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Metra train strikes vehicle in Orland Park, one person hospitalized
WGN TV Chicago· 1 day agoORLAND PARK, Ill. — A person is in the hospital after a Metra train struck an occupied vehicle while...
METRA host Linwood Park and Ride grand opening
WRBL Columbus via Yahoo News· 7 days agoCOLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Community leaders gathered in Columbus today as METRA held the grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Linwood Park...
Metra 'boondoggle' is textbook case of mismanaging taxpayer money
Chicago Sun-Times· 7 days ago“What was supposed to be a simple storage warehouse for the Metra transit agency has now buried the nation’s fourth-busiest commuter rail system in a sinking money pit, the ...
Letters: Family outing on Metra helped me understand why it has a reputation problem
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoThis was the second train of the day from Fox Lake into the city, and the daily struggle for Metra...
Massive pallet factory fire in West Town snarls Metra, local expressways
NBC Chicago· 3 days agoA massive fire in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood has snarled traffic on area highways and halted...
Chicago fire crews battle massive blaze at West Town pallet yard | LIVE
ABC 7 Chicago· 3 days agoEmergency crews are on the scene of a massive fire in Chicago's West Town neighborhood Tuesday...
Railfan Road: Chicago’s Cicero Avenue - Trains
Trains.com· 4 days agoRoosevelt Road used to be THE Chicago railfan road. On less than a mile of viaducts just south of downtown, fans could catch passenger trains to and from...
‘Total loss:’ Massive fire destroys pallet warehouse in Chicago’s West Town
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThey do a lot of welding. There’s fuel in there. It was singeing on there. There’s some impingement...
Owners of West Town pallet firm assess damage after massive fire: 'Looked like a war scene'
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoCommercial Pallet was closed for the day when workers at a neighboring business noticed a fire growing in the corner of the West Town lot on Tuesday. Within an hour, the blaze at 2029 W. Hubbard ...
Massive fire breaks out at pallet business on Chicago's West Side
CBS News· 3 days agoA massive fire broke out on Chicago's West Side Tuesday evening. The fire broke out in the 2000...