BNSF Railway plans to spend $3.8 billion on capital projects in 2025, with the vast majority for network maintenance, the company announced today (Jan. 23, 2025). “Our 2025 capital plan reflects ...

The first word in the Association of American Railroad’s annual Rail Industry Outlook is “uncertainty,” as a slew of economic ...

Mitch Horner I’m a fan of Burlington Northern and its predecessors ... I probably have the most prototype hours riding in Metra bi-level commuter cars. I was ecstatic when Atlas announced ...

Sun-Times file Share Metra is taking the rare step of applying for a loan to help quicken the pace of fixing its hundreds of aging bridges. The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from ...

ROBBINS, Ill. (CBS) -- A car was struck by a Metra train in south suburban Robbins Monday afternoon, right before the start of the afternoon rush. Rock Island District Line train 419, scheduled to ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Monday's bitter temperatures could affect the way Chicagoans get around. Metra, Amtrak, and the CTA are monitoring the incoming frigid weather to try to prevent delays and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra Union Pacific West trains were stopped, after a train hit a vehicle in Melrose Park Thursday evening, the commuter rail said. Metra said in a post on X just after 5 p.m ...

MELROSE PARK, Ill. — Metra riders faced some delays during rush hour on Thursday after a train hit a car in the western suburbs. In an update shared on X by Metra at around 5:10 p.m. Thursday ...

After Another Death At NW Side Metra Crossing, Safety Upgrades Finally Planned For Nagle Avenue: Over the past 15 years, four people have been killed at the Nagle Avenue Metra crossing in Norwood Park ...

California derailed its rule that would have likely killed plans for Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s $1.5 billion Barstow ...