CHICAGO (CBS) -- Monday's bitter temperatures could affect the way Chicagoans get around. Metra, Amtrak, and the CTA are monitoring the incoming frigid weather to try to prevent delays and ...

Some NJ Transit trains will not run Thursday or Friday due to extreme temperature issues, according to the transportation service. NJ Transit is experiencing heat-related equipment issues affecting ...

When engineers built railroads across the swamps of New Orleans, they used cutting-edge technology and methods to get it done, and these extreme trains attest to the innovative engineering required to ...

What weather forecasters called a dangerous heat wave has settled into the state, and it’s going to make life tough for residents — and for the trains that get them to and from work. “What excessive ...

Rail service is suspended on part of NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line after two drawbridges got stuck in the open position due to the extreme heat Tuesday afternoon. The Morgan Drawbridge in ...

Amtrak has unveiled a suite of operational and engineering strategies as summer approaches, which brings with it the potential for severe extreme heat events. Amtrak is the nation's leading high-speed ...

Roads and airport runways buckling. Train tracks warping. Bridges swelling. These are just some of the damaging effects extreme heat has had on critical infrastructure in recent years, as heat waves ...