WMAQ-TV Chicago, IL 8/25:
Family’s Fence and Patience Pushed to the Limit
Massive freight trains roll past Cody and Samantha Battaglia’s home in suburban Bartlett every day. But it’s not the rumbling sound of trains that bothers them. The couple says overgrown trees and fallen branches on the railroad’s property have damaged their backyard fence.
“Trees that are closer to the tracks further off of my property that have fallen down are causing the rest of this (brush) that’s closer to my property (to) push in to the fence,” said Cody Battaglia.
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