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Red Line Service Back To Normal After Derailment At Granville
CHICAGO (STMW) — Normal service resumed on the Red Line Monday morning after an eight-car train derailed Sunday afternoon on the North Side, authorities said. The derailment happened near the Granville...
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CTA Train Derails Near Midway Airport, Two Workers Hurt
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two CTA employees were injured when an Orange Line train derailed in a train yard near Midway Airport early Friday. Authorities say the train was pulling into the yard along the 4600...
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Service Resumes After Red Line Train Derails Near Armitage
One car of a CTA Red Line train derailed near the Armitage station on May 9, 2013. (Credit: CBS) UPDATED: 5/9/2013 – 4:10 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The Red Line and Brown Line resumed service on Thursday...
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Freight Train Derailment Snarls Metra SouthWest Service Trains
UPDATED: 6/13/2013 10 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Service on Metra’s Southwest Service between downtown and southwest suburban Manhattan was disrupted Thursday afternoon by the derailment of a freight train...
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Red Line Train Derails In Englewood
CHICAGO (STMW) — Normal service has resumed on the CTA Red Line after a train derailed early Thursday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. The southbound Red Line train derailed at 12:50 a.m. at...
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Metra Seeks Delay In Deadline For New Safety System, Citing Cost
CHICAGO (CBS) — In the wake of a deadly train crash in New York that might have been the result of an operator falling asleep at the wheel, officials at Metra were warning they might not be able to...
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Purple Line Service Halted After Train Derails Leaving Howard Station
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20140207231223027AA.mp4 play pause Purple Line Train Derails WBBM Newsradio's Bob Roberts (STMW) — A derailed Purple Line train and a power outage at the...
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Freight Train Derails In New Lenox
NEW LENOX, Ill. (STMW) — Three cars on a westbound Canadian National Railway freight train derailed in southwest suburban New Lenox at 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning, blocking Gougar and Cherry Hills Roads...
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Derailed Freight Train Causes Metra Delays, Cancellations
CICERO, Ill. (STMW) — A freight train derailment in west suburban Cicero Monday night has caused service disruptions on Metra’s BNSF Line that have lasted into the Tuesday morning commute. The BNSF...
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Blue Line Operator Dozed Off Before Train Jumped Tracks At O’Hare
Updated 03/24/14 – 4:30 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The operator of the CTA Blue Line train told union officials that she dozed off before the train jumped the tracks and slammed into an escalator early...
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NTSB: Automated Stopping System Activated Before Blue Line Crash
Updated 03/25/14 – 4:21 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Federal investigators said an automated braking system known as a “track trip” activated just before a CTA Blue Line train derailed at O’Hare International...
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NTSB: CTA Operator Dozed Off, Didn’t Wake Up Until Crash At O’Hare
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20140326231221450AA.mp4 Updated 03/26/14 – 4:15 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Federal investigators said the woman who was operating the Blue Line that crashed at...
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Derailed CTA Train Removed From O’Hare; Station Could Reopen By Weekend
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20140327184443093AA.mp4 Updated 03/27/14 – 7:16 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — CTA officials have removed damaged train cars from the escalator and platform at O’Hare...
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Repairs Continue At O’Hare Blue Line Station; Weekend Reopening Expected
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20140328184616360AA.mp4 CHICAGO (CBS) — CTA repair crews appeared to be on track Friday morning as they scrambled to get the Blue Line station at O’Hare...
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No Delays For Blue Line After O’Hare Station Reopens
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20140331194135947AA.mp4 Updated 03/31/14 – 10:08 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — It has been smooth sailing so far for the reopened CTA station at O’Hare International...
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CTA Fires Operator In Blue Line Crash At O’Hare
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20140404124443217AA.mp4 Updated 04/04/14 – 1:04 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — CTA officials were taking steps to fire the train operator who fell asleep at the controls...
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NTSB: Blue Line ‘Trip Stop’ At O’Hare Was Too Close To The End Of The Track
Updated 04/08/14 – 8:02 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board on Monday said a “fixed trip stop” system on the Blue Line tracks at O’Hare International...
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Blue Line Train Derails After Hitting Truck Tire On Tracks
Updated 04/11/14 – 8:38 a.m. A CTA Blue Line train headed to Forest Park derailed slightly Thursday night, after hitting a truck tire that had fallen on the tracks. The train was leaving the Cicero...
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Loop Train Service Back To Normal After Derailment Caused Big Delays
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20140617231457100AA.mp4 Updated 06/18/14 – 6:05 a.m. (CBS) — Normal service has been restored on the Loop ‘L’ tracks, after a minor derailment Tuesday evening...
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Blue Line Train Derails In Forest Park
CHICAGO (CBS) — The CTA has suspended Blue Line train service between the Harlem and Forest Park stops on the Forest Park branch, after a train derailed late Friday morning. A CTA spokesperson said...
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Blue Line Trains Running Again After Derailment At Pulaski
Updated 09/10/14 – 9:40 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Service on the Forest Park branch of the CTA Blue Line has resumed, after a minor derailment halted trains at Pulaski for nearly two hours. The incident was...
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Freight Train Derails Near Bensenville, Metra Trains Delayed
CHICAGO (STMW) — A freight train derailed Tuesday morning near northwest suburban Bensenville, causing delays on Metra’s Milwaukee District / West Line. As of 4:30 a.m., inbound trains on the Milwaukee...
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Freight Train Derails In Cicero
CHICAGO (STMW) — A freight train derailed in west suburban Cicero Tuesday morning. Crews were notified at 4:18 a.m. of the derailment on Metra BNSF tracks in the 4700 block of West 26th Street in...
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Galena Oil Train Derailment Involved Safer Tanker Cars
GALENA, Ill. (AP) — The rail cars that split open and burst into flames during a western Illinois oil train derailment this week were retrofitted with protective shields to meet a higher safety...
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Metra Expects Normal Service A Day After Derailment
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20150310082417587AA.mp4 CHICAGO (CBS) — Metra crews worked through the night to fix the tracks after a derailment Monday afternoon on the Northwest Side caused...
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Fatigued Driver, Design Flaws Blamed For 2014 O’Hare Blue Line Derailment
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20150428181208970AA.mp4 Updated 04/28/15 – 5:07 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The National Transportation Board has blamed last year’s Blue Line derailment at O’Hare...
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Electric Line Derailment Causes Delays For Morning Rush
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20150520123956677AA.mp4 Updated 05/20/15 – 4:32 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Service on Metra’s Electric Line was back to normal Wednesday morning, after an overnight...
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CTA Mum Day After Green Line Derailment
(CBS) – The Chicago Transit Authority offered little new information Thursday, a day after a Green Line derailed on the South Side. Sources close to the investigation tell CBS 2 a non-union CTA manager...
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Brown Line Service Resumes After Derailment
Updated 11/19/15 – 10:07 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — CTA Brown Line trains are running normally after lengthy delays caused by a train derailing Thursday morning in the Northwest Side Albany Park...
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Yellow Line Service Resumes After Derailment
CHICAGO (STMW) — CTA Yellow Line train service was temporarily suspended Thursday night after a train derailed in north suburban Skokie. A southbound Yellow Line train derailed near the Dempster-Skokie...
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Amtrak Train Derails In South Loop
CHICAGO (CBS) — Three cars of an Amtrak train derailed Monday morning in the South Loop. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said Train 449 arriving from Boston and New York was headed towards Union Station...
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South Shore Train Service Resumes After Train Derails Downtown
CHICAGO (CBS) — Service on the South Shore was mostly restored Tuesday evening, hours after a train derailed as it was arriving downtown before rush hour. A westbound train No. 18, which originated in...
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Crowded Trains On South Shore Line After Tuesday Derailment
CHICAGO (CBS) — South Shore Line trains were more crowded than usual Wednesday morning, as crews continued working to restore normal service after a train derailed at Millennium Station on Tuesday....
View ArticleRTA: More Train Troubles Possible Without State Funding
CHICAGO (CBS) — The head of the Regional Transportation Authority says more Metra service interruptions and other transit problems are a certainty if the state does not come up with a lot more money...
View ArticleAmtrak Train Derails On Interstate In Washington State
DUPONT, Wash. — An Amtrak train making its first-ever run along newly upgraded track derailed on an overpass in Washington state, with at least two train cars falling onto the highway below....
View ArticleNTSB: Derailed Amtrak Train In Washington Was Going 80 MPH In 30 MPH Zone
CHICAGO (CBS) — Federal investigators have confirmed an Amtrak train was traveling at more than double the speed limit when it derailed near Tacoma, Washington, on Monday, sending rail cars onto a...
View ArticleUPDATE: Metra Cancels Tuesday Morning BNSF Line Service From Cicero
CHICAGO (CBS)– A freight train derailed near Cicero Monday around 5:15 p.m., forcing Metra to cancel BNSF line service from Cicero on Tuesday morning. The south, inbound platform at Cicero is closed...
View ArticleFreight Train Derailment Blocks Metra Tracks; Heritage Corridor Trains Canceled
CHICAGO (CBS) — Metra has canceled morning and evening service on the Heritage Corridor, after a freight train derailed in southwest suburban Willow Springs, blocking the tracks. Around 3 a.m., a...
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Source: Motorman’s Mistake, Over-Correction To Blame For Blue Line Derailment...
CHICAGO (CBS) — The derailment of a CTA Blue Line train near O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday seems to have been the result of human error, after the motorman apparently made a minor operating...
View ArticleCTA Yellow Line Train Derails When Tree Falls During Storms, Service Suspended
EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) — The CTA has suspended service on the Yellow Line, after a train derailed in north suburban Evanston. Strong winds toppled a tree into the tracks, and the train could not stop....
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