Union Pacific

All eyes will be on the skies this weekend in Chicago as the Air and Water Show returns. This years’ 61st annual show will take place from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. on Aug. 17–18, remaining the oldest free air and water show in the United States.

All eyes will be on the skies this weekend in Chicago as the Air and Water Show returns.

A giant steam locomotive, the world’s only operating “Big Boy,” will be traveling through Illinois before stopping in a Chicago suburb for several days this weekend.

Metra is adding trains and making changes to schedules on some lines to accommodate people attending the Taste of Chicago.

A Batavia man died Friday when he was hit by a freight train in west suburban Geneva.

A person was struck by a train in a far northwest Chicago suburb Tuesday morning, halting inbound and outbound train movement in the area.

Metra Union Pacific-Northwest service has been restored with extensive delays after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a train Friday morning on the Northwest Side.

Police identified Saturday the two students aboard a school bus in Athens when it was struck by a train Friday afternoon, killing one of them and injuring the other.

Metra says it has passed a major milestone with the completion of installation of a critical and expensive safety system designed to prevent deadly collisions and derailments.

Service on the Metra Union Pacific Northwest line was halted in both directions early Tuesday after a train struck a pedestrian near Barrington.

Trains on several Metra lines were halted after a Union Pacific engine derailed Tuesday afternoon near a West Side rail yard.

A man was fatally struck by a Union Pacific North line train Tuesday night in North Chicago.

A pedestrian was struck by a Union Pacific North line train Tuesday night near North Chicago.

About 100 people braved the cold Fridge night in Melrose Park to remember Jocelynn Morales.

A woman was killed early Friday morning after a Union Pacific train collided with a car in a Chicago suburb, officials said.

About 400 people — many of them Cubs fans heading home after the team’s season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers — had to evacuate their Metra train when it caught fire late Thursday in Evanston.

Metra trains on the Union Pacific Northwest line were delayed Wednesday after a vehicle was struck by a train leaving a 25-year-old woman dead, officials said.

A Metra train on the Union Pacific North Line struck a pedestrian early Thursday near north suburban Highwood, causing extensive delays throughout the morning commute.

Metra trains were delayed on the Union Pacific Northwest Line after a pedestrian was struck by a freight train early Thursday in Barrington.

A person was struck on the Union Pacific Northwest Metra line Thursday evening halting trains in both directions, the rail agency said.