loop, a key role in freeing slaves, and hundreds walk past the Monadnock building in the Loop every day, not realizing ...

Regional planning officials and regulators are taking initial steps towards studying the viability and potential development of passenger rail service between Louisville and Chicago — including the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force on Tuesday presented its ongoing findings on the important role Illinois played in the history of helping slaves reach freedom. The ...

Chicago-based Midwest High Speed Rail Association (MHSRA) and local leaders recently proposed a $12 billion, 220-mph high-speed rail line that would cut the ride between Chicago and St. Louis to a ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - A Dubuque group is working to reinstate passenger rail service connecting Chicago to Dubuque, hoping to transform the more than three-hour drive into a train ride. Paul Uzel, a ...

Every week we publish a historic photo highlighting a story from Naperville’s past from the history archives of Naper Settlement. Were it not for a bad decision on the part of city officials some 172 ...

Railroad Days will return to West Chicago this weekend for four days of carnival rides, games, food, music and fireworks. The festival is open from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at Pioneer Park, ...