How Did This Semi-Trailer Block The UPRR West Line?

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UPDATE:    • A Reason Why This Town Has A Underpass   This video shows the railroad crossing as well as the neighboring underpass......

(The City of Elmhurst has since marked this crossing with signage about the low clearance).

This incident occurred after 8:00 AM Friday March 31, 2017 in Elmhurst Illinois. A moving company tractor trailer combo bottomed out as it tried to cross the Union Pacific tracks at the Haven/Arlington grade crossing. (Take a look at the clip with the propane truck coming over the tracks!) The trailer blocked all three tracks of the busy U.P. "Chicago West Line," and no freight or commuter trains could make it through. The Elmhurst Police & Fire Department's responded as well as the Union Pacific Railroad and a Metra Police Officer. The Union Pacific MOW crew tried to jack the trailer and move it under its own power but it really the very large O'Hare Towing truck that finally pulled it off the crossing. The moving truck driver stated that he had 17,000 ponds of of someone's stuff in the back and he was just trying to get out of town. He also remarked that he thought the grade should be marked to indicate the incline. This incident took close to two hours to resolve and trains were moving within ten minutes of the tracks being cleared.

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[Title updated 9/14/23 originally, "This Trailer Blocked The West Line"]



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