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WGN-TV, Chicago, is reporting that an Amtrak conductor has been shot at Naperville. Station's helicopter shows a Superliner train on eastbound track stopped at the station. All Metra BNSF commuter trains have been stopped. No other details available.

I just heard on the radio that there is a police standoff with a gunman in the Amtrak Chicago yard. So look for delays in today's departures.

Two recent stories in the Chicago Sun-Times reflect political bipartisanship in Illinois on high speed rail, at least for the Chicago-St. Louis project. Illinois Democratic Gov. Patrick Quinn recently had breakfast with his gubernatorial opponent, Republican state Sen. Bill Bradley at a Chicago...

I just read on the NARP hotline news site that the Cardinal will get checked baggage service starting with the Chicago departure on May 11. The news item noted that Indianapolis will not have checked baggage service immediately. It's part of the Cardinal improvement project.