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A train bridge collapsed and a freight train hauling coal derailed near Shermer and Willow roads in the northern suburbs Wednesday afternoon.
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Chicago, IL Sun-Times, 7/4/12:
A train bridge collapsed and a freight train hauling coal derailed near Shermer and Willow roads in the northern suburbs Wednesday afternoon.
Here is the story.
A train bridge collapsed and a freight train hauling coal derailed near Shermer and Willow roads in the northern suburbs Wednesday afternoon.
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Train derails near Chicago; no injuries reported
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NORTHBROOK, Ill. (AP) - A Union Pacific spokesman says a freight train has derailed and a bridge over a stretch of road has collapsed in the northern Chicago suburbs.
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/18951479...juries-reported
WLS-TV, ABC-7 in Chicago, IL:
Several railcars fell on top of each other after a train derailment and bridge collapse at the border of Northbrook and Glenview. Metra service will not be impacted.
The train was crossing the bridge around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday when it gave way and several rail cars fell to the road below near Shermer and Willow roads in Northbrook, which is near the Glenview border. No one was injured, but the bridge deck was destroyed and the railcars dumped their loads of coal onto the street.
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No injuries in freight train derailment
Several railcars fell on top of each other after a train derailment and bridge collapse at the border of Northbrook and Glenview. Metra service will not be impacted.
The train was crossing the bridge around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday when it gave way and several rail cars fell to the road below near Shermer and Willow roads in Northbrook, which is near the Glenview border. No one was injured, but the bridge deck was destroyed and the railcars dumped their loads of coal onto the street.
Reports are that they found 1 body in a car buried under the coal.
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Reports are that they found 1 body in a car buried under the coal.
Are you referring to a rail car, or an auto on the street underneath the collapsed bridge? Reports I saw just a couple hours ago on TV said that it was lucky that nobody was killed, and that the fact that most of the town was watching a 4th of July parade might have resulted in little or no traffic than usual being underneath that bridge. Of course in any breaking story things unfortunately can change minute to minute.
WBBM (CBS), 7/6:
Family Of Train Wreck Victims Sues Railroad; Cleanup Halted
GLENVIEW, Ill. (CBS) — The family of a Glenview couple killed in a train derailment and bridge collapse has filed a wrongful death suit against Union Pacific Railroad over the incident, and a judge has ordered cleanup of the wreck halted to preserve evidence in the case.
CBS 2′s Brad Edwards reports Robert Lindner filed the lawsuit in Cook County on Friday, on behalf of his parents, Burton and Zorine Lindner. Their bodies were found Thursday inside a car that had been crushed in the rubble of the July 4th train wreck near the Glenview-Northbrook border.
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Family Of Train Wreck Victims Sues Railroad; Cleanup Halted
GLENVIEW, Ill. (CBS) — The family of a Glenview couple killed in a train derailment and bridge collapse has filed a wrongful death suit against Union Pacific Railroad over the incident, and a judge has ordered cleanup of the wreck halted to preserve evidence in the case.
CBS 2′s Brad Edwards reports Robert Lindner filed the lawsuit in Cook County on Friday, on behalf of his parents, Burton and Zorine Lindner. Their bodies were found Thursday inside a car that had been crushed in the rubble of the July 4th train wreck near the Glenview-Northbrook border.
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Money hunting. I fail to see how this is UPs fault if it was a sun kink. Of course we don't know when the last time the line was inspected for a sun kink if it was inspected that day or if it was missed.
Chicago Sun-Times, 7/8:
When it comes to rail-bridge safety, railroads mostly police themselves
The Illinois Department of Transportation’s website offers a massive database of information on the condition of bridges across the state.
But if you search for the railroad bridge that collapsed Wednesday and killed two people in a train derailment on the Glenview-Northbrook border, you won’t find it.
That’s because the state doesn’t oversee railroad bridges. And if you think you can go to the Federal Railroad Administration to get information on the rail bridges it oversees, think again.
Railroads don’t have to routinely provide the agency with the results of inspections they conduct on their own bridges.
Why not? The Federal Railroad Administration on its website says it would be “counterproductive” to require railroads to do so.
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When it comes to rail-bridge safety, railroads mostly police themselves
The Illinois Department of Transportation’s website offers a massive database of information on the condition of bridges across the state.
But if you search for the railroad bridge that collapsed Wednesday and killed two people in a train derailment on the Glenview-Northbrook border, you won’t find it.
That’s because the state doesn’t oversee railroad bridges. And if you think you can go to the Federal Railroad Administration to get information on the rail bridges it oversees, think again.
Railroads don’t have to routinely provide the agency with the results of inspections they conduct on their own bridges.
Why not? The Federal Railroad Administration on its website says it would be “counterproductive” to require railroads to do so.
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Journal and Topics Newspapers, Des Plaines, IL, 7/11:
Preliminary FRA Report Cites No Railroad Violations
UP Points To Heat As Cause Of Derailment; Detours Set
A one-page Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) inspection report issued Friday recommends no violations for Union Pacific Railroad (UP) after a derailment Wednesday, July 4 that caused a Glenview bridge collapse that killed two motorists driving below.
UP officials will appear at a public meeting at Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook on Monday, July 16 at 7 p.m. to explain what happened.
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Preliminary FRA Report Cites No Railroad Violations
UP Points To Heat As Cause Of Derailment; Detours Set
A one-page Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) inspection report issued Friday recommends no violations for Union Pacific Railroad (UP) after a derailment Wednesday, July 4 that caused a Glenview bridge collapse that killed two motorists driving below.
UP officials will appear at a public meeting at Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook on Monday, July 16 at 7 p.m. to explain what happened.
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Chicago Sun-Times, 7/11:
On-board camera captured July 4 derailment that killed Glenview couple
A video camera on the Union Pacific freight train that derailed last week in Northbrook captured the train’s crash atop a bridge that then collapsed and killed a Glenview couple in a car beneath it, officials said.
Both Federal Railroad Administration and Union Pacific investigators are reviewing the video recorded by the train locomotive’s “track image recorder,” which focuses on the tracks, Union Pacific officials said on Tuesday.
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On-board camera captured July 4 derailment that killed Glenview couple
A video camera on the Union Pacific freight train that derailed last week in Northbrook captured the train’s crash atop a bridge that then collapsed and killed a Glenview couple in a car beneath it, officials said.
Both Federal Railroad Administration and Union Pacific investigators are reviewing the video recorded by the train locomotive’s “track image recorder,” which focuses on the tracks, Union Pacific officials said on Tuesday.
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WMAQ-TV - NBC5, Chicago, IL, 7/16:
Rail Employee Saw Track Problem Before Derailment
Family attorney calls for NTSB to take over investigation
A Union Pacific employee reported to a colleague an anomaly with the track shortly before a train derailed on Independence Day, killing a couple who was driving underneath the railway viaduct, the company revealed Monday.
"We had someone who maintained the signal system that had noticed something casually that didn’t look exactly right on the track," said company spokesman Joseph Bateman. "He called the expert in to have a second look to see if it was safe to operate. ... By the time the expert came to take a look, the accident had occurred."
The revelation came during a meeting at Glenbrook North High School between residents and rail officials to discuss preliminary findings in the incident on Shermer Road in the northern suburb.
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Rail Employee Saw Track Problem Before Derailment
Family attorney calls for NTSB to take over investigation
A Union Pacific employee reported to a colleague an anomaly with the track shortly before a train derailed on Independence Day, killing a couple who was driving underneath the railway viaduct, the company revealed Monday.
"We had someone who maintained the signal system that had noticed something casually that didn’t look exactly right on the track," said company spokesman Joseph Bateman. "He called the expert in to have a second look to see if it was safe to operate. ... By the time the expert came to take a look, the accident had occurred."
The revelation came during a meeting at Glenbrook North High School between residents and rail officials to discuss preliminary findings in the incident on Shermer Road in the northern suburb.
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The last article (above) has UP engineering stating that the track had buckled under the intense heat. yet, at 102 degrees, the temperature is not outside the range you would find in Summer in Illinois. I would ask this column: was this a result of "continuous welded rail," with no place for expansion, or is this also found in segmented rail where the lap joints cannot accommodate rail expansion beyond 100 degrees?
This seems to be a foreseeable event. What is the protocol for running on extra-hot days?
This seems to be a foreseeable event. What is the protocol for running on extra-hot days?
Suburban Chicago, IL Daily Herald, 7/22/12:
Freight trains are part of the scenery in the suburbs. Tank cars rumble through the middle of busy downtowns as oblivious pedestrians stand by drinking Starbucks.
But just as trains are a fact of life here, so are derailments.
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Derailments fact of life in the suburbs
Freight trains are part of the scenery in the suburbs. Tank cars rumble through the middle of busy downtowns as oblivious pedestrians stand by drinking Starbucks.
But just as trains are a fact of life here, so are derailments.
Suburban Chicago, IL Daily Herald column, 7/22/12:
It started off as a simple idea.
Check out a few derailment stats in light of the train disaster in Glenview that killed a local couple, and voila, a column.
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Most derailments are harmless. But what about the one that isn't?
It started off as a simple idea.
Check out a few derailment stats in light of the train disaster in Glenview that killed a local couple, and voila, a column.
Chicago Tribune, 8/29:
Union Pacific to pay for new railroad bridge over Shermer Road
Train derailed there July 4, killed couple
Union Pacific could spend an estimated $10 million to build a new railroad bridge over Shermer Road on the Glenview-Northbrook border, where a train derailment and viaduct collapse on July 4 killed two Glenview residents.
"We certainly understand there is frustration and a lot of other emotions," Glenview President Kerry Cummings said of the derailment and its subsequent impact on the two communities.
Trustees from both villages met Tuesday evening in Glenview to approve a memorandum of understanding among the two villages, Union Pacific Railroad Co. and the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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Union Pacific to pay for new railroad bridge over Shermer Road
Train derailed there July 4, killed couple
Union Pacific could spend an estimated $10 million to build a new railroad bridge over Shermer Road on the Glenview-Northbrook border, where a train derailment and viaduct collapse on July 4 killed two Glenview residents.
"We certainly understand there is frustration and a lot of other emotions," Glenview President Kerry Cummings said of the derailment and its subsequent impact on the two communities.
Trustees from both villages met Tuesday evening in Glenview to approve a memorandum of understanding among the two villages, Union Pacific Railroad Co. and the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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Progressive Railroading, 8/30/12:
On Tuesday, members of the Glenview and Northbrook, Ill., village boards met to review a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Union Pacific Railroad and the Illinois Department of Transportation regarding the replacement of a bridge over Shermer Road that collapsed during a derailment on July 4.
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Union Pacific to replace collapsed bridge in Chicago suburb
On Tuesday, members of the Glenview and Northbrook, Ill., village boards met to review a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Union Pacific Railroad and the Illinois Department of Transportation regarding the replacement of a bridge over Shermer Road that collapsed during a derailment on July 4.
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