I don't know what's going on with trains in Chicago.
Here's a "new" incident which happened last Thursday, yet this is the first I heard of it:
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Metra suspends speeding engineer
Train exceeds limit at fatal-accident site
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0510040227oct04,1,1658815.story?coll=chi-news-hed
A Metra engineer has been suspended without pay after he sped through the South Side site of a recent fatal train derailment during an afternoon rush hour last week, causing passengers to file complaints, a Metra spokeswoman said.
The southbound train exceeded the 20 m.p.h. speed limit on a section of track that was installed after the Sept. 17 derailment just south of 47th Street near the Dan Ryan Expressway so trains could go around the accident site, Metra spokeswoman Judy Pardonnet said Monday.
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The incident happened Thursday on train No. 411, which departed LaSalle Street station at 4:57 p.m. Pardonnet said the engineer and conductor were taken off their jobs that day, but she didn't know how Metra learned of the incident.
(train #411...hmmmm.)(snip)
A Metra engineer has been suspended without pay after he sped through the South Side site of a
recent fatal train derailment during an afternoon rush hour last week, causing passengers to file
complaints, a Metra spokeswoman said. <<<<<<
I had to read this 3 times.
The engineer who was driving the train in the fatal accident, said he was following the signals.
The reports said he was speeding.
Now you have another in the same spot, doing the same thing.
I don't know how the electronics on signals work, but I have found the signal boxes miles from people.
My first rockhound book, had a railroad site listed as a good source for collectible rocks, they had been used on the rail bed.
Plus there are usually roads along side of the tracks.
Thanks Velveeta for that update...
I remember a speeding engineer story, (unless of course there was more than one of these stories). I'm glad he got suspended.