EL Train Scenarios

My Artist’s Statement on Eric Edward Esper work, the 1977 CTA EL Train derailment the crash killed about 12 people and injured over 180 in that area of Chicago. In the painting I was looking at many people that were being oblivious to their surroundings. Therefore there were more causalities because they were not paying attention the streets and sidewalks still had snow on them, and in the scenery the cars are going the opposite direction from the crash. A closer look at the painting and you can spot the frantic people looking or trying desperately to get out of the train. “The Loop” not only refers to Chicago's central business district, but also a rectangular pattern formed by the city's elevated trains. Some trains entering the Loop do …show more content…
people say, a Ravenswood train was waiting on the tracks, just past the northeast turn, waiting for the Evanston Express to clear the State/Lake platform. However, the Lake-Dan Ryan train did not stop as it approached the Ravenswood train. The Lake-Dan Ryan train proceeded against both track and cab signals, and struck the back of the Ravenswood train. This impact was at a slow speed, as the train had only started off a few seconds earlier and was still halfway through pulling out of Randolph/Wabash. Passengers on the train reported the impact as nothing more than a slight …show more content…
It was like hanging onto the side of the mountain. I was getting awfully tired I was sort of numb and I started to slide down. “He wanted to take me out through the top, but I was afraid to go that way. So he held me and, ultimately, the two of us sort of slid to the other end of the car. He was so cute. I never knew his name, but he was trying to comfort me, kissing me on the cheek and telling me everything was going to be all right. A reporter at the time called the crash a “freak of physics” a peculiar combination of forces that created a catastrophe out of what in other places, at other times, would have been a routine