Chicagoist: Green Line Derails

djmitche

Wed, 28 May 2008 15:06:28 -0600

The CBS story says a "still and box alarm" was triggered -- what's that? Wikipedia and google (lazyweb stage I) have failed me, so I'm resorting to lazyweb stage II.

matilda

Wed, 28 May 2008 14:46:00 -0600

"the cta pays a lot of money to keep that crap out of the paper, along with the 10 suicides that occur between christmas and NYE every year." Are you suggesting the CTA is paying off the media to hide news, or did I miss something? And I always thought most media did not report on suicides unless they were of high profile people or in a very high profile public place.

Tower18

Wed, 28 May 2008 14:41:46 -0600

I did indeed choose my name to represent the junction at Lake and Wells, as I used to go through it daily. No longer, as I now ride the bus.

smussy

Wed, 28 May 2008 14:07:17 -0600

i was talking to a cta employee this weekend who told me the train derails a little more than we know ... the cta pays a lot of money to keep that crap out of the paper, along with the 10 suicides that occur between christmas and NYE every year.

YoknapatawphaTourismBoard

Wed, 28 May 2008 13:44:33 -0600

And Tower18 is named after a little piece of architecture on the El, are you not?

Tower18

Wed, 28 May 2008 13:36:37 -0600

This picture is a classic. Love the sign in the background advertising the green line rehab.

Tower18

Wed, 28 May 2008 13:34:15 -0600

"Harold Barnes, 50, who was in the last car, said he was taking the Green Line to a friend's house on the South Side when he felt a sharp jolt that stopped the train. Then the train started inching forward, he said." Sounds like the motorman might have disregarded a stop signal, which tripped the brakes, and then he proceeded at a crawl anyway, derailing the train.

jamesj

Wed, 28 May 2008 13:06:23 -0600

Saw this on Drudge Report, pretty scary indeed.

Shannon

Wed, 28 May 2008 12:50:34 -0600

margaret, if that's your new nightmare, i wouldn't look at this... considering a good portion of brown/purple line operators gun it a little too fast around the curves, who hasn't had that nightmare?

ghostinthemachine

Wed, 28 May 2008 12:30:14 -0600

Damn... CTA took a step forward with that earlier story about helping to catch that attempted kidnapper. Now they're two steps back...

matilda

Wed, 28 May 2008 12:27:24 -0600

Another gold star for our Olympic effort, I am sure.

Spook

Wed, 28 May 2008 12:20:58 -0600

F*ck! I have so much more confidence in CTA now, more so than when I had to emergency evacuate underground on the blue line a few months ago! Seriously, WTF!