The Chicago burbs have really filled in over the years resulting in a large
population increase and more traffic for the commuter trains. Less than
thirty years ago corn was being grown within a mile of my house in Downers
Grove; it certainly isn't now! I remember crossing the IC Iowa Division at
Army Trail Rd in the 70's when all that was visible in the area were a
couple farm houses. Nowadays you can't see any further than the first layer
of condos, strip malls and tract housing. I was away from the Chicago area
from 1984 thru 1999, and I can tell you that it was extreme shock when I
returned and found how much the area had changed by building up. Progress is
a necessity, but it ain't always pretty.
Thank you kindly,
Mike M.
Downers Grove, IL
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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
mikebennidict
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:23 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Commuter questions.
while it was in the early 50s the Burlington began odering the Bi-
Levels I read elsewhere it wasn't in 1964 they began using cab cars
for push-pull operations. why was that?
>
also I've seen pictures on other sites of what are probably mid-day
trains witch some had ony 2 or even 1 car trains. Now while it may not
be all that suprising for the reailroad to have less cars durring rush
and non-rush hours while the inner Chicago suburbs might of filled up,
the outer suburbs would of still been growing. and while we're at it,
I understand Route 59 just outside Naperville opened in 1989.
Interesting since most Metra stations were built at least when steam
was operating. but anyway, why would they even runs trains with so
little cars? 1 one car train I probably wouldn't even call a train.
just an engine pulling a car. if they ran non-rush hr. trains every
hr, I would of thought they should run them every 2 or 3 hours and not
waste fuel and money. so what was with that?
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