Metra's Southwest Service Line was upended after a freight train derailment Wednesday morning near southwest suburban Chicago Ridge. Reports of the incident first came around 4:45 a.m. and several inbound and outbound trains missed their scheduled departures due to the accident, according to Martha Hill, a spokesperson for Metra.The freight train, a CSX, is over 9,000 feet long and weighs over 8,300 tons derailed between Ridgeland Avenue and Central Avenue, according to Chicago Ridge police and Hill. It wasn’t immediately known what kind of equipment the train was carrying. Metra officials urged riders were urged to seek alternate methods of transportation."This is gonna take some time," Hill said about restoring service to the line. "It’s gonna take a lot of hours and manpower to clean this up.”No injuries were reported in the derailment. ...read more read less