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Airline stowaway suspect once arrested for not paying train fare
L.A. NOWThe Nigerian national arrested after allegedly sneaking aboard a New York-to-Los Angeles flight has a history of not paying for his transportation, court records show. Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi, 24, was arrested in Chicago in 2008 after he allegedly refused... -
Corrected: Railroad deaths
Number of reported fatalities from all causes (auto collisions, pedestrians hit, yard accidents, derailments, etc.) on major commuter rail systems from 1999 to Saturday. (Note: this chart is corrects a previously published version) Railroad, location...Tags: Railway Transportation, Transportation, Death, Travel, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Metrolink's grim national record
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMetrolink has amassed the most fatalities among commuter railroads of similar size in the United States over the last decade, a statistic boosted in part by three deadly train collisions in the past five years, according to federal reports. -------------...Tags: Railway Transportation, Crimes, Transportation, Accidental Death, Death
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CTA: Fare hikes, cuts averted for now
After months of warnings about fare hikes and service cuts unless labor unions came up with $80 million in concessions, CTA President Forrest Claypool on Wednesday called off the threats.
The agency, he said, has suddenly come up with the cash, mostly...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Chicago Transit Authority, Robert Kelly
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Grandpa’s Place owners scale back expansion plans
TribLocal - Glenview » NewsThe owners of one of Glenview’s historic downtown watering holes are scaling back their expansion plans. A year ago, Grandpa’s Place co-owners, Robert Middleton and …... -
Museums
Adler Planetarium 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive; 312-922-7827, adlerplanetarium.org America's first planetarium has one of the world's greatest collections of antique astronomical instruments. One of those is the fully restored Gemini 12 spacecraft flown...Tags: Richard Harris, Holidays, Forests, Arts, Space Programs
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Your invite into Frank Lloyd Wright
Special to the TribuneLet's face it: If you were planning to have 2,500 of your most intimate friends over to the house, you'd have some serious fixing up to do. There's that missing chunk of floor molding in the dining room. That spot on the wall beneath the breakfast bar...Tags: Foursquare, Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago Transit Authority, Arts and Culture
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CTA trains on normal schedules this morning after extra-alarm fire
Tribune reporterCTA trains were running on normal schedules on the Red, Brown and Purple lines this morning, a day after an extra-alarm fire at a furniture store along the tracks halted service for nearly three hours during the evening rush. Heavy construction equipment...Tags: Fires, Ravenswood, Disasters and Accidents, Chicago Transit Authority, Union Pacific Corporation
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Metra delays on North Line after person struck by train
TribLocal - Winnetka & Northfield » NewsMetra service on the Union Pacific North Line is being delayed after a person was struck by a train near the Ravenswood stop on the …... -
Person struck, killed by Metra train on Union Pacific North Line
Metra trains were delayed more than two hours on the Union Pacific North Line after a person was struck and killed by a train near the Ravenswood stop on the North Side this afternoon, officials said. The person was hit and killed about 4:30 p.m. by...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Rogers Park, Union Pacific Corporation
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Rush-hour fire snarls 'L' service
All CTA trains on the Red, Brown and Purple lines north of downtown were halted for nearly three hours at the height of the evening rush Tuesday because of an extra-alarm fire that broke out in a furniture store along the tracks near DePaul University....
Tags: Heavy Engineering, Fires, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Tribune, Disasters and Accidents
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Pedestrian killed after being struck by Metra train in Lombard
TribLocal - Wheaton » NewsMetra train service on the Union Pacific West lines was delayed this morning after an inbound train struck a pedestrian in Lombard, officials said. Train …...
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