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Other routes enter the Loop, turning only two of the corners, and then leave on a different route. Further complicating this is the fact that some trains' routes follow a clockwise pattern around the Loop, but others go counter-clockwise. In 1977, when the crash occurred, there were four lines operating on the Loop, each in a different direction.
February 4 – Chicago Loop derailment Chicago, Illinois, United States: A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train motorman disregards cab signals and rear ends another train at a curve on the Loop during the evening rush hour causing four cars of the rear train derail and fall to the street below. Eleven people are killed and over 180 injured ...
The Loop Shuttle was quietly discontinued on September 30, 1977 as a cost-cutting measure. [4] After the Loop Shuttle's discontinuation, the Evanston Express remained the only route to run clockwise around the Loop. Full time service around the inner loop was restored with the introduction of the Orange Line in 1993 and later the Pink Line in 2006.
February 4 – United States – Chicago Loop derailment, Chicago: In the worst accident in the system's history, a Chicago Transit Authority elevated train motorman disregarded cab signals and rear-ended another train on the Loop curve at Wabash and Lake Streets during the evening rush hour. Eleven people are killed and over 180 injured while ...
On February 4, 1977, a train on the Lake–Dan Ryan line was involved in the worst accident in CTA history, the Chicago Loop Derailment, where the train operator ignored a cab signal and rear ended a Ravenswood train parked at the nearby State/Lake station. This killed 11 and injured nearly 200 people. [5]
1977 Chicago Loop derailment, Chicago, Illinois; 11 killed plus 180+ injured. Led the CTA to forbid motormen to proceed past a red signal "on sight" without first getting permission from the Control Center [200] [201] 1978 Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion; 16 killed plus 43 injured.
The railroad tracks where the derailment occurred run along the southern border of the village - shown on the map below: According to the National Transportation Safety Board, a preliminary ...
1977 Chicago Loop derailment [ edit ] The overall effort to get started on the project acquired a sudden and shocking urgency brought about by one of the most extraordinary accidents in the history of Chicago's rapid transit system, the 1977 Chicago Loop derailment .