METRA/Another mishap added to list of problems

[Superliner Diner]

From Chicago, IL Tribune, 10/13/05:

Metra is investigating why an engineer pulled out of the LaSalle Street station 11 minutes early Sept. 30 with the train doors open, injuring a passenger who was trying to board the Rock Island line train, an agency spokeswoman said.

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Comments:

• Note that it was kept under the rug for 13 days before the press picked up on it.
  
• 11 minutes early? I could see maybe one or two minutes if the engineer's and conductor's watches were out of synch.
  
• METRA seems to have its "star" engineers working on its Rock Island District.