Ed, If memory serves me right , there was also a plan to elevate the Q
tracks from Belmont? to Chicago with new depots. The set of plans were
dated 1947 or 49 and now reside in the special collections department of
Knox College here at GT. The estimated cost was seen to be too high. The
depots were futuristic looking and the whole effect bore little resemblence
to the east end we know...........Bill
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From: "Ed DeRouin" <PIXELS@A...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Electrification of the CB&Q
> > I understand that their was a plan and mandate to electrify all suburban
> > railroads running out of Chicago in the 1920s. The Illinois Central did
> > electrify. I guess the depression and diesels killed the idea for the
other
> > commuter lines. Was their ever a master plan for the electrification of
the
> > Burlington suburban service?
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> Jack:
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> I do not know if the CB&Q had a plan to electrify the suburban territory,
> but the Chicago Plan Commission had a plan to electrify all railroads in
> Chicago ala New York City. The Commission issued its report, a hard bound,
> several-hundred page book with photos and maps in 1915. It also
recommended
> passenger station consolidations in 1913, 1933 and 1953, but this also had
> no effect.
>
> Ed DeRouin
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