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[KevinKorell]

Following is a compilation of alerts from METRA on Friday evening 12/22/06. Capital letters from the source. MILWAUKEE WEST LINE TRAIN #2242, SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE CHICAGO UNION STATION AT 3:23 P.M., IS CURRENTLY STOPPED IN THE VICINITY OF THE NATIONAL STREET ELGIN STATION, DUE TO A GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT. MILWAUKEE WEST LINE TRAIN DELAY - UPDATE @ 4:25 P.M. MILWAUKEE WEST LINE TRAIN #2244, SCHEDULED TO DEPART BIG TIMBER ROAD AT 4:05 P.M. AND SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE CHICAGO UNION STATION AT 5:32 P.M., IS RUNNING APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MINUTES LATE OUT OF BIG TIMBER, DUE TO LATE ARRIVING EQUIPMENT FROM THE EARLIER GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT. MILWAUKEE WEST LINE TRAINS TRAVELING INBOUND TO CHICAGO UNION STATION AND OUTBOUND TRAINS TRAVELING TO BIG TIMBER ROAD MAY BE OPERATING 20 TO 30 MINUTES LATE ENROUTE, DUE TO THE EARLIER GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT IN THE ELGIN VICINITY.

[KevinKorell]

From suburban Chicago, IL Daily Herald, 12/23/06:

Teen leaves car before Metra train crashes into it

A teen driver escaped injury Friday afternoon when his car became stuck on Metra railroad tracks on Elgin’s southeast side.

The 16-year-old South Elgin boy told police he was southbound on Raymond Street at Purify Drive around 3:37 p.m. when his 2000 Kia Sportage began to slide.

Read the story here.