The tracks are also narrower than the trains, making it hard to judge safe clearance. A fully loaded freight train weighs as much as 6,500 tons and can take 18 football fields to stop a train.

Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said that at 8:30 a.m., deputies responded to a body found dead on the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in the 800 block of South Kickapoo Creek Road.

Two suspects have been charged with the aggravated murder of Aaron Collymore, whose body was found on railroad tracks in January 2021. Felisa Rogers, 44, is in custody. Aaron Brown, 25, was ...

Several railroad cars derailed on Terminal Railroad tracks at Monsanto Avenue and Illinois 3 in Sauget shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday. Sauget Police Chief James Jones said “four to five” cars ...

The Z-gates would either be set up perpendicular to the railroad tracks or parallel to Calumet Road, Gavelek said. Gavelek said the cost would be around $350,000, and it could take up to two years ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — An Evansville man is behind bars after police say he was drunk driving with teenagers in the car when he crashed into railroad tracks Tuesday evening. According to a release from ...