Train derails in Chicago suburbs

Train derails in Chicago suburbs

FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. (WTVO) — Authorities are trying to figure out what caused a weekend train derailment in the Chicago suburbs. The Canadian Pacific train went off the tracks in Franklin Park shortly before 1 p.m. Sunday. CP said that two cars derailed. One was reportedly carrying wheat while the other was empty. Canadian Pacific said that there were no hazardous materials on the train and that no one was injured. It took crews several hours to…

Canadian Pacific train derails near Chicago

A train operated by Canadian Pacific has derailed in a suburb of Chicago. Two of the train’s cars came off the tracks around 12:45 p.m. Sunday in Franklin Park, which is about four miles south of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.  The company said in a statement to Fox32Chicago that one of the derailed cars was carrying wheat while the other was empty. "The train was wobbling a bit. We heard loud noises, banging, crashing," Tyler Versche…