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Chicago’s Frigid Cold Forces Crews to Set Railroad Tracks Ablaze to Keep Trains Moving

January 30, 2019 Administrator

By Don Reisinger, Fortune Magazine; January 30, 2019 Chicago is cold. Like, really, really cold. And now crews have been…

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Posted in: Railroad Industry Filed under: Amtrak, Chicago, Cold Weather, Commuter Trains, Freight Railroads, Freight Trains, Frozen Switches, Illinois, Metra, Passenger Trains, Polar Vortex, Rope Fires On Train Tracks, Using Fire to Keep Railroad Line From Freezing and Breaking

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