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Amtrak train derails on S. Side

Tribune staff reports
Published June 8, 2004, 1:33 PM CDT

An Amtrak train heading inbound to Chicago from Indianapolis derailed this afternoon on Chicago's South Side.

No injuries were reported, but the incident temporarily shut down service on a Metra commuter line to the southwest suburbs.

Train No. 317, the Hoosier State, derailed at 12:30 p.m. at 42nd Street just west of the Dan Ryan Expressway. It was heading north toward Union Station, CLTV reported.

The locomotive lost contact with the tracks at a switch, and both it and a passenger coach derailed, said Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari. The two cars remained upright.

About 40 passengers were to be taken off the train and transferred to another, inbound train that was following it, CLTV reported. The Chicago Fire Department remained at the scene as railroad personnel worked to put the train back on the tracks.

The incident forced the cancellation of two afternoon trains of Metra's Southwest Service to Orland Park, which uses the same set of tracks to leave downtown Chicago, said Dan Schnolis, spokesman for the commuter rail agency.

Buses will substitute for Trains No. 7 and 9, due to depart Union Station at 1:45 p.m. and 3 p.m., Schnolis said. It was not yet known if the accident would affect the afternoon rush hour on that line.