Apparently, METRA, unable to obtain funding for new equipment at present, has reacquired ex-C&NW carbon steel cars from Virginia Railway Express.
http://podcast.wbbm780.com/wbbm/1080900.mp3
The linked report was aired on WBBM 780 during the 5AM hour this morning.
Brief passage:
http://podcast.wbbm780.com/wbbm/1080900.mp3
The linked report was aired on WBBM 780 during the 5AM hour this morning.
Brief passage:
- In order to handle the recent increase in ridership, METRA officials went looking for some USED rail cars and what they found, were cars they used to own. WBBM's Bob Roberts reports the deadlock on a capital infrastructure program in Springfield forced Metra to scrounge for its own used train cars, repurchased at quite an expense.