Amtrak train smashes freighter in Chicago
{{date|December 1, 2007}}

[[Image:Michigan Services map.png|thumb|right|300px|Map of Amtrak's Michigan state services into Chicago, with the ''Pere Marquette'' route shown in red. {{Image source|Wikimedia Commons - Shadowlink1014, based on map by User:Wapcaplet, modified by Angr.}}]]
An [[w:Amtrak|Amtrak]] train collided with a parked [[w:Norfolk Southern Railway|Norfolk Southern]] freight train in [[Chicago]] on Friday. 30 people were injured, five of them Amtrak personnel who were most seriously injured.

Amtrak train 371, the ''[[w:Pere Marquette (passenger train)|Pere Marquette]]'', started in [[w:Grand Rapids|Grand Rapids]], [[Michigan]] and carried 193 people on board including six crew members. The train was in south Chicago heading towards its destination of [[w:Union Station (Chicago)|Chicago Union Station]] when the crash occurred around 17:30 UTC. No injuries were reported among the crew of the Norfolk Southern freight train. Amtrak's locomotive, a [[w:GE Genesis|GE Genesis]], was derailed by the force of the impact, although the rest of the passenger train remained on the tracks.
[[Image:Amtrak 139 south across Central.jpg|thumb|250px|left|An Amtrak locomotive similar to the one that was derailed.]]
All Amtrak trains between Chicago and Michigan are currently cancelled while workers remove the locomotive from the scene and perform any needed repairs. A [[w:National Transportation Safety Board|National Transportation Safety Board]] "Go Team" led by Ted Turpin was dispatched to the scene to conduct a [[w:Federal government|federal]] investigation into the crash.
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== Sources ==
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|title=Amtrak Train Strikes Norfolk Southern Freight Near Chicago
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*{{source-pr|url=http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2007/071130.html
|title=NTSB sending team to investigate Amtrak collision in Chicago
|pub=National Transportation Safety Board
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*{{source|url=http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/freight.train.amtrak.2.599603.html
|title=Amtrak Train Hits Freight Train; 71 Hurt
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|pub=WBBM-TV
|date=November 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/30/trains.collide/index.html
|title= At least 5 seriously hurt as trains collide
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|date=November 30, 2007}}

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Map of Amtrak's Michigan state services into Chicago, with the Pere Marquette route shown in red. 
An Amtrak train collided with a parked Norfolk Southern freight train in Chicago on Friday. 30 people were injured, five of them Amtrak personnel who were most seriously injured.

Amtrak train 371, the Pere Marquette, started in Grand Rapids, Michigan and carried 193 people on board including six crew members. The train was in south Chicago heading towards its destination of Chicago Union Station when the crash occurred around 17:30 UTC. No injuries were reported among the crew of the Norfolk Southern freight train. Amtrak's locomotive, a GE Genesis, was derailed by the force of the impact, although the rest of the passenger train remained on the tracks.
An Amtrak locomotive similar to the one that was derailed.
All Amtrak trains between Chicago and Michigan are currently cancelled while workers remove the locomotive from the scene and perform any needed repairs. A National Transportation Safety Board "Go Team" led by Ted Turpin was dispatched to the scene to conduct a federal investigation into the crash.

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