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A photo of Howard Yard taken from Howard station facing North in 2003.

The Howard Yard is a CTA rail yard in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, on the border with Evanston, Illinois. It is the largest rail yard of the CTA,[1] and stores cars from the Yellow, Red, and Purple Lines of the Chicago Transit Authority.

Currently, 5000-series railcars are stored here.[2] It is adjacent to Howard station.

The yard was opened in 1919[3] and gradually replaced the functions of Wilson Yard, until the latter was destroyed by fire in 1996.[3] The yard was rebuilt between 1991 and 1993.[4]

A train derailed in the yard in 1990, disrupting rail traffic to Evanston.[5] In 2023, a Yellow Line train collided with a CTA snowplow on tracks adjacent to the yard.[6]

References

  1. ^ Transportation Research Record. Transportation Research Board, Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. 1974. ISBN 978-0-309-07716-3.
  2. ^ "Chicago L.org: Yards & Shops - Howard Yard & Shops". www.chicago-l.org. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  3. ^ a b Sadowski, David (2021-07-12). Chicago's Lost "L"s. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4396-7291-4.
  4. ^ "Chicago L.org: Yards & Shops - Howard Yard & Shops". www.chicago-l.org. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  5. ^ Content, Contributed (1990-11-22). "CTA TRAIN DERAILS IN HOWARD YARD". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  6. ^ "Dozens injured in Chicago train crash, fire department says". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-11-19.


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