Last reminder for the Aurora presentation entitled "Aurora and the Burlington
RR On the same track" is Thursday March 23rd,7PM at Waubonsee Community
College's Aurora Campus at 18 South River Street in downtown Aurora. There
parking across the street or the dinkies will get you w/in about 6 blocks.
Planning on Approx. 1 and 15 minutes of power point slides about how Aurora and
the Burlington grew up together. You will see photos of the shops I doubt
you've ever seen,
Learn about Auroras industrial growth, how the RR served the customers and a
refresher coarse about what the railroad once was to the average consumer. What
am I
Talking about ? There was the
REA,LCL,Ice,coal,lumber,electricity,groceries,produce,meat,eggs,beer and much
more.
Admission is free, the full BRHS company store will be there and fully manned
to help find
What your looking for in Bulletins,Zephyrs,etc.
For those of you who have attended one of my presentations at a BRHS meet or
outside
Entity this one will be the best yet ! Guaranteed.
Leo
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