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Investigation underway after pedestrian struck by train in Brookfield
An investigation is underway after a pedestrian was struck by a train in suburban Brookfield in the third such incident in ...
Jury decides Norfolk Southern should pay for the $600 million settlement in 2023 Ohio derailment
The company that owned the railcar that caused the devastating East Palestine train derailment in 2023 won’t have to help pay ...
Anthropocene Magazine6h
Shipping solar power at the speed of a freight train
By charging up battery cars where renewable energy is cheap and delivering the power to where it’s needed, this startup ...
Daily Herald9h
Barrington begins moving dirt for long-awaited underpass
In an event 17 years in the making, Barrington officials finally sank shovels in the dirt Wednesday, getting construction on ...
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Norfolk Southern’s derailment insurance payments provide boost but even without that profits were up
Norfolk Southern’s quarterly profits were again inflated by insurance payments related to its disastrous 2023 derailment in ...
Metra train traveling from suburbs strikes pedestrian in Chicago, ‘extensive delays anticipated'
According to a 5:25 a.m. post from Metra, BNSF train #1200 traveling from the Western Suburbs to Union Station in Chicago was halted near Halsted after a pedestrian was struck. "Extensive delays are ...
Pedestrian hit, killed by Metra train in Westmont, fire department says
WESTMONT, Ill. (WLS) -- A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train in the west suburbs on Tuesday evening, fire officials said. The Westmont Fire Department responded to the scene near the ...