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"The Loop" not only refers to Chicago's central business district, which is known as the Chicago Loop, but also a rectangular pattern formed by the city's elevated trains. Some trains entering the Loop do a complete circuit around the entire rectangular "loop", and after turning around all four corners, leave on the same path they came from.
1972 Chicago commuter rail crash; 1977 Chicago Loop derailment; D. Downers Grove train wreck; F. 1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision; G. 1887 Great Chatsworth ...
Following the incident, service on the Yellow Line was fully closed and replaced with bus service, initially announced to be for a period of five days. [7] Following the release of the NTSB's preliminary report, the CTA announced that it would reduce the speed limit on the Yellow Line from 55 mph (89 km/h) to 35 mph (56 km/h), and to 25 mph (40 km/h) in the area where the crash occurred. [15]
A Chicago commuter train collided with rail equipment Thursday morning, injuring nearly 40 people, some of them critically, fire officials said. The Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into ...
[2] The Fox River Grove crash stands as the worst crash involving a Metra train in its history, and one of the worst grade crossing crashes in U.S. history. At the crash site, the improved signaling system installed after the crash now protects the passing trains and motor vehicle traffic.
CHICAGO — A police chase on Interstate 94 involving a vehicle in a possible kidnapping ended in a crash in the city’s Logan Square neighborhood. According to Illinois State Police, the ...
As the bodies of all on board were fragmented by the impact forces, the crash site was declared a biohazard. [ 1 ] : 73 Flight 4184 was the first hull loss, and was also tied with Aero Caribbean Flight 883 as the deadliest aviation accident involving an ATR 72 aircraft, until Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashed in 2023.
Floyd and Sandy O’Dowd are being mourned by their family members and the community after they were killed in a car crash on U.S. Highway 34 last week.