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A freight train derailment in Chicago's south suburbs has blocked a handful of crossings for several hours on Friday in Harvey and Dixmoor. A CSX spokesperson said around 4:45 a.m., 17 train cars – ...

Roads and train crossings were blocked Friday morning in the south suburbs after a freight train derailment, with more than a dozen cars derailed and emergency crews on scene. About 4:45 a.m. Friday, ...

A car was crushed by a freight train early Wednesday morning after it got stuck on the Lake Road rail crossing in Congers.

DIXMOOR, Ill. (WLS) -- A freight train derailed in south suburban Harvey Friday morning. CSX said a train derailed at about 3:45 a.m. near 140th Street and Spaulding Avenue in Harvey, with 17 cars off ...

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Safety features are being added at a Penn Township railroad crossing where trucks and Norfolk Southern freight trains collided in separate incidents one week apart in June. Township supervisors ...

HILLSIDE, Ill. (WLS) -- People living near railroad tracks in west suburban Hillside are making some noise about freight train horns that blow at all hours of the night. Rail officials say they have ...