About 7:30 a.m., weather service officials said lake-effect snow was tapering off, ending a storm that started Saturday evening and produced nearly nonstop snowfall. Coupled with drifting snow and wind gusts of up to 45 mph, the storm made for a rough morning commute, though Metra and the CTA had vowed they would be largely on schedule.
Metra's vow was tested early, and some morning delays ended up stretching past 30 minutes. Many of the agency's 11 lines experienced delays of some sort.
Traffic on the transit agency's busiest line, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe, was being fouled early Monday by an inbound train stopped with mechanical problems near west suburban Hinsdale. At least four other trains were stopped behind it at one point, the agency said. In addition, the agency said one outbound BNSF train would not go beyond Lisle because of weather conditions and another was canceled. The agency said delays could reach 50 minutes.
The Union Pacific North Line also experienced trouble, with at least four trains, two outbound and two inbound, canceled because of "manpower and weather issues."
Inbound trains on the Union Pacific Northwest Line ran up to 35 minutes behind schedule because of weather-related switch problems, the agency said, and trains on the Union Pacific West Line were up to 30 minutes late because of manpower problems.
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