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Metra Arlington Heights; Metra Chicago and North Western tribute locomotive (CARDINAL NEWS)

Metra Transitions UP Lines, Upgrades Communications, and UP Plans to Buy Norfolk Southern

Tue Jul 29, 2025 11:45 am Cardinal News

Metra is now operating the three Union Pacific (UP) lines instead of Union Pacific Railroad, including the northwest line through Arlington Heights. In March 2025, Metra sought the public’s help to rename the Union Pacific […]

Message board (looking inbound to Chicago) at downtown Arlington Heights Metra train station frozen on train tracker display on September 30, 2024 (CARDINAL NEWS)

Metra Seeks Help from Train Riders to Rename Train Line Names

Mon Mar 10, 2025 05:50 pm Cardinal News

Metra is launching a survey and scheduling public outreach events in March 2025 to ask riders what they think about potentially renaming lines to make the system easier to understand for new and occasional riders. […]

Marin Lacson (provided by Clifford Law Offices)

Lacson Family Files Lawsuit Against Union Pacific, Metra, and Village of Barrington in Death of Daughter

Wed Sep 18, 2024 01:42 pm Cardinal News

Clifford Law Offices filed a lawsuit today, Wednesday, September 18, 2024, against Union Pacific Railroad Company, Metra Railroad, and the Village of Barrington in the death of a 17-year-old girl who was struck and killed […]

Oshkosh Defense Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) or Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle and JLTV Utility (UTL) military vehicles Arlington Heights

You’re Not Going to Let a Little Military Vehicle-Hauling Freight Train Video Freak You Out; But You Are Going to Use Objective Truth to Help Yourself, Right?

Sun Mar 22, 2020 09:44 pm Cardinal News

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” dies in the wind […]

Military Vehicles on Freight Train Sighted During Day Thursday; Discovered Parked Near Northwest Highway and Waterman Ave, Arlington Heights Thursday Night

Fri Mar 20, 2020 03:00 pm Cardinal News

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 they spotted a freight train hauling military […]

Dunton Avenue crossing with toll free number and DOT number

Take Extra Care at Downtown Railroad Crossings in Arlington Heights (Actually Any Crossings) in Case of Gate Malfunctions

Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:17 am Cardinal News

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 Heights Road, but as the train […]

Union Pacific Railroad Crews Repairing Broken Rail on Northwest Line Near Smith St, Palatine

Wed Jan 30, 2019 09:23 am Cardinal News

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 Smith Street crossing […]

President George HW Bush Funeral Schedule; Union Pacific Bush 4141 Called to Honorable Transport Mission

Sun Dec 2, 2018 01:17 pm Cardinal News

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 president’s body from the Houston area […]

Power Failure in Downtown; Train Gates Stuck Down in Downtown Arlington Heights After Storms

Thu May 3, 2018 02:17 pm Cardinal News

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 report that […]

Vail Avenue railroad crossing Arlington Heights (Union Pacific)

Railroad Crossing Closure: Maintenance on Vail Ave Downtown Arlington Heights Monday April 9-Thursday April 19, 2018

Mon Apr 9, 2018 06:50 am Cardinal News

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 dates are Monday, April 9th at […]

Arlington Heights Traffic Trouble: Broken Railroad Rail Closes Vail Ave About 5 Hours; Water Main Break Delays at Wilke and Euclid

Tue Dec 26, 2017 02:03 pm Cardinal News

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 a.m. […]

Water Main Break Under Railroad Track on Kensington Rd East of Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights

Thu Sep 15, 2016 08:03 pm Cardinal News

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 product to Heller Lumber when […]

Gates Down at Northwest Highway and Euclid Avenue, Arlington Heights

Sat Oct 10, 2015 09:18 am Cardinal News

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 down about a 20-minute […]

Metra Trains Stopped on Union Pacific Northwest Line, Vehicle Stuck Under Bridge at Northwest Highway and Davis Street, Arlington Heights

Mon Jun 1, 2015 08:04 am Cardinal News

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 Northwest Highway. Outbound […]

What If a “Bomb Train” Derailed at the Railroad Bridge at Northwest Highway and Davis St, Arlington Heights?

Thu May 14, 2015 03:22 pm Cardinal News

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 observed close up. Trains […]

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