The railroad industry has installed an automatic braking system on nearly 58,000 miles of track where it is required ahead of a yearend deadline, federal regulators said Tuesday.Federal Railroad ...

Trains have been delayed on every Metra commuter line in the Chicago area during the Tuesday evening rush, due to a positive train control system outage. Metra officials said, beginning around 5 p.m., ...

The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Pennsylvania early this month highlights the shortcomings of the automated braking system that was created to prevent such crashes. None of the ...

Trains on numerous Metra lines were delayed Wednesday due to issues with Positive Train Control systems, the agency said. According to an alert sent out just before 6 p.m., those issues were causing ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra has resolved a system-wide outage impacting safety technology, and trains are operating with delays on Tuesday evening. A Metra spokesperson said a positive train control outage ...

Numerous Metra lines are experiencing service interruptions and train cancellations due to outages with the Positive Train Control system, the agency says. According to officials, all trains on the ...

NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- New Jersey Transit is behind in installing a critical, federally mandated safety upgrade to its rail systems, according to a new report. The Federal Railroad Administration's ...

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. Metra commuters could face significant delays during the Wednesday ...