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Originally Posted by CastleScott
Hey Chicago guys-got a question, did Metra move their maintenance car/locamotive yard form that area just south of Union Station (I understand that area will need a clean up before development will go forward) to somewhere else? On my travels to Chicago the Amtrak trains I usually take (the California Zephyr and sometimes the Southwest Chief) go right by there and after watching youtube videos of trains leaving Union Station and traveling south I noticed that Metra facility looks abandoned. Thanks  |
Nope, still active. There are more trains entering the city than leaving the city in the morning (and vice versa in the afternoon) so Metra needs that yard for midday storage on the BNSF, SWS, and HC lines.
It may be the case that more-intensive maintenance activity has shifted to more spacious yards in the suburbs.