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Date: 04/19/18 07:00
21st Street Bridge over Chicago River Malfunctions
Author: kevink

Delays to Amtrak as well as Metra Heritage Corridor and SouthWest Service.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-icy-road-conditions-20180419-story.html

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Date: 04/19/18 08:40
Re: 21st Street Bridge over Chicago River Malfunctions
Author: andersonb109

Guess the Chicago Tribune doesn't care much about Amtrak passengers.

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Date: 04/19/18 09:11
Re: 21st Street Bridge over Chicago River Malfunctions
Author: kevink

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> Guess the Chicago Tribune doesn't care much about
> Amtrak passengers.

They lifted the verbage from Metra's website.

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Date: 04/19/18 10:27
Re: 21st Street Bridge over Chicago River Malfunctions
Author: kevink

Updated at 12:15 to include Amtrak

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Date: 04/19/18 12:18
Re: 21st Street Bridge over Chicago River Malfunctions
Author: joemvcnj

Is this the bridge Amtrak east coast and Michigan trains all use ?

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Date: 04/19/18 12:21
Re: 21st Street Bridge over Chicago River Malfunctions
Author: ghemr

joemvcnj Wrote:
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> Is this the bridge Amtrak east coast and Michigan
> trains all use ?

Yes, it is.

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Date: 04/19/18 15:31
Re: 21st Street Bridge over Chicago River Malfunctions
Author: robj

ghemr Wrote:
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> joemvcnj Wrote:
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> > Is this the bridge Amtrak east coast and
> Michigan
> > trains all use ?
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> Yes, it is.

St. Louis also. Carbondale runs normally use it also but they can wye the other way?

Bob

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Date: 04/19/18 17:54
Re: 21st Street Bridge over Chicago River Malfunctions
Author: IC_2024

Yet another reason to keep the St Charles airline! We used SCAL back in ‘88 to detour when the bridge was stuck up acct the extreme August heat— IIRC, the bridge was stuck for several days and yard pilots would get on all the MI trains and take them to 16th st tower, then down the IC Iowa line and out to the PRR at 21st. Took awhile but we got in and outta town !

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Date: 04/19/18 18:00
Re: 21st Street Bridge over Chicago River Malfunctions
Author: czephyr17

Carbondale trains (& CONL) can and often (usually?) does bypass the bridge by coming around the curve on the BNSF and getting on the St. Charles Air Line.

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Date: 04/19/18 19:46
Re: 21st Street Bridge over Chicago River Malfunctions
Author: calumet

kevink Wrote:
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> They lifted the verbage from Metra's website.

Any updates?

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Date: 04/20/18 06:26
Re: 21st Street Bridge over Chicago River Malfunctions
Author: kevink

calumet Wrote:
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> Any updates?

Everything appeared to be in working order by the evening rush. Well at least as far as the bridge was concerned. There were some other issues getting out of Union Station that Metra attributed to issues with an Amtrak train...

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