(Source: Chicago Tribune, February 26, 2018)
CHICAGO — Metra has lost riders, but is gaining some locomotives. The number of passengers riding the commuter railroad is down 4.4 percent over the last four years, and 2.2 percent between 2016 and 2017, officials said at last week’s monthly board meeting. The commuter railroad also announced its buying up to 21 used diesel locomotives from Amtrak that will be newer, more fuel-efficient and less polluting than most of the commuter railroad’s aging fleet, Metra officials said.
Full story: Chicago Tribune