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Manny Ramos

Rep. Krishnamoorthi releases memo showing Canadian Pacific Railway dispatchers cause Metra delays

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill. holds a news conference Wednesday at Union Station to warn of potential problems that would be created with the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern rail lines. (Manny Ramos/Sun-Times)

A memo released on Wednesday highlights significant freight interference on Metra’s Milwaukee District-West Line and is being used to caution federal regulators against approving a merger between two large freight railroad companies that will bring an influx of freight trains to the Chicago region.

The seven-page memo released by U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., outlines how Canadian Pacific Railway has violated an agreement to give Metra trains priority over freight trains during busy hours which caused delays between 2017 and 2021.

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