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Commuters dodge headaches as freight-rail strike averted

A Metra train leaves at the Metra Arlington Heights station, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Arlington Heights, Ill. President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections. Commuter rail services in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere would have been forced into full or partial shutdowns if there was a strike because they use tracks owned by the freight railroads. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) A Metra conductor signals for all clear at the Metra Arlington Heights station Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Arlington Heights, Ill. President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections. Commuter rail services in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere would have been forced into full or partial shutdowns if there was a strike because they use tracks owned by the freight railroads. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) A Metra train arrives at the Metra Arlington Heights station Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Arlington Heights, Ill. President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) A Metra train leaves at the Metra Arlington Heights station Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Arlington Heights, Ill. President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) People wear face masks as they sit in a Metra train at the Metra Arlington Heights station Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Arlington Heights, Ill. President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Commuters wait for a Metra train at the Metra Arlington Heights station Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Arlington Heights, Ill. President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections. Commuter rail services in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere would have been forced into full or partial shutdowns if there was a strike because they use tracks owned by the freight railroads. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) A Metra train arrives at the Metra Arlington Heights station Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Arlington Heights, Ill. President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections. Commuter rail services in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere would have been forced into full or partial shutdowns if there was a strike because they use tracks owned by the freight railroads. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Commuters board a Metra train at the Metra Arlington Heights station Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Arlington Heights, Ill. President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections. Commuter rail services in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere would have been forced into full or partial shutdowns if there was a strike because they use tracks owned by the freight railroads. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Commuters wait to board an arriving Virginia Railway Express commuter train Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 at the Crystal City station in Arlington, Va. September was shaping up as a good month for commuters on Virginia Railway Express outside the nation's capital, with the service offering free rides all month to lure back riders lost during the pandemic. Now, though, a freight rail strike threatens to shut down service on the VRE entirely, along with numerous other commuter rail services across the country. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat)