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Metra train strikes vehicle in Orland Park, one person hospitalized
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 1 day agoORLAND PARK, Ill. — A person is in the hospital after a Metra train struck an occupied vehicle while...
Metra 'boondoggle' is textbook case of mismanaging taxpayer money
Chicago Sun-Times· 6 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 ...
METRA host Linwood Park and Ride grand opening
WRBL Columbus via Yahoo News· 6 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...
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· 2 days agoA massive fire in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood has snarled traffic on area highways and halted...
Investigators work to determine cause of massive pallet fire on Chicago's West Side
CBS News· 1 day agoCrews were back on the scene Wednesday, a day after an enormous fire destroyed a pallet company in...
As West Dundee prepares for Spring Hill Mall demolition, fencing goes up and Pace bus routes get...
Chicago Tribune· 10 hours agoPace Route 552 provides weekday and Saturday service from the Elgin Transportation Center and Elgin ...
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...
Massive fire breaks out at pallet business on Chicago's West Side
CBS News· 2 days agoA massive fire broke out on Chicago's West Side Tuesday evening. The fire broke out in the 2000...
No. 1 vs. No. 2: Billings Outlaws treating Saturday home game vs. Albany like a playoff match
Billings Gazette· 4 hours agoThe Billings Outlaws are treating this weekend’s regular-season home finale like a playoff game....