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Posted by milantram on Tue Nov 24 21:29:19 2015 Chicago's "L" and North Shore Line suffered two disastrous wrecks during two different Novembers.(1) November 24, 1936: Chicago Rapid Transit and North Shore Line. A 3-car North Shore Line rush-hour train bound for Mundelein rear-ended a CRT "Loyola Express" that was stopped at Granville Station. The last car of the CRT train was a wooden car, and the impact telescoped the wooden car, peeling it apart like a sardine can. 10 passengers died, and many were injured, 36 seriously. Evidently, the practice by CRT at this station was to hold a local, operating on the inside track, at the station for the "Loyola Express" to switch from the outside in front of it. Then that would clear the North Shore train, which didn't stop at Loyola or Morse, to continue on the outside track. But that evening, the towerman let the local out in front of the express, which was why the express was stopped. As a result of the accident, investigators recommended that CRT stop mixing wood and steel cars in trains, and that automatic signals should be installed. At that time, "operate on sight" was the practice. Signals would not be intalled for another 40 years, however. (2) November 5, 1956: CTA and North Shore Line. An 8-car northbound rush-hour train of 6000-series PCC rapid transit cars rammed a stationary North Shore Line train at Wilson Avenue at about 15mph, causing 8 deaths and 200 injuries, practically all of them on the lighter CTA train. The motorman of the CTA train was pinned in the mangled wreckage of his cab for several hours. One of the results was eventual installation of a signaling system on that part of the Howard Street "L" line--some 20 years later. Source: www.chicago-L.org site, and other sources. Milantram (Peter Ehrlich) |
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