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FRA awards grants for grade separations in two Illinois towns

The Federal Railroad Administration awarded a combined $24 million in grant funds to Decatur and Franklin Park, Illinois, to complete two grade separation projects, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) announced this week. The funds are part of $570 million in grant...

Chicago Worker Can’t Get Benefits After Facebook Post Firing.

An Illinois appellate court panel held Thursday that a Chicago employee couldn’t get unemployment benefits after he was fired for posting on his union’s Facebook that he would “take you all with me” if his coworkers gave him COVID-19, ruling...

Nevada governor vetoes train-length bill

Nevada governor vetoes train-length bill Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo last week vetoed railroad safety legislation that would have regulated the length of freight trains operating in the state. Assembly Bill 456 would have established requirements for the installation and...

Moments Before Clarendon Hills Train Crash Detailed

Moments Before Clarendon Hills Train Crash Detailed CLARENDON HILLS, IL – The locomotive engineer for the Metra train that crashed into a box truck last year in Clarendon Hills told investigators that he knew it was going to happen moments before After he rounded a...