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Behind sleek new train, Metra moves to transform itself

Anyone who lives near a Metra line knows the low roar that echoes from trains in the distance, day in and day out. A less-cacophonous future could arrive in 2028 along the Rock Island District’s Beverly Branch, where Metra plans to debut a battery-powered electric train that looks, sounds and feels unlike any of its existing trains.

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