CHICAGO (CBS) --It was a cloudy, fall morning, and a rush hour like any other when it happened: a catastrophic train crash just south of McCormick Place. Dozens of passengers, commuting to work and school, were killed. Hundreds of others were hurt.

As Grand Junction residents prepared to honor fallen soldiers and sailors on Memorial Day 1920 — or Decoration Day as it was often called — news of a tragic railway

The 79th anniversary of one of the worst train wrecks in our region is days away, and for two days next week, the wreck of the Red Arrow will be presented in a new documentary. The reconstruction of the deadly crash in Blair County on February 18, 1947, is ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Around Nashville, roughly 300 historical markers help to recognize and memorialize the city’s past. Few of them are as tragic as the site of one of America’s deadliest train wrecks. On July 9, 1918, the Great Train Wreck ...