Ghost Train

Ghost Train
underpainting

I had a dream once of a 4000 series L train passing the subway platform where I was standing. Though the 1920s era trains were still used on the Evanston Express during my youth, they had been taken out of the more heavily traveled routes that went through the subway by then.

This particular train was full of people that had been riding since the 1950s as was evident in their clothing.  It slowed down for the station but didn't stop. It scared the shit out of me as the people looked right at me.

I don't know where the inspiration came from. I'm pretty sure it was something I saw on television.  I often think of the dream while waiting for a train in the subway.  I imagine getting on outdated L car that is full of people from another decade and somehow being transported to their time.

This Ghost Train is from the 1950s with the livery used from the 1960s and '70s I imagine it takes place in the present, having been rolling nonstop for a few decades.  If it stops, I think I'll just wait for the next one.