Leo
Sounds like you need to sit down and write something for the Bulletin
sjh
----- Original Message -----
From: <supchief17@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Middle Ave
> In a message dated 1/17/02 9:24:50 PM Central Standard Time,
qutlx1@a...
> writes:
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> > Mike I have interviewed several former switchman who worked the Alley
over
> > the years. One thing stayed constant right up until the end.Conflicts
> > between
> > autos and trains.Bones Mathers often told of how many cars had to be
towed
> > in
> > the North end of the alley to get to Miller Packing and Magill Beverage.
> > Besides these 2 here's just a sampling of the customers that the "Alley
> > Job"
> > served: Western Untied Gas and Electric(becam N.I. Gas(left in '57 for
> > Joliet),Griswold Feed,Aurora Fruit and Produce,The Beacon,McCredie
> > Oil,Standard Oil,White and Todd Lumber,Randall Lumber,A Texaco
Distrubutor
> > whos' name escapes me at the moment, a scrap dealer directly opposite
the
> > Beacon,IH, Burro, Crane Plumbing Supply,Steck Coal,the Allied Warehouse,
> > the
> > CN&W interchange and many more that I need to refer to my notes on. Per
Al
> > Spencer, Richards Wilcox was switched by the 4:00 PM depot job.
> > Per my grandfather (who worked the job for several years during steam
days
> > they would routinely leave Eola with 40-60 cars and then make another
trip
> > back to Eola for more.
> > Per Bones they would switch out the cars in the River St yard and then
> > shove
> > down the Alley w/The Northwesterns leading.He said they took everything
for
> >
> > the alley with them and then worked the industries on the way back
> > south.Just
> > imagine shoving down the alley across every downtown street in Aurora !
> >
> > Leo
> >
> >
>
> Leo, thanks for all the info, I had no idea that they served that many
> businesses. I would love to have a copy of the track diagram if that is
> possible. Another business that was served on the alley job was the
Pictorial
> Paper and Box Company. My late grandfather worked there for 35 years. He
told
> a few stories of the trains in the alley. Again, thanks for the info
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