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Public Gets First Peek At Metra's Future Battery-Powered Trains, A North American First
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 14, 3:51 PM CDT
updated Oct 15, 11:27 PM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by Chicago Sun-Times and Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
Metra displayed its new zero-emission battery-powered trainsets, marking a North American first as the public received its first peek at the future trains, the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle and the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 1, Oct 16, 12:08 AM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Metra displays new zero-emission battery-powered trainsets · Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle
- Public gets first peek at Metra's future battery-powered trains, a North American first · Chicago Sun-Times
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
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