South Shore Line commuter train disruption continues days after freight train derailment
South Shore Line train service through Northern Indiana will continue to run on a weekend holiday schedule through Friday, July 3.
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South Shore Line train service through Northern Indiana will continue to run on a weekend holiday schedule through Friday, July 3.
Train service on the South Shore Line was suspended Thursday after a derailment, leaving riders scrambling for another way to get to work. Darius Johnson reports.
A train derailment prompted road closures in the south suburban Posen, Illinois, on Thursday.
An intersection is Posen, Illinois, is blocked to all traffic after a freight train derailment Thursday morning.
A freight train derailment in Posen is blocking the intersection of 140th St. and Western Ave.
A freight train derailment in Chicago's south suburbs has blocked a handful of crossings for several hours on Friday in Harvey and Dixmoor.
A CSX spokesperson said around 4:215 a.m., 17 train cars derailed near 140th and Spaulding Avenue. The train cars are blocking crossings at Robey Avenue, Lincoln Avenue and Western Avenue.
Metra Southwest Service has resumed after a freight train derailed in Chicago Ridge early Wednesday morning.
Metra Southwest Service has resumed after a freight train derailed in Chicago Ridge early Wednesday morning.
There are no trains running on Metra's Southwest Service line after an early morning freight train derailment in Chicago Ridge. The damage could take days to repair.
A freight train derailment in Chicago Ridge is impacting Metra SWS service as crews continue to work to clear the scene.
A freight train derailment near Chicago Ridge is impacting Metra SWS service on Wednesday morning.
Several tanker cars on a freight train derailed Friday afternoon in the South Deering neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
Metra trains were stopped and then delayed Friday morning after a freight train derailed in Aurora on tracks owned by BNSF.
Three engines and 19 cars from the Wisconsin Southern Railroad train overturned.
According to Matteson police, 20 railcars of a Canadian National train derailed around 10:30 a.m.
The affected train lines were all bound for Michigan out of Union Station.
Chopper 2 was over the scene where the semi was caught between two freight trains.
There were no injuries and no hazardous material leaks from the freight train.
Investigators are looking into what caused a freight train to derail outside a small village in south-central Wisconsin.
