Fire Forces Evacuation of Chicago-Milwaukee Amtrak Train
A fire on an Amtrak train bound for Milwaukee from Chicago Tuesday night, on the Hiawatha line, led to the evacuation of 210 passengers, Amtrak officials said.
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A fire on an Amtrak train bound for Milwaukee from Chicago Tuesday night, on the Hiawatha line, led to the evacuation of 210 passengers, Amtrak officials said.
About 400 Amtrak passengers on two Empire Builder trains had been stranded since Tuesday in Wisconsin, stuck on the tracks due to flooding.
A 67-year-old man was killed when a westbound Amtrak train hit a car on the tracks Thursday morning in Michigan City, Indiana.
U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and John Hoeven of North Dakota marked the anniversary of the shooting of an Amtrak conductor in suburban Chicago with the introduction of legislation that would make such an attack a federal crime.
Amtrak passengers from Chicago's Union Station to Michigan got stuck on their train four hours longer than they expected Monday night.
An Amtrak train collided with a vehicle Thursday afternoon in Dyer, Ind
Illinois Congressmen Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren and several other House Republicans on their way to a retreat in West Virginia were on board a train that hit a garbage truck Wednesday morning in Virginia.
Thirteen of the 14 cars from the train jumped the track in DuPont, Washington. Several cars fell off an overpass, landing on Interstate 5 below.
After an Amtrak train derailed Monday morning on an overpass in Washington state, concerns surrounding rail safety surfaced.
An Amtrak train derailed on an overpass in Washington, authorities said Monday.
Trains on the BNSF, Southwest Service and Heritage Corridor lines could experience delays up to 15 minutes during the Thursday evening and Friday morning commutes,
Delays on Metra and Amtrak trains at Union Station were expected during the Thursday morning commute after a partial train derailment that caused delays throughout the day on Wednesday.
Metra's outgoing and incoming executive directors told the Regional Transportation Authority board that the train derailment is a warning.
Amtrak's trying its hand at Black Friday discounts to get more people to travel by train.
A former federal employee charged with shooting an Amtrak conductor in May in west suburban Naperville has been found mentally unfit to stand trial.
All Metra trains out of Union Station are experiencing delays Friday morning because of Amtrak signal interference.
The last time there was a total solar eclipse visible coast-to-coast in the U.S. was 1918, which might explain the hype for Monday's eclipse
The 45-year-old Amtrak conductor who was critically wounded May 16 is undergoing a second round of major surgery.
Riverside Investment and Development will lead the six-year project to add more than 3 million square feet of new commercial space.
Edward Klein, 79, has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery for shooting 45-year-old Amtrak conductor Michael Case.
The suspect in police custody is in his 70's and from West Allis, Wisconsin. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
Three cars of an Amtrak train derailed Monday morning in the South Loop.
Police said the girl, of Plano, wasn't paying attention as she walked in the 3000 block of Hoffman, near railroad tracks, when she was hit.
Metra trains heading in and out of Union Station were halted for about 90 minutes Friday morning, after Amtrak computers controlling the tracks and switches went down.
Chad Robertson had already bolted — and was at least 75 feet away — when Amtrak police officer LaRoyce Tankson unholstered his gun, crouched down and fired, sending Robertson crashing face-first to the ground, a Cook County judge was told Friday.
