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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Aurora Shops
From: Charles Duncan <cduncan@c...>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:41:45 -0700
References: <120.1c107da.2885e122@a...>
During the 50's I commuted to the CB&Q ofices on Jackson & Clinton in Chi.
Are threr no more commuting for Chicago bound from Aurora?

cttnghmrl@a... wrote:

> The story published at the time the new center was opened and the old depot
> was closed stated that in order to stop at the new station Amtrak would need
> to go "down" to the station and climb back "up" to the main line, and they
> didn't want to take the time to do so. The suburban tracks at the new center
> are considerably below the elevated main line tracks at that point. I don't
> know if this truly was a real problem, but it was the excuse Amtrak used for
> moving their suburban stop from Aurora to Naperville.
>
> Ray Cottingham (who was living in the Aurora area at that time.)
>
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