You have me interested on this one. Hopefully my book will come within the
next day or two. The Chicago & Mississippi RR??? Could this be an Alton
predecessor? Or Rock Island? I don't know.
BRAD
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Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:39 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] A question from Ed's new CUS book
> Okay here's one to pick some brains and see what we come up with.
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> In Ed's new CUS book, which is an excellent book I might add, on page 8
the
> map shows the Chicago & Mississippi RR running through Des Plaines. This
Des
> Plaines is southwest of Chicago and south of Naperville which is nowhere
near
> the current Des Plaines.
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> Now the $64,000 question. What town did this Des Plaines of the south
become?
> From the location I tend to think it's in the area of Lemont.
>
> Just one those annoying little useless things that keep us going.
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> Dan.
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