OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Thieves targeted shipping containers on a freight train in Oak Park Thursday afternoon.
Police received a report of people stealing from trains along the Union Pacific freight line near Austin Boulevard and Lake Street — where Chicago’s Austin neighborhood meets Oak Park.
A Hapag-Lloyd shipping container mounted on the train appeared to have been pried open. The container seemed to contain giant rolls of carpet, some of which were spilling out onto the tracks…