FROM THE ARCHIVES - CTA Derailment of 1977, The

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With the recent crash of a Yellow Line L train into a snow removal machine (?), it seems like a good time to repost this episode.
In the 1970s, one of the most horrifying transportation accidents in Chicago happened downtown at the height of rush hour. This is the story of the CTA Derailment of 1977.
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