on 3/27/01 12:11 AM, glenehaug@m... at glenehaug@m... wrote:
> The discussion on the track elevation explains something I've never
> understood until now. The plan for Downers Grove Main Street
> station, showing the repairs made in 1947, shows a proposed track
> elevation at EL. 732.5', or approximately 12' above the floor
> elevation of EL. 720.6'. It looks like the depot floor was about 1
> foot above top of rail, so someone was proposing a 13' track raise.
> That would have been quite a feat to accomplish under traffic with
> the number of trains running by the late 40's.
>
I'm glad the subject arose.
To add the the brief reply to Gary, from my interpretation of the documents,
most communities were open to hear what the railroad proposed. Berwyn was
definitely opposed to anything that favored the Q.
Ed
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