Traffic Grounded: Metra/Union Pacific Gates Jam Downtown Arlington Heights...
UPDATE: Union Pacific Metra Northwest Line train gates reported functioning normally at about 6:46 p.m. Thursday, according to police on the scene, but were stuck down again about 7:00 p.m. with Union...
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Reckless Driver Eastbound on Railroad Tracks from Palatine Is Captured in...
NEWS FLASH: Railroad tracks shred tires, as in this case of a Buick driven eastbound on the Union Pacific Northwest Line of Metra during the morning rush hour Monday. Palatine police and Arlington...
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New Arlington Heights Police Headquarters Should Combine with 9-1-1 Center...
Take a good look at the Google satellite view of our 9-1-1 center, Northwest Central Dispatch at 1975 East Davis Street. Does anything look a little vulnerable? At the end of one of the most desolate...
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Lawtell Train Derailment: Transportation of Highly Flammable and Corrosive...
Gov. Jindal Addresses train derailment in Lawtell in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Police and firefighters responded about 3:30 p.m. Sunday when at least 26 cars derailed in Lawtell, Louisiana about...
View ArticleMetra Board Member Arlene Mulder Chastizes Union Pacific For Railroad’s Poor...
Union Pacific Railroad regional Vice President David Connell, addressed the Metra board Friday morning January 17, 2014 and apologized for poor railroad performance on Monday, Jan. 6, when Metra riders...
View ArticleStuck Railroad Gates Mean Hazards and Inconveniences for Arlington Heights...
Arlington Heights police received a report about 3:00 AM Monday of malfunctioning Union Pacific railroad gates at Arlington Heights Road and Northwest Highway Arlington Heights, IL. Train gates in...
View ArticleCrash with Injuries on Rohlwing Rd, Hicks Place Just South of the Union...
Rolling Meadows police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 7:05 AM Tuesday to a report of crash with injuries on Rohlwing Road/Hicks Place just south of the Union Pacific railroad tracks in...
View ArticleStalled Freight Train at Metra Train Station Reveals a Common, Highly Toxic...
A stalled freight train Wednesday afternoon in downtown Arlington Heights revealed a surprising discovery — a hazmat placard for a common industrial chemical, but highly toxic chemical that is also...
View ArticleWhat If a “Bomb Train” Derailed at the Railroad Bridge at Northwest Highway...
Stalled freight train in downtown Arlington Heights consisted of one tanker car with Di-Methyl Sulfate, one tanker car with N-Propanol, two unmarked tanker cars, and one tanker car that was not...
View ArticleMetra Trains Stopped on Union Pacific Northwest Line, Vehicle Stuck Under...
UPDATE: Inbound (eastbound) Metra train passed over bridge about 8:17 a.m. At 8:40 a.m. an outbound (westbound) Metra train was still halted just east of the railroad bridge at Davis Street and...
View ArticleGates Down at Northwest Highway and Euclid Avenue, Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights police responded about 8:02 AM Saturday to a report of gates stuck down at Euclid Avenue and Northwest Highway Arlington Heights, IL. Police reported the railroad gates were stuck...
View ArticleWater Main Break Under Railroad Track on Kensington Rd East of Northwest...
Westbound Kensington Road just east of Northwest Highway was closed this afternoon after Union Pacific Railroad reported a sinkhole on the access line to Heller Lumber. Railroad cars were delivering...
View ArticleArlington Heights Traffic Trouble: Broken Railroad Rail Closes Vail Ave About...
Cold Winter weather may have taken its toll on the roads in Arlington Heights Tuesday, December 26, 2017. About 9:00 a.m. Union Pacific needed to close Vail Avenue at Northwest Highway at about 8:55...
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Railroad Crossing Closure: Maintenance on Vail Ave Downtown Arlington Heights...
The Vail Avenue railroad crossing, located just south of the intersection of Vail Avenue and Northwest Highway, will be closed for scheduled Union Pacific maintenance work. The anticipated closure...
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Power Failure in Downtown; Train Gates Stuck Down in Downtown Arlington...
Arlington Heights police responded about 1:11 PM Thursday May 3, 2018 to a report that all train gates were down at Arlington Heights Road and Northwest Highway Arlington Heights, IL. Police received a...
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President George HW Bush Funeral Schedule; Union Pacific Bush 4141 Called to...
President George H.W. Bush to be transported to Texas A&M presidential library burial location aboard Union Pacific’s Bush 4141. Union Pacific announced Saturday that locomotive 4141 will take the...
View ArticleUnion Pacific Railroad Crews Repairing Broken Rail on Northwest Line Near...
Union Pacific railroad crews are repairing a broken rail at the Smith Street railroad crossing. Smith Street is closed to all vehicles between Wood Street and Wilson Street in downtown Palatine. The...
View ArticleTake Extra Care at Downtown Railroad Crossings in Arlington Heights (Actually...
2,795 Overnight Wednesday/Thursday at about 1:15 a.m. Thursday, March 19, 2020, an outbound Metra train was arriving at the Arlington Heights Metra train station. The train was westbound at Arlington...
View ArticleMilitary Vehicles on Freight Train Sighted During Day Thursday; Discovered...
31,958 Outbound Metra passenger train passing parked freight train hauling Oshkosh Defense military vehicles near Chicago on Thursday, March 19, 2020. The timing brought suspicions to many people when...
View ArticleYou’re Not Going to Let a Little Military Vehicle-Hauling Freight Train Video...
1,162 Hopefully people are tough enough to avoid letting a little freight train video freak them out, but stay motivated to listen to experts and use objective truth so the SARS-CoV-2 “coronavirus”...
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