CHICAGO — The family of a Chicago police officer killed when struck by a train while pursuing a suspect last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against parties including Metra and the South Shore Line. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the family of officer Eduardo Marmolejo filed the suit over the Dec. 17, 2018, […]
Zone & Region: Midwest
No. 261’s North Pole Express trips carry 10,000 passengers NEWSWIRE
Icicles form on the front of Milwaukee Road 4-84 operating in frigid temperatures at St. Paul Union Depot. Friends of the 261 ST. PAUL, Minn. – Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 pulled North Pole Express trips that carried 10,000 passengers this month, the nonprofit Friends of the 261 reports. While the first weekend at St. […]
Poster commemorates Chicago’s railroad history NEWSWIRE
This poster by Mitch Markovitz, commemorating Chicago Railroad History Month, is now on sale. Blackhawk Chapter, NRHS CHICAGO — Organizers of Chicago Railroad History Month have announced the release of a new poster that graphically commemorates the city’s 170-plus-year railroad past. The poster features several iconic Chicago railroad scenes, including the city’s lakefront skyline with […]
UP Minnesota branch loses major customer NEWSWIRE
UP’s local arrives at the old M&StL depot in New Prague on Sept. 4, 2012. Steve Glischinski NEW PRAGUE, Minn. – Employees at Miller Milling in New Prague got coal in their Christmas stocking this month when the company announced it was shutting down its mill in New Prague served by Union Pacific. The flour […]
Q3 4500 the first going through town
Q3 4500 special was the first Q3 delivered to the B&O on July 4th 1918, Scene 1 roaring through town, scene 2 slowing for a yellow board, scene 3 arriving at the destination. […]
Q3 4500 the first going through town
Q3 4500 special was the first Q3 delivered to the B&O on July 4th 1918, Scene 1 roaring through town, scene 2 slowing for a yellow board, scene 3 arriving at the destination. […]
Former Metra CEO Orseno joins agency’s board NEWSWIRE
Don Orseno receives a gift marking his retirement as Metra CEO during a Chicago Rail Superintendents Association event in November 2017. Behind him is current Metra CEO James Derwinski. Orseno was named to Metra’s board of directors on Wednesday. TRAINS: David Lassen This Metra locomotive was repainted in Rock Island colors and named for Don […]
Amtrak to close Kalamazoo ticket office NEWSWIRE
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Kalamazoo will become the latest Michigan city to lose a staffed ticket office at its Amtrak station, WWMT-TV reports. The TV station reports the ticket office will close “at the beginning of 2020.” It follows similar moves East Lansing, Niles, Jackson, and Flint, which saw their ticket offices close in 2018 [see […]
Two Illinois communities retain lobbying firm to help with Metra Kendall extension efforts NEWSWIRE
Officials in Yorkville will discuss the four possible sites for a Metra station at a Tuesday meeting. Kendall Extension Study OSWEGO, Ill. — Two communities hoping to bring Metra service to Kendall County, Ill., will retain the service of a Chicago lobbying firm to continue the effort to extend the BNSF Line service, as well […]
Metra, Union Pacific in talks that could change operating agreement NEWSWIRE
A Metra UP Northwest train arrives in Harvard, Ill., on Nov. 23, 2018. Metra and Union Pacific are in talks that could substantially change the nature of UP’s operating agreement with the commuter railroad. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Union Pacific Railroad and Metra are in discussions that could give Metra some control of operations […]
Open houses bring proposed Metra extension to the public NEWSWIRE
The westbound California Zephyr blasts through Plano, Ill., on Dec. 2, 2019. Plano’s Amtrak station could become a station for an extension of Metra’s BNSF line into Kendall County, Ill. TRAINS: David Lassen PLANO, Ill. — The opportunity has begun for the public to inspect and consider aspects of the proposed extension of Metra commuter […]
Chicago interchange dispute: Canadian Pacific 1, Canadian National 0 NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have given Canadian Pacific a limited victory in its dispute with Canadian National over where the railroads should interchange traffic in Chicago. CN’s unilateral request to have Canadian Pacific run 84 miles through the busy Chicago terminal in order to interchange at Kirk Yard in Gary, Ind., is unreasonable, the Surface […]
