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The Chicago Transit Authority’s festive Holiday Train derailed Saturday evening with more than 100 passengers aboard, but nobody was injured.
Festooned with lights and Christmas figures, one of the middle cars of the four-car train derailed for unknown reasons on the Brown Line near the Sedgwick Street station, said CTA spokeswoman Kim Myles.
“It’s a pretty popular attraction” in its 12th season, Myles said. Passengers evacuated safely, using a track-level footpath about 7:30 p.m.
Brown Line passengers were shuttled around the affected area. Each weekend in November and December, the Holiday Train rotates among six of the CTA lines, taking parents and children on a seasonal ride decked out with Santa and his reindeer.
