Articles filed under Transportation
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Chicago cost-cutter picked to watch transitSep 05, 2012 6:30 pm - Editor's note: The salary reported below has been corrected from what was first reported. A former city of Chicago executive with a track record of trimming fat wil...
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New coating for Wheeling Metra parking lotsSep 05, 2012 4:40 pm - The three Metra parking lots in Wheeling will be sealcoated. The village trustees agreed to the work at their meeting on Tuesday night. The work will cost the village ro...
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You can take roundtrip on rare trainSep 05, 2012 4:15 pm - The Illinois Railway Museum, in cooperation with Amtrak and the BNSF Railway, will operate the Nebraska Zephyr, built in 1936, and powered by the 1940 vintage Burlington...
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Route 60/83 crossing repairsSep 03, 2012 2:33 pm - Route 60/83 will be fully closed at the Canadian National Railroad tracks in Mundelein, beginning at 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 10, through 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, for repair...
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Tollway oases still have vacancies, but not weedsSep 03, 2012 5:30 am - Hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Bonding with dolphins in Florida. Lazing on the beach in Door County. Who needs that? For my summer getaway, I prefer a fun-filled tr...
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Freight train cars derail in Chicago, no injuriesSep 02, 2012 8:59 am - A freight train struck the rear of another freight train in southwest Chicago early Sunday, derailing several rail cars and damaging a third freight train on an adjacent...
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Traffic planners circle around interchange solutionSep 01, 2012 8:00 am - The solution to chronic gridlock on the Circle Interchange is up in the air, both literally and figuratively. For one, Illinois Department of Transportation planners are...
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Farmers can transport hay on Illinois interstatesAug 31, 2012 4:37 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A new policy put into effect due to drought conditions in Illinois means farmers will be able to transport hay loads on interstates. Illinois Transportatio...
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Detours as I-90 bridge over Sleepy Hollow Road repairedAug 30, 2012 9:42 am - Sleepy Hollow Road/McLean Boulevard will be closed at the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway overpass for a week beginning Wednesday, Sept. 5, as crews repair the bridge deck ...
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Driver says he did everything he could in Megabus crashAug 30, 2012 8:06 am - The 25-year-old driver who was at the wheel during a fatal Megabus crash in south-central Illinois says he did everything he could to control the double-decker after a t...