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Union: Engineer worked 69 hours before crash

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Derailed train removed from Chicago station

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CTA taking precautions at O’Hare after derailment

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A Chicago Transit Authority train car rests on an escalator at the O'Hare Airport station after it derailed early Monday, March 24, 2014, in Chicago. More than 30 people were injured after the train "climbed over the last stop, jumped up on the sidewalk and then went up the stairs and escalator," according to Chicago Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago. (AP Photo/NBC Chicago, Kenneth Webster) MANDATORY CREDIT

Chicago train operator in O’Hare derailment might have dozed off

By Carla K. Johnson and Priya Sridhar - Associated Press

CTA plans wireless upgrade

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This security camera image provided by the Chicago Transit Authority on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, shows a woman with a 2-foot-long alligator aboard a CTA Blue Line train early in the morning of Nov. 1, 2013, in Chicago. Authorities are searching for the woman, who they believe discarded the reptile at O'Hare International Airport. (AP Photo/Chicago Transit Authority)

Images show woman on Chicago train with alligator

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Authorities inspect the wreckage of two Chicago Transit Authority trains that crashed Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, in Forest Park, Ill. The crash happened when a westbound train stopped at the CTA Blue Line Harlem station, and was struck by an eastbound train on the same track. The CTA is investigating the cause of the crash, including why the trains were on the same track. A CTA official said 33 people suffered non-life threatening injuries. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Chicago trains crash during rush hour; empty train possibly ‘deliberately set in motion’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times