Ed and others
Public Funding??? The Aurora Elevation and the Chicago Elevations both were done
by the Railroad with little out side contractors and both done under traffic.
Gary can you image running a train from the elevation to the ground level at
Benton St before the rest was done?? The Aurora Elevation was built with three
tracks replacing two on the ground level with the idea it could be expanded to
five tracks.
SJH
Ed DeRouin wrote:
> on 3/26/01 6:23 AM, William Franckey at budapest@g... wrote:
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> > 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
>
> While thinking about the dates of what I have seen and the drawings you
> refer to, I began to wonder....
>
> The documents I have read are dated 1944 and your drawings are date 47 and
> 49. I suspect the Q had not changed its mind about the elevation, but worked
> with other parties, like the Du Page (County) Planning Commission and allied
> communities to keep the project alive. IMHO, it was it the best interest to
> all parties. But rapidly increasing costs during the post-war years and lack
> of public funding may have be the reason the project never got off the
> ground as you state. (No Pun Intended.....)
>
> Ed
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