In October of 1962, a major fire broke out at a CTA station, damaging several train cars and causing significant disruption to service. The photographer remains unknown.
October 17, 1962: A fire at the Tech-35th station on the North-South Route trapped a train inside the station, which was later damaged by the flames. The lead car, 6453, was so severely damaged that it was retired on April 5, 1963. Its mate, 6454, was used for testing the Automatic Train Control system before being renumbered 6721 and paired with 6722 (formerly 6310). This new facility had only been in operation for a year when the fire struck, nearly destroying the entire platform level and damaging other parts of the station. The newly built island platform and the old northbound platform were almost completely destroyed, and parts of the station house were also damaged. The fire also trapped a train, with cars 6453 and 6454 suffering severe damage. Service between Cermak and Indiana was suspended for four days, marking what was then the most serious rapid transit fire in Chicago’s history. After five days, service was resumed through Tech-35th using the old southbound platform and a temporary northbound side platform. The mezzanine was repaired and reopened. A year later, the station was reclassified as an “AB†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 permanent station was eventually constructed 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 that followed. The station featured a tan brick station house on the north side of 35th Street with curved canopies over the entrance. From the rear of...
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Fire engulfs a CTA station and train car in 1962 at 35th Street. Photographer unknown.
A view down the tracks after the fire was extinguished shows SS1 working. Photographer unknown.
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