2 Derailments Causes Metra Delays

An FBI investigation was launched Tuesday evening after two trains jumped the tracks near the same spot.

Only one train remained there as of about 10 p.m. Tuesday. The first train to derail was moved up the tracks around 9:30 p.m. minutes ago. But dozens of workers remained at the site and expect to be here for a better part of the night to ensure this doesn’t happen again.

As CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov reports, Metra workers carefully inspected portions of the South Shore Electric line tracks as two trains sat idle on parallel tracks. The first, headed to 93rd Street from Chicago’s Millennium Station, derailed shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday. The second train was trying to avo…

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