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CN freight incident in Chicago disrupts South Shore train service late Monday

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CHICAGO (AP) - Commuter rail service to Northwest Indiana from Chicago was disrupted Monday evening, after a shipping container on a Canadian National freight train hit a bridge on Chicago's South Side, halting service on the South Shore Line.

According to text updates posted by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, the accident occurred shortly before 7 p.m., south of Metra’s Kensington/115th Street station.

At 8:27 p.m., according to the next text, all South Shore trains were “delayed indefinitely.” At this time NICTD was calling the incident a “derailment” and reported that CN was “bringing a rescue train to remove the blocking train.”

The last update was posted at 9:31 p.m., when NICTD announced that eastbound South Shore trains were “on the move towards Indiana,” following the removal of what NICTD was now calling a “freight blockage.”

Eastbound Train 121 was annulled; westbound Train 22 was running 20 to 30 minutes late due to “passenger train interference”; and westbound Train 222 was 36 minutes late, NICTD reported in its final update of the night.

Metra's Electric District is not affected by the mishap.

 

 

Posted 4/28/2015

 
 

 

 

 

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