BNSF "Shed" pipe-bombed?

[eolafan]

In today's Trains News Wire, there was a story about what I assume is a BNSF signal shack being pipe bombed.  The story was shown to be from "Sugar Grove" IL which many of us know as being on the far west side of Aurora and on the C & I line.  The story went on to say this signal shed or shack controls the signals on the triple track line between Aurora and Chicago and this incident seriously delayed Metra, Amtrak and freight traffic.  My question is whether any of my fellow forum members know exactly where the shack in question is located as I find it difficult to understand how a signal shed in Sugar Grove could impact the triple track main that much...Sugar Grove is about five miles away from the beginning of the triple track.  Can anybody help me understand this more? Thanks

[al-in-chgo]

I googled for pipe-bombed, Sugar Grove, and the first response was a link to the Trib: 

News results for pipe- bombing, Sugar Grove

Railroad bombing: $5000 reward offered in investigation of blast ...‎ - 19 hours ago The blast occurred inside the concrete building near Sugar Grove and severely damaged ... The pipe bomb was apparently dropped through a rooftop air vent, ... Chicago Tribune - 6 related articles »

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I don't think this embed took but you can google as I did, or something similar.  Anyhow, reprinting the Trib article w/o their consent would be against the copyright laws.      (Showing an embedded link is not I have been told.)    -  a.s.

[Paul_D_North_Jr]

Check out the comments under the Daily Herald's "same article" at:

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=293816&src=5

EDIT:  A better photo of the site is on the WLS-TV / ABC Ch. 7 link, at:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6814205

Is this an isolated area ?  Any security cameras nearby ?  Why that one ?

I continue to think that these reward amounts are a joke.  Try $500K or $1M instead if they want it to be taken seriously.  I'm a BNSF shareholder, a card-carrying member of its "Citizens for Rail Security", and have written to them before about that, so I am comfortable saying this.  Guess I'll have to write again.

Al, thanks for digging up & posting the links. 

In the meantime - just great, something else to lead to being hassled while at trackside. 

- PDN.

[Chris30]

At the time of this incident I'm sure that the athorities were concerned that this might not have been an isolated incident. Metra could have been delayed as police and the BNSF check other signal shacks and railroad property in the immediate area. That would include railroad properties in the Aurora area including, I assume, the Aurora Transportation Center.

CC

[blue streak 1]

Paul:  Why aren't all signal bungalos vents provided with a U shaped vent? The ones around here are U shaped to maybe prevent rain from getting in.