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AURORA, Ill. — Commuters in the western suburbs faced some delays after a freight train derailed on Friday morning. According to officials from BNSF, the derailment unfolded just before 5:30 a.m.

BNSF bought six homes and multiple plots of undeveloped land for over $10 million near 220th Drive and Galvin Street in ...

Burlington, Northern and Sante Fe railroad has been trying to win approval for a $3.2 billion freight hub in Wittmann. It ...

A pedestrian was struck and killed Friday evening by an inbound Metra BNSF train at a Brookfield intersection near a suburban station, officials said. Train #1276 was running express to Union Station ...

Several BNSF Metra line trains scheduled to run on Christmas Eve were canceled mid-day due to an "operational incident," Metra announced. A staffing shortage resulted in the need to cancel some ...