Union Pacific’s plan to add trains in the Chicago area raises alarms

Union Pacific’s plan to add trains in the Chicago area raises alarms

To make money on its proposed cross-country railroad, Union Pacific plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West Side where workers still throw switches by hand and trains crawl across century-old bridges at less than 15 miles per hour. The railroad plans to add 12 trains per day on these dilapidated tracks, which run along Rockwell Avenue through North Lawndale and West Town. After reaching Lake Street on …