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Dead Cow Plays Chicken With Train, Loses

Metra trains delayed Thursday morning after train out of Woodstock hits a dead cow.

We all have it coming. Some have it coming and coming again.

Metra trains were delayed between Woodstock and Union Station on Thursday when a farm animal, which recently had passed on, apparently picked an unfortunate spot to rest one last time.

"The report we have is a train hit a dead cow," Metra spokesman Michael Gillis said.

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Riders of the No. 610 train, departing at 5:47 a.m. out of Harvard, arrived in Chicago about a half-hour late, according to Gillis. Other trains on the same line were delayed 15 minutes.

It was not known how the cow died. Calls to the cow's family were not immediately returned.

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