By Marni Pyke, Chicago Daily Herald; July 19, 2018
Sweat-drenched Metra commuters aren’t reacting well to air-conditioning fizzling on the BNSF Line and that put the freight railroad on the hot seat Wednesday.
BNSF Railroad executives estimated they had received an average of 12 to 14 complaints a day about failed AC units on commuter cars, out of a fleet of 112. The culprit is partly the age of the railcars and cooling systems, officials said.
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