A Volvo Semi-trailer truck became stuck on the Union Pacific Northwest Line railroad tracks at Arthur Avenue about 3:10 p.m. Wednesday, December 22, 2021. The truck was blocking all tracks while an outbound Metra train waited about 300 yards east of the stuck truck.
Police and firefighters were on the scene while a rotator truck from Hillside Towing arrived. In a matter of a few seconds after the arrival of Hillside Towing, the semi-trailer truck driver was able to back the truck off of the tracks, and then drive over to a curb parking area near the westbound lanes of Northwest Highway (US 14).
The truck was cleared off the tracks about 3:50 p.m.
No injuries were reported.
Metra trains #652, #625, #621, #648, #6211 were delayed because of the blocked railroad tracks.
Metra Tweets Earliest to Latest
Metra Alert UP-NW – Train #648, scheduled to arrive Ogilvie Transportation Center at 4:23 PM – stopped at Arlington Heights, a semi-truck on the tracks
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) December 22, 2021
Metra Alert UP-NW – Train #621, scheduled to arrive Crystal Lake at 4:00 PM – stopped at Arlington Park, a semi-truck on the tracks.
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) December 22, 2021
Metra Alert UP-NW – Train #648, sched. to arrive Ogilvie Transportation Center at 4:23 PM – may be 45 to 50 minutes delayed, a semi-truck on the tracks
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) December 22, 2021
Metra Alert UP-NW – Train #621, sched. to arrive Crystal Lake at 4:00 PM – may be 50 to 55 minutes delayed, a semi-truck on the tracks
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) December 22, 2021
Metra Alert UP-NW – Train #6211, scheduled to arrive Barrington at 4:36 PM – stopped at Cumberland, an earlier semi-truck on the tracks
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) December 22, 2021
Metra Alert UP-NW – Train #625, sched. to arrive Harvard at 5:36 PM – may be 15 to 20 minutes delayed, an earlier semi-truck on the tracks
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) December 22, 2021
Metra Alert UP-NW – Train #6211, sched. to arrive Barrington at 4:36 PM – may be 15 to 20 minutes delayed, an earlier semi-truck on the tracks
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) December 22, 2021
Metra Alert UP-NW – Train #652 departing Crystal Lake at 4:15 PM – delayed departure, an earlier semi truck on the tracks
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) December 22, 2021
Metra Alert UP-NW – Train #652 departing Crystal Lake at 4:15 PM – on the move, may be extensively delayed, an earlier semi truck on the tracks
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) December 22, 2021
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