Articles filed under Transportation
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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...
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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...