Vintage CFD fire photos – 2

Explore more images from Bill Friedrich's collection capturing a fire at an 'EL' station in 1962. These historic photos provide a rare glimpse into one of the most significant incidents in Chicago’s rapid transit history.

Vintage Chicago Fire Department fire photo - 1962 El platform fire

In October of 1962, a large fire consumed a CTA station and damaged several cars. Photographer unknown

October 17, 1962: A fire at the Tech-35th station on the North-South Route trapped a train at the station, which also became damaged by the fire. The lead car was 6453; it was so badly damaged that it was retired on April 5, 1963. Its mate, 6454, was later used in tests for the Automatic Train Control system, renumbered as 6721, and paired with 6722 (formerly 6310). The new facility saw very little service before the Tech-35th station caught fire, nearly destroying the entire platform level and damaging other parts of the station. The new island platform built just a year earlier and the old northbound platform were almost completely destroyed, along with parts of the station house. The fire also trapped a train, with cars 6453 and 6454 severely damaged. Service between Cermak and Indiana was suspended for four days, marking the most serious rapid transit fire in Chicago history up to that point. Service was restored five days later, with the station reopened using the old southbound platform and a temporary northbound side platform. The mezzanine was repaired and reopened. In the following year, the station was changed from an “A” to an “AB” (all-stop) station on April 8. Three weeks later, a new temporary island platform opened on the south side of 35th Street, allowing the closure of the old southbound and temporary northbound platforms. A new permanent station was eventually built on the north side of 35th Street.

On June 21, 1965, a new $500,000 station opened, replacing the facilities destroyed in the 1962 fire and the temporary structures built afterward. The station featured a tan brick station house on the north side of 35th Street with curved canopies over the front entrance. From the rear of

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Vintage Chicago Fire Department fire photo - 1962 El platform fire

Fire consumes a CTA station and train car in 1962 at 35th Street. Photographer unknown

Vintage Chicago Fire Department fire photo - 1962 El platform fire

A view down the tracks after the fire was knocked down shows SS1 working. Photographer unknown

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