Railway agrees to quiet zones in suburban Chicago

A railway company plans to reduce the noise its trains make on stretches of track in suburban Chicago.

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski helped broker an agreement with Canadian National Railway to establish quiet zones through Riverside, North Riverside and Berwyn.

A statement Monday from the Illinois Democrat's office says Montreal-based CN will upgrade crossings so trains won't blare their horns as they pass. It didn't provide cost estimates.

CN's the same company embroiled in disputes over its recent purchase of another suburban line, the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway. Communities along the EJ&E expect train traffic to more than triple.

But as a result of that purchase, communities like Riverside, North Riverside and Berwyn hope to see traffic decline.