Re: [CBQ] Re: Suburban service west

[Dan <dlgrobe@ameritech.net>]

Wasn't there a track that ran up to the main from the area around the round 
houses. It appears that there is a grade for one behind the roundhouse hotel 
area. Maybe it was just a service road. 

Dan

On Sep 17, 2013, at 10:34 PM, "cbq_9901" <cbq9901@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've lived in Aurora all my life (60 years) and can assure you that no such 
> CB&Q tracks ever existed after the viaduct was built. The whole point of the 
> viaduct was to get the tracks out of the Aurora (east) downtown business 
> district. The only street-level tracks in the business district were street 
> car tracks or the CA&E.
> Not to mention that what you're proposing would involve at least 6 (!) grade 
> crossings across VERY busy streets and the purchase of the R-O-W land.
> All this just to add trains from Aurora to the proposed western terminals? 
> It's a lead pipe cinch that there are very few folks in Aurora interested in 
> riding to Yorkville or Plano. They're simply not destinations. Nothing there 
> to see or do. Yorkville/Plano to/from Chicago? You bet! But you don't need to 
> stop at Aurora!
> 
> Michael Herren
> Aurora
> 
> 


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