(The following appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on July 13.)
CHICAGO — Residents of Aurora, Naperville and Plainfield are invited to a rally in Aurora later this month to address the proposed Canadian National Railway purchase of local rail lines.
The “call to action alert meeting” is scheduled for 6 p.m. July 23 at Waubonsie Valley High School’s gold campus, 1305 Long Grove Drive.
Beginning at 7 p.m., speakers will present information on CN’s proposal to purchase the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway.
CN says the move will help alleviate truck traffic on local roadways, but critics have slammed the proposal for the expected increase in freight trains throughout the Chicago suburbs and northwest Indiana.
Residents of the communities which would be most affected by the sale are encouraged to attend the event, city officials said.