Metra

Trouble Sleeping to Train Horns Overnight Friday – Saturday? UP/Metra Railroad Gates Stuck Up

Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:57 am Cardinal News

VIDEO: Metra train on northwest line downtown Arlington Heights were required to signal with long blasts of train horn because railroad gates were stuck in the down position overnight Friday/Saturday. Arlington Heights police discovered about […]

Metra Train vs. Vehicle at North Line and Seegers Rd, Near Rand and Golf Rd, Des Plaines

Tue Nov 29, 2011 06:51 am Cardinal News

NBC Chicago still frame from video at 6:27 a.m. (nbcchicago.com) A Metra North Line passenger train is reported crashed with a vehicle at Seegers Road. Originally passengers called 9-1-1 and didn’t know exactly were they […]

Criminal Damage to Property at Metra Arlington Park Station

Sat Sep 17, 2011 07:56 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police received a report about 7:11 p.m. Saturday of criminal damage to property at the Arlington Park Metra Station. Police received a report that a male/white subject that looked very agitated was ripping […]

Metra Train #659 Stopped: Train vs. Pedestrian Incident at Rohlwing Rd and Union Pacific Tracks

Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:05 pm Cardinal News

Union Pacific Northwest Line Trains Stopped After Pedestrian Incident Rolling Meadows and Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:34 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a train vs. pedestrian incident at the Union Pacific railroad […]

Theft of Catalytic Converter from Parked Car at Downtown Metra Lot

Mon Jul 18, 2011 01:36 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police received a report of a theft of a motor vehicle part from the commuter lot at the Metra train station, 45 West Northwest Highway. An unknown offender or offenders used an unknown […]

Report of Laser Light Pointed at Metra Train Near Euclid Ave and Wilke

Sat Jun 25, 2011 09:56 am Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police received a report about 12:55 a.m. Saturday that a laser light was pointed at a Metra Train near the Arlington Park Racetrack train station. Police received a report that the train engineer […]

Witnesses Back Up Conductor After Another Passenger Hits Conductor at Downtown Metra Station

Tue May 24, 2011 10:27 am Cardinal News

Man leaves the Metra train platform in downtown Arlington Heights after struggling with conductor. A passenger disembarking on the Metra Train 651, arriving just after 6:30 p.m. Monday at the downtown Arlington Heights station, struck […]

Witness Account: Friday the Thirteenth Gravel Truck vs. Metra Train Crash, Mount Prospect Rd

Sat May 14, 2011 09:25 pm Cardinal News

Video showing damage to a Metra passenger train and a gravel truck after a collision at Northwest Highway and Mount Prospect Road. ******* Three-Year-Old Was Dissappointed She Didn’t Get Another Train Ride ******* Imagine you […]

Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line Trains Moving in Both Directions After Friday’s Train-Truck Crash

Sat May 14, 2011 08:09 am Cardinal News

Union Pacific Northwest Line trains are moving in both directions after a crash Friday near Mount Prospect Road closed down the line. Delays of about delays of about 30 minutes were experience Friday during the […]

Metra Train Broken Down in Mount Prospect

Mon Apr 11, 2011 07:06 am Cardinal News

VIDEO: Metra Train 612 Pushes Broken Down Metra Train 606 to Chicago from Mount Prospect. Metra Train #606 scheduled to arrive at Chicago at 7:02 a.m. broke down in Mount Prospect about 6:20 a.m. Monday. […]

Arrest at Arlington Heights Metra Train Station — Arlington Park

Tue Apr 5, 2011 06:21 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police responded about 5:05 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a customer-management dispute at the Arlington Park Metra train station, 2121 West Northwest Highway. Police arrested a male subject about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday […]

Hit By Train’s Step Ladder: Man Falls to Ground While Getting Off Metra Train

Sun Mar 13, 2011 06:24 am admin

Video: Firefighter/paramedics crew rescues a man that fell of train that was stopped at the Arlington Heights downtown train station. Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded at 10:35 p.m. Saturday to a report that a […]

USN Sailor Chase Church, Killed By Metra Train at Green Bay Rd and Highwood Ave, Highwood

Tue Feb 8, 2011 07:57 pm Cardinal News

View Larger Map Green Bay Road and Highwood Avenue, Highwood, Illinois — scene of fatal train accident with pedestrian United States Navy graduate Chase Church. UPDATE: The identity of the pedestrian struck by a Metra […]

Metra Delay? Quick Thinking Police and Metra Engineer Prevent Train Crash with Taxi

Thu Feb 3, 2011 07:09 pm Cardinal News

Taxi shown towed in reverse at the beginning of video at Dunton Avenue and the Union Pacific railroad tracks. Arlington Heights police responded just before 6:00 p.m. to a report of a taxi stuck on […]

A Rowdy Black Wednesday Night in Palatine

Thu Nov 25, 2010 08:19 am Cardinal News

Palatine police were busy Black Wednesday night near Durty Nellies and the train station. Police received a call each in two separate cases at Durty Nellies, 180 North Smith Street, with complaints about treatment by […]

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