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Clean up efforts continued in Dixmoor Monday after a freight train derailed Friday morning at 140th Street and Spaulding Avenue.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
In 2023, a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of Athens, Greece, killing 57 people in that country's deadliest rail disaster.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Officers responded to the scene and found that a freight train had struck a Toyota Prius that was on the tracks, sending the vehicle rolling.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
The launch of Robinhood Chain comes as the company is in a push to embrace tokenization, which CEO Vlad Tenev last year described as a freight train coming to financial markets.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
In 2023, a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of Athens, Greece, killing 57 people in that country's deadliest rail disaster.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Officers responded to the scene and found that a freight train had struck a Toyota Prius that was on the tracks, sending the vehicle rolling.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
The launch of Robinhood Chain comes as the company is in a push to embrace tokenization, which CEO Vlad Tenev last year described as a freight train coming to financial markets.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Freight train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freight%20train. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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