CHICAGO (CBS) — An important Juneteenth history lesson took place in the Chicago Loop, a key role in freeing slaves, and hundreds walk past the Monadnock building in the Loop every day, not realizing ...

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and south suburbs are applauding progress of state legislation to create a statewide commission devoted to the subject.

Soon, next year we are told, the heretofore hidden history of Illinois’ Underground Railroad will begin to be assembled, documented, recorded and made public. And it only took 200 years. Soon, we are ...

A stretch of land in Chicago’s western suburbs that once felt the rumble of passing trains now carries the steady footsteps of walkers and the spinning wheels of cyclists. Long before rail trails ...

For the first three decades after Chicago was incorporated as a town in 1833, slavery was legal in the United States. And for as long as slavery existed, there were people who tried to escape bondage ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - A Dubuque group is working to reinstate passenger rail service connecting Chicago to Dubuque, hoping to transform the more than three-hour drive into a train ride. Paul Uzel, a ...

Railroad Days will return to West Chicago this weekend for four days of carnival rides, games, food, music and fireworks. The festival is open from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at Pioneer Park, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX has significantly reduced operations at Barr Yard in Riverdale, Ill., its major Chicago-area terminal, and has shifted most of its switching work to the Belt Railway of ...