Traqueros in Chicago and the Midwest” takes a closer look at Mexican railroad workers and how the roots they planted still shape communities today.

With the right policies to support investment, innovation and regulation, Chicago can remain the nation's freight hub for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Union Pacific Railroad sued the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, doing business as Metra, this week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.