Articles filed under Transportation
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Transit writer takes ride on wild side - almostSep 09, 2012 11:00 pm - I get my kicks on Route 855. It's my kind of maverick, stick-it-to-the-man Pace bus. Now, if you've ever sat stupefied in a Pace bus as it bumbles through suburban traff...
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Girl injured in Elgin Metra crash Saturday nightSep 09, 2012 10:34 am - A South Elgin man faces a number of charges after the car he was driving went off the road and collided with a Metra train late Saturday, severely injuring his 14-month-...
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Truck accident in Des Plaines delays Metra trainsSep 07, 2012 9:02 pm - A 30-foot box truck carrying office furniture overturned on train tracks in Des Plaines Friday night, causing Metra trains to be delayed and traffic in the area to be di...
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Train to resume service to New Orleans on MondaySep 07, 2012 5:48 pm - NEW ORLEANS — Amtrak says the City of New Orleans passenger train will pull into its namesake city on Sept. 11 — the first time since Aug. 27, when service was suspended...
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Route 60/83 to close in Mundelein:Sep 07, 2012 4:44 pm - Route 60/83 will be fully closed at the Canadian National Railroad in Mundelein for 11 days beginning at 6 a.m. Monday through 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 for repairs at ...
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Route 21/137 lanes shifted, reduced:Sep 06, 2012 4:37 pm - Weather permitting, traffic heading north and south on Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) from Rollingwoods Drive to about 1,000 feet north of Route 137 in Libertyville on Frid...
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Tollway taking scofflaws to courtSep 06, 2012 12:51 pm - See you in court, the Illinois tollway is telling some of its “worst” offenders when it comes to unpaid tolls and fines. This week, the agency is filing about 50 lawsuit...
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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...