Investigators determined that a mechanical failure in the diesel engine led to the fire.

Roads and train crossings were blocked Friday morning in the south suburbs after a freight train derailment, with more than a dozen cars derailed and emergency crews on scene. About 4:45 a.m. Friday, ...

Seven empty boxcars on a Union Pacific train derailed around 12:15 p.m. Sunday in the company’s rail yard in Eugene, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (FOX40.COM) — A train car derailed and hit a transmission tower, leading to an outage that left more than 17,000 customers without ...

A freight rain derailment early Wednesday morning in Chicago Ridge has blocked roadways and cut Metra service in the south suburbs.