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Article: Skokie Swift car derails, no one aboard

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August 23, 2007
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Service on the Skokie Swift was briefly interrupted Wednesday morning when one car of a two-car train derailed near the Skokie station on Dempster Street with no customers aboard.

CTA Spokeswoman Kim Myles said that one CTA operator was aboard the train, which was heading south toward Howard Street to be put into service. The derailment occurred at about 5:45 a.m. and service was restored on the Skokie Swift at about ...

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