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Teen killed while walking on Metra track

A Metra train on the Rock Island District line heading from Joliet to Chicago struck and killed a 13-year-old Mokena boy as he was walking on the tracks Friday morning, officials said. ...
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Train Collision Stops South Shore Line Service

All passenger service was suspended on the South Shore commuter line Saturday morning after a train headed to Chicago collided with a freight train in Porter County, Ind.Two cars jumped the tracks in the incident, which occurred around 6:20 a.m. There were nine passengers and three crew members when the commuter train struck the freight train.No injuries were reported, but one woman was shaken up and taken to the hospital as a precaution and train service was suspended, said Jo... ...
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One Train Car Still Burning After Derailment

The train pulling 86 tanker cars was traveling from Chicago to New Jersey when 23 cars from its midsection derailed Friday in southwest Pennsylvania. At least nine cars leaked ethanol, also known a... ...
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Local police planing RR safety blitz for Sept. 7

Metra commuters leaving work for their homes in five DuPage County communities -- including Elmhurst Villa Park and Lombard -- will be given a lesson in railroad safety before and after being dropped off at their respective train stations Thursday Sept. 7.Villa Park Police Chief John Payne said his officers are participating in a multiagency railroad safety blitz that afternoon along with police in Elmhurst Lombard Wheaton and West Chicago. They have teamed up with the Illinois... ...
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Cops Deny Reports Of An Arrest In Metra Cop Killing Case

Law enforcement officials are denying a published report that a suspect is in custody in the fatal shooting last week of a Metra police officer.Comment ...
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Metra Delays Up To 2 12 Hours On Several Lines

Get breaking news alerts CHICAGO Metra is reporting delays on three train lines Friday night due to severe weather conditions and other problems.Comment ...
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Safety board: 2 killed on Chicago train going 60 mph over

A commuter train that jumped the tracks near downtown Chicago, killing two -- a student, 22, and a researcher, 38 -- was traveling ... ...
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Boy Killed By Metra Train In Fox River Grove

A teen was hit by a Metra train and killed in Fox River Grove.The tragedy comes on the eleventh anniversary of a deadly Metra collision with a school bus at that same crossing.It appears the15-year-old was ...Comment ...
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Foreign visitors discover an adventure in contrasts

Even before six Canadians competing in an urban adventure series similar to The Amazing Race TV show could board the Metra train to Harvey, people at the station were telling them all about the south suburb.Comment ...
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Northwest Suburb Mourns Boy Killed By Train

The community of Fox River Grove is in mourning a day after a 15-year-old boy was hit and killed by a Metra commuter train at a crossing.Eleven years ago to the day Wednesday, seven students died at that same crossing when a train hit their school bus.By 6:30 a.m. Thursday, a crisis team was already in place for students and staff at Cary Grove High School, where victim ...
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Elburn completes Metra station project

Ten months after welcoming Metra s commuter train to Chicago into the village, a permanent depot finally is open for public use.Comment ...
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Metra adds camera at downtown station

Officials have installed a video surveillance camera at the city s Metra train station to increase security for commuters.Comment ...
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Metra To Run Special Trains For Today s Trip Home

This day before Thanksgiving is a day off for some, and an early getaway for many who will work half days.Metra says it is ready to accommodate an early rush hour today - and an all-day crunch on Friday. Wednesday, November 22, 2006 train schedule.Friday is actually far busier than today - or, for that matter, just about any day of the year for Metra.But Metra spokesman Tom Miller said today, special local and express trains for the trip home will begin midday, with a 12:25 p.m.... ...
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Metra Service Restored Following Derailment

FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. -- Metra has resumed service on its Milwaukee West line, which had closed following a freight-train derailment Monday night in the western suburb of Franklin Park.Comment ...
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Carl Sandburg preview train makes initial trek to Quincy

As the Carl Sandburg preview train left Chicago this morning en route to Quincy, the mayors, community leaders and other VIPS on board were confident that passenger rail is important to the future of Illinois.Comment ...
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Carole Doris named new Metra chair

Metra board bylaws. The board intends to amend the bylaws for shorter terms. The board opted for shorter terms since all the officers are new in their positions and face a daunting job of revamping t... ...
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Service back to normal on BNSF Railway line

Metra s Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway line were delayed between 30 and 60 minutes this morning after an accident between a westbound train and a pedestrian significantly slowed travel times. ... ...
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South Shore Line service disrupted

A freight train collided with a commuter train bound for Chicago in Porter County, Indiana Saturday morning, temporarily halting train service. ...
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Patrols could cover LaFox Metra lot too

Elburn police could soon patrol the LaFox Metra station parking lot as well as Elburn s Metra lot, Police Chief James Linane said this week.Comment ...
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Second Quincy-Chicago train spurs added Amtrak parking

Quincy aldermen have approved the addition of 13 parking stalls at the Amtrak depot just as a second daily train is poised to travel between Quincy and Chicago. ...
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Westbound Canadian Pacific Railroad freight train. Bensenville Illinois USA. August 2006.

Seen here passing through the Metra commuter rail station in northwest suburban Bensenville Illinois, is a westbound Canadian Pacific freight train.Comment ...
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Deadly Day On Both CTA & Metra Train Lines--Ambulance Crashes En Route To Scene

CTA Green Line service has resumedafter a person was hit by a train. A short time later, another person was hit by a Metra train half a mile away, while an ambulance on way the the CTA incident crashed into another vehicle. Both train incidents appeared to be fatal. ...
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Metra delays after bicyclist hit

Tribune staff report Published October 25, 2006, 9:21 PM CDT Metra trains in the far northwest suburbs were delayed up to two hours tonight after a train struck and killed a boy riding a bicycle at the same ...Comment ...
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Liberty papers win awards in IPA contest

Papers from the Liberty Suburban Chicago Newspapers chain which includes The ReporterProgress Newspapers were honored with nine awards Sept. 22at the 2006 Illinois Press Association Better Newspaper Contest luncheon.The honors all in the Class C more than 10000 readers category included three first-place awards.The Life won first place in the News Series category for its mulitple-story coverage of the March 3 sport utility crash into Berwyns Harlem Avenue Metra station which... ...
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