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Man apparently hit by train near Talman Ave at Washington Blvd

chicagotribune.com   Man transported in serious-to-critical condition after responding about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday; Metra delays on the Union Pacific Railroad tracks West Line ...

Metra train hits, kills pedestrian near Naperville

chicagotribune.com  Metra BNSF Train 1272, scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 4:55 p.m. struck and killed a passenger a little after 4:00 p.m.  ...

50 full-time Chicago cops to be deployed to rail, bus stations

chicagotribune.com  Officers will come from fall class of Chicago Police Academy and will be detailed to public transportation by spring 2012; average 59 robberies per month so far in 2011, compared to 48 per month in 2010  ... ...

Donna M. Grace, 81, and passenger Gail F. Crabtree, 97, killed in car that crashed with Rock Island Metra, Oak Forest

chicagotribune.com  Seven of the 89 passengers on Metra were transported to hospitals with minor injuries  ...

Metra Train #420 crash with car at 167th and Oak Forest Avenue, 2 killed

arlingtoncardinal.com  EMS Plan 2 with minor or no injuries to Metra passengers  ...

Metra warns of double-charging credit cards in error last Monday

nbcchicago.com  Metra: working diligently to identify and reverse the additional charges for affected customers  ...

Severe Thunderstorm Warning as high winds, hail, damaged buildings & vehicles from north suburbs to Chicago to south suburbs

chicagotribune.com  Golf ball-sized hail (photo) in Little Village neighborhood, large hail in East Garfield Park, too; 50,000 ComEd customers without electricity in Chicago area at 9:30 p.m.; Metra trains stopped near Waukegan as power lines crossed tracks  ...  arlingtoncardinal.com  Rare due south path down the lake shore; structural collapse from downed tree in Beach Park; Mount Prospect fest stopped early by storm passing to the east  ...  blog.chicagoweathercenter.com  Humboldt Park hail photos  ...  blog.chicagoweathercenter.com  Uptown irregular shaped hail photo  ...

Early morning train from Harvard to Chicago hits dead cow just after 6 a.m. near Woodstock

nwherald.com Train damage to cables under locomotive, swapped out and fixed  ...

Metra cancels 6 UP West Line trains when combo of sick days, vacation days, personal days causes shortage of engineers

nbcchicago.com Canceled: Outbound trains #13 and #17; and inbound trains #10, #16, #24, and #28  ...

Metra: Possible fare hike as early as this fall

chicagobreakingnews.com  Metra warned its depleting its capital funds used for purchase and maintenance of equipment for day-to-day operations  ...

Metra begins 'Quiet Car' program for trains arriving Chicago before 9 a.m. or departing between 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.

chicagobreakingnews.com Designated second car from the engine and the second car from the other end of train on all diesel trains with 6 or more cars; Metra Electric Line, only the third car from south end of train is designated  ...

Geocache device sets off pipe bomb scare on Wheaton Illinois Prairie Path bridge over Union Pacific west line

triblocal.com/wheaton Delayed trains for 105 minutes  ...