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“There’s real opportunity right now with a lot of the federal money that’s going to be available as part of the infrastructure act that’s going to get passed onto Illinois,” DeKalb Mayor Cohen Barnes said, regarding a possible Metra station in DeKalb.

Union’s Illinois Railroad Museum, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, seeks to take visitors back to the heyday of trains in America with a planned expansion.

Trains at the Elburn Metra Station.

Plans are moving forward for a DeKalb city transit study to determine whether a Metra route could connect directly to DeKalb, expanding residents’ access to the suburbs and Chicago, after a unanimous City Council vote Monday.

A Chicago-based consultant is proposing a DeKalb city transit study which would delve into whether a Metra route could connect directly to DeKalb, expanding residents’ access to the suburbs and Chicago.

Hundreds of flights have already been canceled at O’Hare and Midway airports, and more cancellations are expected throughout the day, as the area braces for a severe winter storm expected to bring blizzard-like conditions.

Authorities have identified the 75-year-old Antioch woman and 13-year-old Lockport boy killed Sunday when the car they were riding in drove through a railroad crossing gate and was hit by a Metra train near Ingleside as grandmother and grandson.

Delays are expected to continue throughout the morning on Metra’s Union Pacific Northwest line after a train struck a pedestrian early this morning in Arlington Heights.

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The final cause and manner of the death of Steven Spangler, 60, of Joliet, will be determined at a later date, according to the Will County Coroner's Office.

The Rock Island main line train service has been temporarily suspended after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a train in Joliet.

Metra trains delayed Tuesday after train stuck, killed pedestrian in Mount Prospect.

Metra commuter trains will run as scheduled after a tentative labor deal to avert a freight rail strike was announced, the agency said.

President Joe Biden said Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a strike that could have been devastating to the economy before the pivotal midterm elections.

Metra expects Milwaukee District trains will run Friday along with three other lines but the popular Union Pacific Northwest, North and West, as well as BNSF routes will be sidelined if freight rail workers strike.