Chicago Blue Line Derailed at O'Hare

[Scarpozzi]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/24/train-derail-chicago-ohare-airport/6816269/

I've ridden that line a few times... I always wondered why they didn't just make the track in a circuit. Those big stoppers at the end of the line didn't work so great...Casey Jones went all the way to the escalators...

 

[twinrider1]

The following are persons of interest and wanted for questioning...

 

[IronWing]

A train on an escalator... will it take off?

 

[Scarpozzi]

The following are persons of interest and wanted for questioning...

I'm guessing the driver ended up with a brown streak rather than a silver one.

 

[Possessed Freak]

A train on an escalator... will it take off?

Depending on speed, it will... at least briefly.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Looks like the driver fell asleep at the wheel. :/

 

[Kaido]

http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2009/06/11/sorc-apprentice-subway.jpg

 

[Brainonska511]

Making the track a loop isn't trivial. It would take a lot more space to make a closed loop and you would potentially lose the terminal aspect that the current setup has (eg multiple tracks in the station filtering into two running lines)

 

[Scarpozzi]

Making the track a loop isn't trivial. It would take a lot more space to make a closed loop and you would potentially lose the terminal aspect that the current setup has (eg multiple tracks in the station filtering into two running lines)

I know what you're saying. I've been on a lot of trains in Europe and have been around a lot of trainyards. I totally get how they throw banks of switches in and can have trains departing and leaving and loading all at the same time.

I was just thinking about the monorails at Disney when I typed that....