Badly Backed Up: The 1972 Chicago (USA) Train Collision

<p>Chicago is a city of 2.75 Million people (as of 2020) in the north of the United States of America, located in the federal state of Illinois 135km/84mi south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 45km/28mi east of Naperville, Illinois (both measurements in linear distance).</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*0l6v9heSviJJm2XROUnrNQ.jpeg" style="height:540px; width:700px" /></p> <p>The location of Chicago in North America.</p> <p>Chicago is crisscrossed by a network of commuter rail lines, including the Metra Electric Line (alternatively called the Metra Electric District), a<br /> 50.7km/31.5mi electrified single- to quad-tracked main line running along 49 stations (as of 2023) between the city&rsquo;s southern suburbs and the downtown area. Train services on the line were operated by the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad at the time of the accident, which had been formed the same year by merging two previously independent railway companies.</p> <p><a href="https://mx-schroeder.medium.com/badly-backed-up-the-1972-chicago-usa-train-collision-b12985b09a8e"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>