The old roundhouse was was converted into the new depot. Walter Payton
built a resturant in the main roundhouse area.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles A. Duncan" <cduncan@c...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Aurora Shops
> 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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