Leo,
If they closed the old depot on Broadway, Where in te heck do people board the
trains now?
qutlx1@a... wrote:
> Chuck,your grandfather probably knew all my neighbors and my grandfather and
> Uncles as they were all Q employees. Most of my neighbors in the "old"
> neighborhood along Grove and Front Streets were shop employees: names like
> Zwartz,Terrebessy(sp),abens,Heinz,etc,etc,etc, they worked in the coach
> shop,pattern shop,air brake shop,etc. One of my earliest memories is a guided
> tour of the Aurora shops when my next door neighbor John Zwartz retired from
> the pattern shop(I was his "grandson" for the day).What that man could do
> with a piece of wood was amazing!
> As a kid the shop starting and quiting whistles were a routine part of my
> day(7:00 and 3:30)
> The last of the shop buildings were torn down in 1977(somebody will correct
> me if I'm off a year or so. The only thing left is the old original limestone
> roundhouse and backshop(later the air brake shop).They are now the Aurora
> Transportation Center "station" and suburban service HQand the Rdhse itself
> is the Walter Payton brewpub(good food and refreshments).Site of a recent
> BRHS annual meet.
> I switched the "hole" and "hill" yds,frt house,storehouse,long trk,etc in
> 1974 when things got a little tight and it was 4:00 PM swing or get laid off.
> At that time the shop supt and Aurora ydmstr still existed and had offices.
> But it was clear the end was near. About where the coach and paint shops
> stood is now occupied by the Central Aurora Post office complex. About where
> the pattern store house and lumber sheds were is occupied by the BURLINGTON
> credit union. The "depot" on South Broadway is boarded up and part of
> proposed land development that covers everything from roughly Benton St to
> North Ave on both sides of the river . It seems to be in limbo at present.
> Leo
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